Congratulations to the 2020 Palm Beach County Regional

High School Ethics Bowl Winners:

1st Place/$3500 Scholarship

$3,000 to be divided equally among team members

$500 school award to be reinvested in promoting and encouraging the school's continued participation in Ethics Bowl

Travel to the National Ethics Bowl (if the team qualifies to compete nationally)

Atlantic Community High School

2 votes, 153 points final; 3 votes, 145 points semifinal

Coach: Max Diulus

Team Members:

Geffre Jean-Francois

Chekube Chukwuma

Neissa Philemon

Marcus Mynatt

Omair Mirza

2nd Place/$2,250 Scholarship

$2,000 to be divided equally among team members

$250 school award to be reinvested in promoting and encouraging the school's continued participation in Ethics Bowl

Suncoast High School

1 vote, 148 points final; 3 votes, 155 points semifinal

3rd Place / $1,350 Scholarship

$1,250 to be divided equally among team members

$100 school award to be reinvested in promoting and encouraging the school's continued participation in Ethics Bowl

Santaluces Community High School (Team A)

0 votes, 148 points semifinal

4th Place/$1,350 Scholarship

$1,250 to be divided equally among team members

$100 school award to be reinvested in promoting and encouraging the school's continued participation in Ethics Bowl

Park Vista Community High School (Team B)

0 votes, 127 points semifinal

Atlantic Community High School will now go on to participate in the Regional virtual bowl to determine if they qualify to compete in the National High School Ethics Bowl at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in April.

The winning team will also honored at the Better Business Bureau's 2020 Torch Awards Luncheon on April 22nd. The proceeds from the luncheon will benefit the Ethics Bowl by supporting the scholarships and travel expenses to the National High School Ethics Bowl.

We are so grateful to all of our sponsors for their sponsorship and support of the High School Ethics Bowl!

Quotes from some of our judges and moderators:

"The kids are so impressive!" - Erica Whitfield, School Board member and judge

"What an outstanding job you all did with the Ethics Bowl. I was honored to participate as a first time judge and found the experience to be very rewarding. The students were awesome; at times, it was hard to remember they were indeed high school students!" - Michelle Anaya DePotter, CEO, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. and judge

"I thoroughly enjoyed it! It has restored my faith in our young people. Exceeded All my expectations." - Sharon Merchant, former state representative and judge

"The Ethics Bowl was a spectacular event! It was well run and the students were so impressive. Thank you very much for including me as a judge. I hope to be asked again next year." - Andrea Levine O'Rourke, Boca Raton City Council Member and judge

"The Ethics Bowl was an inspiring pleasure in many respects -- the students, the topics, the positive approach to building and critiquing reason-based arguments and the accomplished adults who support and participate in the effort!" - Bryan Anderson, retired lawyer and moderator