2005-06
Fibonaccians:
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Andrew |
Jonathan M. |
Meredith | Robert |
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Cascade |
Jonathan S. |
Michael Sc. |
Shannon |
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Damon |
Kavi |
Noah |
Sophie |
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James G. |
Martin |
Rebecca |
Timothy |
Euclideans:
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Elizabeth |
Perry |
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James G. |
Peter |
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Jonathan S. |
Timothy |
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Michael Se. |
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Newtonians:
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Chris |
Nick |
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James D. |
Peter |
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Jeremy |
William |
| Michael Se. |
The Fibonaccians participated in division E (“elementary”), and the Euclideans participated in division M (“middle school”). Over 150,000 students worldwide participated in these contests. Our students practiced past Math Olympiad problems each week, and did the 5 contests that make up this competition.
Division E
Participants – Andrew, Cascade, Damon, James G., Jonathan M., Jonathan S., Kavi, Martin, Meredith, Michael Sc., Noah, Rebecca, Robert, Shannon, Sophie, Timothy G.
Damon, James G., Jonathan S., Martin, Shannon, Sophie, & Timothy G. earned a patch for the distinction of scoring in the top 50% of all contestants.
Jonathan S. scored 5 out of 5 on four rounds and 4 out of 5 on the remaining round; James G. scored 5 out of 5 on three rounds; Damon scored 4 out of 5 on four rounds; Martin and Shannon scored 4 out of 5 on one round.
3rd place – Damon
2nd place – James G.
1st place – Jonathan S.
Damon also earned a silver pin for scoring in the top 10% of all participants. Jonathan S. & James G. also earned a gold pin for scoring in the top 2% of all participants.
Division M
Participants – Elizabeth, James G., Jonathan S., Michael Se., Perry, Peter, Timothy M.
James G., Jonathan S., Michael Se., Perry, Peter, & Timothy M. earned a patch for the distinction of scoring in the top 50% of all contestants.
Jonathan S. scored 5 out of 5 on three rounds and 4 out of 5 on the remaining two rounds; Peter scored 5 out of 5 on two rounds and 4 out of 5 on the remaining three rounds; Timothy M. scored 5 out of 5 on one round and 4 out of 5 on two rounds; James G. and Perry scored 4 out of 5 on two rounds.
3rd place – Timothy M.
2nd place – Peter
1st place – Jonathan S.
James G. & Timothy M. also earned a silver pin for scoring in the top 10% of all participants. Jonathan S. & Peter earned a gold pin for scoring in the top 2% of all participants.
We used MathCounts materials as the basis of our Euclideans' homework each week. This 6th-8th grade competition is the most widely done math competition among U.S. school children of this age group. About 500,000 students from 6,000 schools participated in this contest. Each school is permitted to enter only one team of four plus up to four individuals. Our team comprised of Peter, Timothy M., Jonathan S., & James G. We had a great time at Georgia Tech in February, among stiff competition from other Gwinnett County schools. Our boys competed in individual and team rounds, and just for fun, in a live "countdown" round.
Jonathan S. placed 3rd in Gwinnett County (trophy), and Peter placed 10th in the county. Both Jonathan S. and Peter advanced to the State Round, which was held at Zoo Atlanta in March. Timothy M. placed 16th in the county, and James G. placed 33rd in the county, resulting in a very strong team this year. Two years ago the Sculley Academy Math Club team placed last in Gwinnett County; last year we came 7th; this year we came 4th!
This is a challenging contest, aimed at 7th and 8th graders. About 150,000 from 2,500 schools participated in this contest in November.
Participants – Elizabeth, James G., Jonathan S., Michael Se., Peter, Timothy M.
3rd place – James G.
2nd place – Jonathan S.
1st place – Peter
Peter scored a perfect 25 out of 25, one of only about 70 students worldwide to achieve this, and the only student in Georgia to do so, and received a special plaque and certificate for this achievement. We have been told that he will have a special meeting with Governor Sonny Perdue in the early fall because of this. He also received an honor roll certificate of distinction and made the national honor roll for his high score. Jonathan S. and James G. also earned a certificate of merit for high scores for 6th graders and under, and made the honor roll also. Because of all these high scores, our team score was also very high, and the Sculley Academy earned a high team score certificate. Peter, Jonathan S., James G., and the Sculley Academy received multiple mentions in the official AMC-8 book.
Here are statistics on how our students who scored in the top 50% did:
Student Grade level Georgia ranking for student's grade World ranking for student's grade percentile (world) Peter 8th 1st out of 1499 1st out of 76,877 99.9% Jonathan S. 6th 4th out of 338 133rd out of 14,268 99.1% James G. 6th 13th out of 338 319th out of 14,268 97.8% Elizabeth 7th 223rd out of 1132 9491th out of 48,418 80.4% Timothy M. 8th 788th out of 1499 36,479th out of 76,877 52.5%
This is a very difficult contest, aimed at 9th and 10th graders. Over 100,000 students from over 3,200 schools participated in this contest in February.
Participants – James D., James G., Jeremy, Jonathan S., Michael Se., Nick, Peter, William
3rd place – James G.
2nd place – Peter
1st place – Nick
Peter also earned a certificate of achievement for a 8th-grade-or-under high score.
Here are statistics on how our students who scored in the top 50% did:
Student Grade level Georgia ranking for student's grade World ranking for student's grade percentile (world) Nick 9th 57th out of 785 2820th out of 39340 92.8% Peter 8th 6th out of 28 918th out of 3404 73.1% James G. 6th 11th out of 28 75th out of 232 68.1%
GA Tech High School Mathematics Competition:
This was our first year to enter this live contest, and I’m very glad we did, because it’s one I plan on taking a team to each year. I found out about this from another home school math club (in McDonough) that started after surfing onto our website about 2 years ago. We now stay closely connected, along with an Augusta club, via email and at various math contests throughout the year.
The format of the morning part of the competition was a written round, followed by a ciphering round (that parents and teachers were able to sit in on).
Chris participated in the Varsity competition.
Jonathan S., Nick, Perry, & Peter participated in the Junior Varsity competition.
At lunch time, the semi-finalists were announced – Peter (7th place) and Nick (16th place) both made the finals, so did a “proofs” round in the afternoon. Peter placed 2nd in the Junior Varsity contest, earning a huge trophy and a $750 scholarship to GA Tech.
This is a challenging but very interesting four-round high school competition, run as both an individual and team competition.
Participants -- Chris, James D., Jeremy, Jonathan S., Michael Se., Nick, Peter, William
3rd place – (tie) James D., Jonathan S.
2nd place – Chris
1st place – Peter
Peter made the 3rd tier for the Eastern Region (all states east of the Mississippi).
AMC-12:
This is an extremely difficult contest, aimed at 11th and 12th graders. Over 120,000 students from over 4,000 schools participated in this contest.
Participants – Chris
The Fibonaccians did our traditional math-tree-hunt . . .
The Euclideans also did our traditional math-tree-hunt, except indoors because of wet weather.
The Newtonians had a chess tournament.
We had about 55 folks for this year's ceremony! Our speaker (Peter's, Jonathan's, Michael's, and Cascade's dad!), Mr. Paul, encouraged the kids to persevere even if things seem difficult at first, that math often is a family affair, and how we met in an Algebra class :) The students all received their awards. This year, the Fibonaccians' most improved award went to Sophie, the Euclideans' most improved award went to Michael Se, and the Newtonians' most improved award went to Chris. We again enjoyed a variety of amazingly creative math-related snacks!
Well done, everyone!