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South Pasadena Middle School students Max White, Daniel Pyon, Moses Kim, Tiffany Chen, Fedor Kossakovski, Cody Dunn, Aashrita Mangu, and Michelle Lam placed 1st in the 25th Annual MATHCOUNTS competition. Every private and public school from Long Beach to La Canada was invited to this competitive event, which took place February 23 in Pico Rivera.

Pasadena Polytechnic placed second and Long Beach Hughes finished third. Individually, Max White placed first, Daniel Pyon second, and Moses Kim fourth among 120 top math students.

SPMS TRIUMPHS

IN MATH FIELD DAY

Over 200 students from 11 middle schools in the San Gabriel Valley gathered at Mark Keppel High School on Saturday, March 8, for the 28th Annual Alhambra Math Field Day. South Pasadena students took first place in six of the nine events. Huntington Middle School of San Marino ranked second, and Brightwood Intermediate of Alhambra was third.

The following students were recognized for their outstanding efforts:

Advanced Mathematical Concepts-Daniel Pyon(1st), Rin Sone(3rd)

Team of Two-Gloria Kim/Cody Dunn(1st), Fedor Kossakovski/Max White(3rd)

Math Terminology- Joyce Alexander(1st), Gavin Tse(2nd), Brianna Loo(3rd)

8th Grade Speed Math-Tiffany Chen(1st), Lillie Moffett(2nd), Sooji Hong(3rd)

7th Grade Speed Math-Moses Kim(1st), Wendy Tsai(2nd), David Liu(3rd)

Calculator-Michelle Lam(2nd)

Math Speech on Alegebra-Ryan Stone(2nd)

Math Logic Games Dana Law, Fedor Kossakovski, Tiffany Chen, Aashrita Mangu, Brianna Loo, Daniel Pyon(1st), Jordan Cheng, Lia Lohr, Freddy Tsao, Kelsey Nakamura, Michelle Lam(2nd), Gavin Tse, Aritra Bhattacharya, Ree-Ha Kim, and Moses Kim (3rd)

Also recognized for placing among the top ten in their event were Erik Seetao, Claire West, Matthew Wong, Patrick Gan, Ryan Smith, Wen Zeng, Lia Lohr, You-Ree Lee, Alyssa Naritoku, Jordan Cheng, Thomas Chang, Dana Law, James Kawakami, Trent Kajikawa, Soh Jeong Kim, Aritra Bhattacharya, Alex Tranquada, Ree-Ha Kim, and Philip Kim.

South Pasadena Middle School captured the first place trophy at the 36th annual Don Bosco Math Field Day, held April 13, in Rosemead. Over 200 students from 10 schools in the Los Angeles area competed in this challenging event.

Mirman School of Los Angeles placed 2nd, and Ynez School of Monterey Park finished in 3rd.

Individually, South Pasadena 7th grader Moses Kim took 2nd place, while 8th graders Daniel Pyon, Tiffany Chen, and Cody Dunn ranked 3rd, 4th, and 5th respectively. Also scoring in the top 25 individuals were Alex Tranquada, Max White, Fedor Kossakovski, James Kawakami, Anmi Zheng, Aritra Bhattacharya, Aashrita Mangu, Wendy Tsai, and Freddy Tsao.

Over 40 countries worldwide participate in the Math Kangaroo. The Kangaroo is a problem solving competition originating in Easter Europe and gaining increased popularity in the United States, where over 2000 students participated this year.

SPMS 8th graders dominated the U.S. competition, placing 6 in the top 10. Daniel Pyon (1st), Joyce Alexander (5th), Cody Dunn (7th), Matthew Wong (8th), Max White (9th), Melody Sue (10th) were all recognized and awarded various prizes for their outstanding work.

More information can be found at: http://www.mathkangaroo.org

On June 7, South Pasadena 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders excelled at the 2008 Los Angeles County Math Field Day. Over 300 students representing school districts from throughout the county participated. The competition was held at Toll Middle School in Glendale.

South Pasadena Middle School eighth graders Tiffany Chen, Cody Dunn, Daniel Pyon, and Max White placed 1st overall in the county, capturing gold medals in Conceptual Understanding and Problem Solving and a silver medal in Procedural Skills.

Seventh Graders Moses Kim, Sean Ma, Ryan Smith, and Wendy Tsai placed 1st in Problem Solving, 2nd in Procedural Skills, and 3rd in Conceptual Understanding.

Sixth graders Jack Bishoip, Chelsea Hong, Jae Kim and Rhian Moore earned the gold in Conceptual Understanding, the silver in Problem Solving, and the bronze in Procedural Skills.