Living Wisdom School

Math Awards

LWS students participate in both the AMC and Olympiad Math challenges every year.

American Mathematics Competition
(AMC 8 & 10):

Background: The Mathematical Association of America has sponsored the American Mathematics Competitions for 60 years. The competitions include the AMC 8, designed for eighth graders, and the AMC 10 designed for advanced sophomores. These timed tests are designed to challenge students and to offer problem-solving experiences beyond those provided in most junior high school mathematics classes. The AMC 8 has 150,000 participants and the AMC 10 has 31,000. Living Wisdom School has participated in these tests for 10 years.

Math Olympiads

This is a series of five timed tests given monthly throughout the year. The test has 5000 teams worldwide with 150,000 participants. The goal is to develop mathematical flexibility in problem solving, strengthen mathematical intuition, and foster mathematical creativity and ingenuity.

2009/10

AMC 8

Congratulations to all the LWS students who completed the AMC 8!
Notable scores were achieved by many students for their age group.

2008/9

Recent LWS Graduates Test into Advanced High School Courses

Hazemach (Freshman at Woodside Priory) tested out of Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II/Trig and began his freshman year in Pre-Calculus with the advanced 11th and 12th grade students. Shortly after, he was placed in the Calculus Class, becoming the first student in Woodside Priory history to receive this honor!

Zachary Munro (Freshman at Gunn High School) was placed into Algebra II/Trig, the most advanced sophomore class and a weighted course for the UC system. The school waived the placement test based on his ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) and SAT scores.

LWS Students Score well in the AMC

math award winners

(Photo: Math award winners Zachary, George, Hazemach, Alex)

AMC 8 Results: Zachary Munro (now a freshman at Gunn High) came in third place scoring 18 (92nd percentile worldwide), George Selley (5th grade) and Alex Tuharsky (6th grade) tied for second place and earned a place on the Honor Roll for their score and on the Achievement Roll for their score and grade level. They both scored 20 (96th percentile of all grades worldwide). Hazemach (now a freshman at Woodside Priory) came in first place and made the International Honor Roll, scoring 21 (97th percentile worldwide).

AMC 10 Results: (designed for advanced sophomores) Alex Tuharsky (6th grade/score 73.5) came in third place. Hazemach (8th grade/score 84) came in second, and George Selley (5th grade) earned a Certificate of Achievement with a score of 90!

The school received a Certificate of Merit for our overall performance in the AMC 8:

2008 Math Awards Certificate

Results: Surya Thekkath (now a Freshman at Pinewood), Sahana Narayana (5th grade), Sergey Gasparayan (5th grade), Zachary Munro (now a freshman at Gunn High), and Alex Ewan (now a freshman at Everest High) earned patches by scoring in the 50-89 percentile.
Hazemach (now a Freshman at Woodside Priory) and Alex Tuharsky (6th grade) scored 17 (top 10%) to earn a silver pin. George Selley (5th grade) scored an impressive 22 out of 25 for a Gold Pin. Congratulations one and all!


2006

The American Mathematics Competition for 8th graders (AMC-8) was held on Nov 6, 2006. Participating in the event were 180,000 students from approximately 2400 schools worldwide. (Read LWS math teacher Theodore Timpson's description of a sample problem solved by the students of Living Wisdom School.)

Congratulations to Rewa Bush (7th grade) and Jessica Wallace (8th grade) who tied for first place at LWS! They qualified for the AMC-8 National Honor Roll by scoring in the top 5 percent of all students who participated.

William Prince (7th grade) received the second place award at LWS, and Amy Hahn *(7th grade) received the third place award. (Photos L-R: Amy, Jessica, Rewa, William)

amy jessica

rewa william

2005

During a recent all-school circle we celebrated the results of the American Mathematics Contest 8, or the AMC8.   Targeted at  eighth graders, the AMC8 offers very challenging problems (click here to see examples). It has 25 questions, and to get even six correct is considered a laudable achievement. Over 100,000 students from over 2,500 schools took the AMC8. Students from Living Wisdom School were among the best!   
Brian Wallace

Brian Wallace (7th grade) scored 18 and received the prized Honor Roll Certificate of Distinction for placing in the top 2% of all participants! This award honors both the student and the school.

Within our school, Brian placed first, followed by Ben Madison and Ethan Toolis-Byrd, each with a score of  17. Ethan also received an award for improving the most on the AMC8 from last year to this year.

Benjamin Madison
Ethan Toolis-Byrd
Nicolas Hahn

Our third place winner was Nicolas Hahn with a score of 16.
 
Finally, sixth graders Jessica Wallace and Johanna Molina Barajas received awards for having the highest score, 14, within their grade.
 
Congratulations to all of the students who took the test. Our class average was 12.8, up two points from last year—a significant accomplishment! A special congratulations to middle school math teachers Dharmaraj and Gary, who through their teaching communicate enthusiasm and love for math to their students.
Left to right: Nicolas Hahn, Brian Wallace, Dharmaraj Iyer, Gary McSweeney, Jessica Wallace, Johanna Molina Barajas