The
weekend of March 4 – 7 St. Stephen’s School
participated in the Senior Math Competition held at the
Rabat American School in Morocco. St. Stephen’s students
were graciously hosted by local families and thus were
able to fully appreciate the beauty and charm of this
city. The host school also organized tours of Rabat, including
an interesting morning in the Medina with shopping and
mint tea. The host school made sure that the 3-day math
competition was a good combination of work and relaxation.
Four St. Stephen’s students from the I.B. Higher
Level mathematics class participated in the competition.
Jina H. (grade 12) placed 7th and her brother, Joon H.
(grade 10) placed 9th out of the 81 participants. The
St. Stephen’s team, Jina H., David P. and Dale W.,
placed second (out of 26) in the team competition! Each
student on the top three teams received an elegant fossiled
stone plate as a trophy. I am very proud of the performance
of our students and would like, again, to congratulate
Jina, David, Dale and Joon. Well done!
This annual mathematics competition is sponsored by the
ISMTF (The International Schools Mathematics Teachers
Foundation), an organization of math teachers from some
of Europe’s most prestigious international schools.
St. Stephen’s mathematics department is a charter
member of the organization and has participated in four
ISMTF Senior Competitions.
We plan on participating in next year’s competition
which will be held in the Netherlands. St. Stephen’s
should also consider the possibility of one day hosting
the math competition in Rome. Needless to say, Rome would
be a very popular venue for the competition.
A big thanks to Angela Raymond who organized a fantastic
trip to Morocco during trip week so that my students (and
I) could enjoy trip week and also participate in the competition
in Rabat. It was a memorable week! |
