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4 students advance to nationals of Mathcourt competition
A fifth grader from Agape Christian School was adjudged the big winner in this year’s State Mathcourt competition after he received the gold medal award on Saturday at San Antonio Elementary School.
Agape’s Frederick Dean Michael Guintu will lead Team CNMI, which advances to the national competition for elementary division representing the Commonwealth. That contest will be held on June 7 in Houston Texas.
Guintu will be joined at the nationals by silver medalist Victoria Santos, a fifth grader from Eucon International School; bronze awardee Seung Ju Lee, a 5th grader from Saipan Community School; and fourth placer Mubei Wang, also a 5th grader from Agape Christian School.
The top four awardees of the Public School System State Mathcourt Competition gather for a group photo with the contest coordinator and volunteers on Saturday at the San Antonio Elementary School. Agape Christian School’s Frederick Dean Michael Guintu, Eucon’s Victoria Santos, Saipan Community School’s Seung Ju Lee, and ACS’s Mubei Wang comprise Team CNMI that will advance to the national Mathleague on June 7 in Houston, Texas. (Contributed Photo)
Besides the top four awardees, also recognized Saturday were the following students who will serve as Team CNMI alternates: Enji Wang, a 5th grader from ACS; Gianpaolo Borromeo, 5th grader from GCA; Joanah Jiminez, 4th grader from Eucon; and Hyun Jae Park, 4th grader from SIS.
These students were the fifth to eighth placers in the state competition.
For the team categories, the gold medal went to Team ACS-Chillipino composed of Frederic Dean Michael Guintu, Victoria Ancheta, Kevin Tang, and Wendy Tang.
Team SIS 2, composed of Hyun Jae Park, Christina Kim, Arabella Loste, and Daniele Colombo, won the silver award.
The bronze went to Team ACS-Chimoa with members Enji Wang, Mubei Wang, and Tychicus Xu.
The Mathcourt contest for elementary has three divisions: K-1, 2-3, and 4-5 divisions. The top four in the 4-5 division will represent the CNMI in the national competition.
During Saturday’s state rounds, the four top winners in the 2-3 division—Joseph Jimenez, Allia Pillarina, Katie Choi, and John Paul Labadan—were invited to compete against the 4-5 division contenders.
The CNMI Mathcourt competition is a series of meets that occur throughout the school year. At each meet, several tests are offered to measure the mathematical achievement of students at every grade level and award those students showing the highest levels of mastery at each level. The competition began in 2005 in order to promote mathematics in the CNMI.
