by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
Three St. John’s Prep School teams excelled at the Math Contest held recently at St. Cloud State University, which has been an annual event since 1968. The three teams all took third-place awards.
Led by the SCSU mathematics and statistics department, the contest invites those in the top 15 percent in each school district to compete. The contest then recognizes those who make the top 20, 10 and 5 percent of those competing at each grade level.
Each grade level was honored with first-, second- and third-place team awards, as well as first-, second- and third-place individual awards.
About 2,000 students in grades 7-12 participated in the contest.
“This is a hallmark tradition of the mathematics and statistics department,” said Dale Buske, math professor and former contestant in the SCSU math contest (1982-83). “Community outreach has been a significant part of our work for much of our history…We recognize the need to serve as leaders in mathematics education in central Minnesota. The recognition builds confidence in ability and often a desire to pursue further study in mathematics or related disciplines.”
The tests are written and graded by SCSU faculty, staff and student
St. John’s Prep School teams that won the contest are the following:
Third place, Grade 10: Leo Fang, Sophia Huang, Jennifer Lee and Bryn Rogers.
Third place, Grade 11: Leo Wu, Tan Xiao and Jason Yoon.
Third place, Grade 12: Danny Kim, Mark Ji and Jonas Wang.
A vast roomful of brains toil at math problems during the annual Math Contest at St. Cloud State University.
