06 Dec ICAn Math Achievers

ICAn Math Achievers

by Mrs. Ethel Dulatre

The Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad (HKIMO) is an annual international Olympiad competition organized by Olympiad Education from Hong Kong and is developed by a team of former IMO winners from Hong Kong. HKIMO aims to create a platform for ALL math enthusiasts around the world to come together for an educational and cultural exchange. The objectives of HKIMO are to foster students’ interest in Mathematical Olympiad and to promote Mathematical Olympiad all over the world. This year, the HKIMO 2021 Final Round through the online platform EKLAVVYA was held last August 28, 2021. This year’s participating countries are Bulgaria, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Iran, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Ghana, Azerbaijan, and Australia.

We are happy and proud to share the list of ICANs who garnered awards from the HKIMO finals:

Grade 8

Silver:

SAMANTHA RAE LAI, 8-Refinement

KARA VICTORIA CHUA, 8-Competence

Grade 9

Gold:

EUNICE MAEGAN UY, 9-Obedience

Bronze:

ARIANNA VICTORIA TIU, 9-Prudence

Grade 10

Bronze:

AMANDA KIRSTEN SIY, 10-Meekness

MAEVEN VALERIE SUA, 10-Optimism

Merit:

ALLYANA MAXINE TAN, 10-Optimism

Another competition that our ICAns participated in was the Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad (TIMO) which is an annual international Olympiad competition jointly organized by OCEC from Hong Kong and the Thailand Mathematics Society. It is a platform to stimulate and foster young people’s interest in learning mathematics, to strengthen the ability of their creative thinking, to widen their international perspective, and to promote the development of primary and secondary education and exchange of educational cultures throughout countries/ regions such as Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Ukraine, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Once again, our students made it to the TIMO Heat Round last October 24, 2021 with the following getting special awards:

Grade 7

Silver:

ALESSANDRA GABRIELLE VALENCIA, 7-Truth

Bronze:

CAITLIN DARELLE TAN, 7-Truth

Merit:

1. SAMANTHA LOUISE ABAYA, 7-Unity
2. BLYTHE CARLEIGH CHUA, 7-Joy
3. DANA MADISON PUA, 7-Joy

Grade 8

Silver: 

KARA VICTORIA CHUA, 8-Competence

Bronze:

1. JUSTINE ABIGAIL CHUA, 8-Competence
2. SAMANTHA RAE LAI, 8-Refinement
3. MIKHAELA BORBE, 8-Competence

Grade 9

Gold:

EUNICE MAEGAN UY, 9-Obedience

Silver: 

1. ELLYSE MADISON UY, 9-Prudence
2. KIARA UY, 9-Obedience
3. SOPHIE LOUISE UY, 9-Prudence
4. ARIANNA VICTORIA TIU, 9-Prudence

Merit:

ALESSANDRA TAN, 9-Prudence

Grade 10

Gold:

AMANDA KIRSTEN SIY, 10-Meekness

Silver:

ALLYANA MAXINE TAN, 10-Optimism

MAEVEN VALERIE SUA, 10-Optimism

Lastly, we have ARIANNA VICTORIA TIU of 9-Prudence who received the following recognitions from other Math competitions:

• Big Bay Bei GuangDong – HK- Macau Greater Bay Area Math Olympiad- Bronze Award
• Philippine International Math Olympiad (Phimo) – Bronze Award
• World Math Fusion – Bronze Award
• Hong Kong International Math Olympiad (HKIMO) – Bronze Award
• Singapore Global Assessment (SINGA) – outstanding – Top 20% globally 
• HOTS Math 2021 – Merit Award
• Asia International Mathematics Olympiad 2021 (AIMO)- Bronze Award