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Junior Math Club Member John Wang Wins Silver in Pi Math Contest
Thu, 05/01/2025 - 1:46pm
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Photo caption: Brian Ceng, Cassia Chen, Emersen Chen, Daniel Cheng, John Wang, Marcus Whitman, and Nora Whitman competing
Seven of our Mathematics Department's Junior Math Club students competed in the 2025 Pi Math Contest on 16 March 2025. Daniel Cheng, Cassia Chen, John Wang, and Marcus Whitman competed in the Euler Division (up to grade 5), Nora Whitman competed in the Fermat Division (grades 6 - 8), and Brian Ceng and Emersen Chen competed in the Gauss Division (grades 9 - 12).
Photo caption: Silver Award winner John Wang with organizer Phillip Whitman
John Wang, who is a fifth grade student at Woodvale Elementary, received a Silver Award in the Euler Division. The Silver award is presented to the ten participants with the sixth through fifteenth highest scores in their division!
Pi Math Contest (PiMC) is a math competition for elementary, middle, and high school students. PiMC was organized first in 2015 (only for elementary school students) and was held as an “Alpha Math Contest” (for elementary and middle school students organized by AlphaStar Academy) between 2019 and 2021. PiMC now resumes online and reaches a broader audience with its partners.
The primary goals of the contest are to stimulate interest and achievement in mathematics among elementary, middle, and high school students, and to provide recognition of outstanding young mathematicians, their dedicated teachers, and schools. Students can participate as individuals.