March 2026 Newsletter: TKEthics Spring Results and a $15,000 Grant
Dear Coaches and Ethletes,
Congratulations to everyone who competed at the TKEthics Spring Invitational 2026. The quality of reasoning, engagement, and dialogue this season was exceptional.
Top 3 Teams (Final Average Score)
Gold: Confucius (Archimedean Upper Conservatory) — 55.00
Silver: Marx (Nueva School) — 53.88
Bronze: Locke (Nueva School) — 53.63
The top 8 teams advance to the 2026 International Grand Final on August 29 (ET).
Schools Represented
Archimedean Upper Conservatory
Central East High School
Chestwood Education
Dwight-Englewood School
GE Elite
Harvard-Westlake
Mixed Team (Morocco)
Nueva School
Philip and Sala Burton High School
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
Stanford Online High School
Sydney Boys High School
WLSA Shanghai Academy
WeUp Academy
$15,000 Grant from the Marc Sanders Foundation
We are excited to share that the Marc Sanders Foundation has awarded TKEthics a $15,000 USD grant to expand philosophy education worldwide.
Free training and support for low-income schools, including coaching and preparation sessions.
Marc Sanders Case Writing Prize.
$1,000 to the winning school and $500 paid directly to the student author(s).
If any of these opportunities are of interest (competing, support, or case submissions), please get in touch.
Upcoming Competitions
Deadlines are close. Please forward to any coach who might want to join.
USA + Central + South America: Senior Ethics Olympiad Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2026 · Time: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM EDT · Registration closes: Mar 4, 2026 · Details
Canada: Senior Ethics Olympiad Date: Sat, Apr 11, 2026 · Time: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM EDT · Registration closes: Mar 11, 2026 · Details
UK + Europe: Senior European Ethics Olympiad Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2026 · Time: 8:00 AM–2:00 PM BST (UK) / 9:00 AM–3:00 PM CET · Registration closes: Mar 8, 2026 · Details
We currently have 7 teams registered for our first European competition (England, Scotland, Morocco). We would love an 8th team so no team receives a bye.
Best, Modus Ponens Institute and TKEthics Team
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