Math Student of the Year Ricky Luo

 

Outstanding achievement in mathematics was recognized at the 31^st annual South Pasadena Middle School Open House Awards ceremony on May 23.

Eighth grader Ricky Luo was presented as Mathematician of the Year.  He led the South Pasadena Tiger Cub team in 10 local, state, and national events.

The SPMS math team recently completed a very successful year.  SPMS 6^th and 7^th graders received Top Team recognition at the 33^rd Los Angeles County Math Field Day.  The team ranked among the best in the state and nation in many events noted below.

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The United States Math Olympiad Committee sent a Commendation of Distinction to Luo and 8^th graders Edward Zhou and Lev Tumaykin for ranking in the top 1% in the AMC8 math competition.  Sequoia Ding was sent a Certificate of Honor for excellence among 6^th graders taking the 8^th grade exam.  More information is available at www.unl.edu/amc.

Rocket City Math challenges students with three rounds of problem solving.  The 7^th graders ranked 2^nd in the country, and the 8^th graders were 3^rd.  Eighth grader Chanyu Kim tied for 1^st in the nation, and his teammates Noah Kuhn and Luo were among the top ten scoring individuals nationally.  Details are available at www.rocketcitymath.org.

SPMS 8^th graders ranked sixth in the state in the California Math League while the 7^th graders were 10^th overall. Sixth grader Sequoia Ding ranked 5^th in the state. Full details are available at: www.mathleague.com.

SIGMA is a national math competition headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.  More than 2,000 students from 125 middle schools were challenged over a five month period.  SPMS 7^th graders placed 2^nd in the nation.  The combined scores of the 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade ranked 4^th in the U.S.  6^th grader Alex Ninomiya, 7^th grader Jackie Mancera, and 8^th grader Ethan Xie tied for 2^nd at their grade level.  For more information:  www.sigmamathcontest.com.

Highest Team Achievement awards were presented to all three SPMS grade level teams by the MATH OLYMPIAD.  Sixth grader Yunha Bae was awarded the George Lenchner medallion for five perfect rounds.   See www.moems.org for more information.

The Perennial is an online problem solving challenge emanating from Huntsville, Alabama.  Led by a perfect score from 8^th grader Miranda Liu, the SPMS team ranked among the best in the nation.  www.perennial.com.