Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Monday, January 25, 2010

Teams from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School excelled in the Dorman Academic Challenge, one of the nation’s largest annual academic tournaments with more than 100 teams.

Dunbar’s Idrees Kahloon, Orshi Hegyl, Grant Boggess and Vania Ma placed first in the Junior Varsity Division. The varsity group came in second in the tournament behind Greenville’s Southside A team, which ranks among the country’s top 20. The Dunbar team included Helen Fu, Hussain Siddiki, Michael Halwes and Samuel Dong.

This tournament was Jan. 23 at Dorman High School in Spartanburg, S.C.

Closer to home, Dunbar’s JV team won the Kentucky Thoroughbred League’s Quick Recall Championship and Overall Academic League Championship, held Jan. 21 at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester.

This group included Hussain Siddiki, Grant Boggess, Vania Ma, Idrees Kahloon, Michael Halwes, Orshi Hegyl, Samuel Dong, Bryant Su, Leia Wedlund, Mike Yang, Jessie Li and Hasanki Warnakula. 

For more information about Dunbar academic competitions, e-mail their coach, Susan Magedanz.