Orange County Math Circle

2010 New Year Invitational

A Free MATHCOUNTS Scrimmage

for Students in Grades 6 - 8

Sunday, January 10, 2010

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Concordia University, Irvine

PARTICIPATION: 

This free event is open to any students in 6^th through 8^th grade. We will accept both teams and individual students on a first-come, first-served basis.

RESULTS:

Countdown:

1. Benjamin Chen - Pantera Elementary School

2. Hang Yang - Corona Del Mar Middle School

7/8th Grades Individual:

1. Hang Yang: Corona Del Mar Middle School

2. Yelena Mandelshtan: Vista Verde Middle School

3. Richard Yang: Home School

Honorable Mention:

- Dennis Shim: Sierra Vista Middle School

- Arjun Srinivasan: Sierra Vista Middle School

- George Hu: Rancho San Joaquin Middle School

7/8th Grades Team:

1. Sierra Vista Middle School

- Dennis Shim

- Arjun Srinivasan

- Nikhil Mishra

- Andrew Thai

2. Venado Middle School

- Jason Chen

- Vincent Jin

- Srinidhi Bharadwaj

- Jonathan Tu

6th Grade and Under Individual:

1. Benjamin Chen: Pantera Elementary School

2. Jeffrey Qiao: Eastshore Elementary School

3. Tommy Kwa: Vista Del Mar Elementry School

Honorable Mention:

- Alexander Xie: South Pointe Middle School

- Benjamin Most: Harbor Day School

- Jason Ye: Foothill Elementary School

6th Grade and Under Team:

1. Independent 3

- Ethan Davis: Vista Verde Elementary School

- Connor Chung: Harbor Day School

- Benjamin Most: Harbor Day School

- Jason Ye: Foothill Elementary School

2. Independent 9

- Jeffrey Qiao: Eastshore Elementary School

- Evan Yu: Eastshore Elementary School

- Benjamin Chen: Pantera Elementary School

EVENT INFORMATION:

This event will consist of four rounds. The first three rounds are Sprint, Target and a Team event. Students will compete either with their school teams or will be placed into teams with other individuals. The last round is a Countdown event for the top 16.

AWARDS:

Students in seventh and eighth grade will compete against each other, while sixth graders will compete only amongst themselves.

All students who participate will receive a certificate of recognition. Top students in each grade will be awarded with trophies and medals.  The winner and runner-up of the countdown round will also be awarded with trophies. The team that wins the team round will be given a bucket of candy.

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:

• Johnny Li, St. Margaret's Episcopal School
• James Liao, University High School
• Marvin Liu, University High School
• Andrew Ma, University High School
• Deborah Ma, University High School
• Brian Wagner, Harbor Day School
• Jennifer Yoo, Troy High School
• Elissa Young, Edison High School
• Alex Zivkovic, University High School

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Orange County Math Circle

Thanksgiving Tournament

November 28, 2009

RESULTS:

The tournament results are available.  For a story about the tournament, please visit: 2009 Thanksgiving Tournament a Great Success.

 3rd Grade

1. Kyle Kishimoto, Fairmont Private School
2. Ryan Chen, College Park Elementary
3. Michelle Hung, Alderwood Basics Plus
4. Cole Ellison, Wagon Wheel Elementary
5. Eric Huber, Rio San Gabrial Elementary
6. Henry Song, Bonita Canyon Elementary

4th Grade

1. Jiyun Park, Turtle Rock Elementary
2. Calvin Brown, Turtle Rock Elementary
3. Ethan Yoshioka, Valencia Elementary
4. Matthew Choi, Bonita Canyon Elementary
5. Anish Neervannan, Eastshore Elementary
6. Carter Ellison, Wagon Wheel Elementary

5th Grade

1. Harrison Ku, Turtle Rock Elementary
2. Brian Choi, Bonita Canyon Elementary
3. Mitchell Wong, Brywood Elementary
4. Justin Li, Peters Canyon Elementary
5. Daisy Chen, Eastshore Elementary
6. Isabelle Zhou, Eastshore Elementary

6th Grade

1. Han Chin, VanDamme Academy
2. Benjamin Most, Harbor Day School
3. Kevin Lee, Eastshore Elementary
4. Evan Yu, Eastshore Elementary
5. Ankur Gupta, Alderwood Basics Plus
6. Mark Belgum, Eastshore Elementary

DATE AND LOCATION:

• Date: November 28, 2009
• Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 noon
• Location: Concordia University, DeNault Auditorium, Grimm Hall.  Ask the guard at the gate for directions.  Parking is FREE.

SCHEDULE:

• Bookstore open    08:30 - 09:30
• Registration           08:30 - 09:00
• Sprint                      09:15 - 10:05
• Break                      10:05 - 10:15
• Target                     10:15 - 10:45
• Break                      10:45 - 11:00
• Relay/Awards        11:00 - 12:00
  
• Bookstore open    11:00 - 12:30 

NOTE: Parents are welcome to watch team relays and awards.  We also sell selected math books to raise funds for future Math Circle events. 

PARTICIPATION: 

This event is designed for students in grades 3-6 and homeschoolers in the equivalent age group.  Due to space limitations, we can only accept 50 students per grade level on a first-come, first-served basis.  Participation is FREE!  All donations will go directly to the Orange County Math Circle to fund future events.

EVENT INFORMATION:

The tournament consists of three rounds-- sprint, target, and team relay.

• The sprint round involves a short 40 minute interval to answer 30 questions; each correct answer will be worth one point.  The sprint is aimed at testing a student's problem solving speed.
• The target round consists of fewer but more challenging problems aimed at testing a student's depth in mathematics.  There will be 24 minutes given to answer 8 questions; each correct answer will be allotted two points.
• The team relay round offers pure fun and engages students in group thinking.  This round will be held outdoors and consists of a number of activities to test mathematical concepts.  No points here, just candy for right answers.  School teams are welcome and individual students will be assigned to teams by the event organizer.

AWARDS:

Every student participating in the event will receive a certificate of recognition.  The top 6 students in every grade (the students with the highest scores for their grade level) will receive trophies or medals.  The winning teams in the relay competition will receive a bucket of candy to be divided amongst the group members.

REGISTRATION:

Send the following information to joli@smes.org:

• Student Name
• School
• Grade
• Gender
• Parent Name
• Phone Number
• Parent Contact Email

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE:

• Ye Yoon Choi, Beckman High School
• Brian Kim, Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
• Tiffany Hsu, Woodbridge High School
• Jini Huh, Troy High School
• Johnny Li, St. Margaret's Episcopal School
• James Liao, University High School
• Alice Liu, Sage Hill School
• Christian Liu, Sage Hill School
• Marvin Liu, University High School
• Andrew Ma, University High School
• Deborah Ma, University High School
• Varun Ray, University High School
• Tyler Vollmer, Wilson High School
• Brian Wagner, Harbor Day School
• Vickie Ye, Beckman High School
• Jennifer Yoo, Troy High School
• Elisa Young, Edison High School
• Alex Zivkovic, University High School

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Mock MATHCOUNT Exam 

Orange County Math Circle held a Mock MATHCOUNT Exam on December 20, 2008.  24 students participated in the events.

Mock AMC 8 Exam 

Orange County Math Circle held its first AMC 8 Mock Exam.  20 students in grades 5 - 8 from 14 schools participated.

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