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CONGRATULATIONS to our Knowledge Master Open team of thirty-four 7th and 8th graders for their achievement in the 47th National KMO. The team placed 1st in California and 33rd in the United States in the December event. A total of 639 private and public schools participated nationwide.

The students were selected to the team by the faculty of SPMS, in recognition of academic excellence and class participation. The team was challenged by 200 questions covering all subject areas. The answers were submitted via computer, with the encoded results being sent to the Knowledge Master Open headquarters in Durango, Colorado.

The questions were not merely academic trivia. The students used skills of knowledge, comprehension, application, and analysis. Points were awarded for speed, as well as accuracy.

GRADE 7 GRADE 8

Rhiannon Moore Cindy Xia

Tommy Liao Wen Zeng

Jack Bishop Patrick Gan

Julius Lam Sofi Goode

Zachary Dunn Ryan Smith

Jeffrey Xiong Ady Friedman

Jessica Fang Wendy Tsai

Jenny Wang Henrik Wang

Christina Bays Amber Laird

Courtney Chu Josh Thomas

Clement Witheral Mac Goldwhite

Emma Bross Krishna Mocherla

Leah Zeiger Ryan Stone

Andrew Sessions Lauren Riley

Michael Ruan David Putnam

Abbey Veffer William Davis

Jason Cheng Alyssa Naritoku

The competition took about 2½ hours to complete. Students were not allowed to use any calculators or resource materials. All results and statistics are available at www.greatauk.com. The students will be recognized at the end-of-semester awards assembly.

On January 21, a team of 22 sixth grade students from South Pasadena Middle School placed 1st in California and 30th in the United States in the 39th National Elementary Knowledge Master Open. A total of 322 schools participated nationwide.

The students were selected by the faculty of SPMS in recognition of academic excellence and class participation. The team was challenged by 100 questions covering all subject areas. The answers were submitted via computer, with the encoded results being sent to the Knowledge Master Open headquarters in Durango, Colorado.

The competition took 90 minutes to complete. Students were not allowed to use any calculators or resource materials. All results and statistics are available at www.greatauk.com.

The South Pas team included Alex Kim, John Dullaghan, Petra Barbu, Samuel Garcia, Sheldon Zhu, Cameron Wong, Christopher Lopez, Brooke Drury, Glenda Chen, Andrew Zableckis, Samuel Hoadley-Brill, Ethan Ng, Adam Stanford-Moore, Marion Wood, Samuel Benzoni, Tim Wong, Amy Choi, Matt Park, Tim Song, and Will Renken.

Swanson Middle School from Arlington, Virginia was #1 in the United States. Points were awarded for both speed and accuracy. Sycamore answered 95 questions correctly, while SPMS solved 93.