BC Secondary School Mathematics Contest 2009

Report to the BCCUPM

On May 8, 2009 the Final Round of the BC Secondary School Mathematics Contest was written at 11 provincial colleges, university colleges, and universities. Students who had performed well on an earlier preliminary round held within their own high schools were invited (together with a teacher sponsor) to attend the final round and spend a day at the local post-secondary institution with several activities involved.

This year the participating institutions were:

Camosun College	(Cam)
Capilano University	(Cap)
College of New Caledonia	(CNC)
Douglas College	(Doug)
Langara College	(Lang)
North Island College	(NIC)
Northwest Community College	(NWCC)
Okanagan College/UBC Okanagan	(OC/UBCO)
Thompson Rivers University	(TRU)
University of the Fraser Valley	(UFV)
Vancouver Island University	(VIU)

The table below gives a summary of the number of students and the top scores (out of a possible 100) on the Final Round at each institution.

Institution	Final Round		Top Three Scores		Averages
	Juniors	Seniors	Junior	Senior	Junior	Senior
Cam	18	18	100, 92, 91	90, 79, 73	64	55
Cap	21	17	100, 100, 100	85, 84, 82	70.3	80.8
CNC	23	20	75, 70, 61	72, 66, 64	40	48
Doug	12	11	100, 100, 95	87, 85, 83	78.7	65.5
Lang	20	7	97, 88, 87	91, 84, 81	64	80
NIC	15	18	44, 45, 46	67, 70, 77	33.9	50.9
NWCC	2	3	49, 37	63, 39, 35	43	46
OC/UBCO	45	20	90, 81, 72	99, 81, 72	39.4	47.1
TRU	23	39	82, 71, 68	64, 62, 58	44.4	40.1
VIU	33	41	97,91.5,73	79, 76, 73	41.7	49.8
UFV	68	39	100, 94, 89	76, 69, 66	39.2	43.5
TOTAL	280	233

Approximately 1400 Juniors and 900 Seniors wrote the Preliminary Round this year. The top reported Junior and Senior Preliminary scores were both 60 out of 60. Note that not all schools report Preliminary Round scores or participation numbers, so these are not a completely accurate reflection of the level of participation in the Preliminary Round. A total of 513 students participated in the Final Round this year, up slightly from last year.

Funding of the province wide activities associated with the BCSSMC, in particular travel of speakers from one institution to the other for Final Round activities and by the BCSSMC Provincial Coordinator, currently Clint Lee, to the BCCUPMS meeting for problem preparation sessions, has been generously provided by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, PIMS.

For those planning for next year, the dates for the 2009 Contest are:

         Preliminary Round:                    Wednesday March 31 or April 7, 2010

         Final Round:                              Friday May 7, 2010

The top three students in at the Junior and Senior levels from the 11 institutions that participated in 2009 are given below.  Note that participants were asked to submit a Freedom of Information Protection of Privacy Consent form in order for their names to be reported.  In the following, only the names of participants who submitted a form are included, though school and grade are provided.

Camosun College

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior	Brandon Ewonus	St Michaels University School	11
Second Place Senior	Jeremy Johnson	Mt Douglas Secondary School	12
Third Place Senior	Helen Kim	Mt Douglas Secondary School	11
First Place Junior	Yaon Wang	St Michael’s University School	10
Second Place Junior	Sarah Li	Mt Douglas Secondary School	10
Third Place Junior	Rick Lu	Claremont Secondary School	10

Capilano University

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior		West Vancouver Secondary School	11
Second Place Senior	Jia Qi (Andrea) Sun	Mulgrave School	11
Third Place Senior	Yuan Sheng Feng	Britannia Secondary School	11
First Place Junior	Suzie Pan	Hugh McRoberts Secondary School	10
First Place Junior	Susan Sun	West Vancouver Secondary School	9
First Place Junior	Raymond Cho	West Vancouver Secondary School	9

College of New Caledonia

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior		DP Todd Secondary School	12
Second Place Senior		Quesnel Secondary School	12
Third Place Senior		DP Todd Secondary School	12
First Place Junior		College Heights Secondary School	10
Second Place Junior		DP Todd Secondary School	10
Third Place Junior		College Heights Secondary School	10

Douglas College

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior	Chris Lee	Pinetree Secondary	12
Second Place Senior	Cathy Lu	Pinetree Secondary	11
Third Place Senior		Heritage Woods Secondary	11
First Place Junior		Burnaby North Secondary	8
Second Place Junior	Steven Yu	Pinetree Secondary	9
Third Place Junior	Charlie Shen	Pinetree Secondary	10

Langara College

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior	Jimmy Zhang	Eric Hamber Secondary School	12
Second Place Senior	Alice Mao	Crofton House School	11
Third Place Senior		Crofton House School	11
First Place Junior	Kevin Luo	Eric Hamber Secondary School	9
Second Place Junior	Lawrence Fu	Eric Hamber Secondary School	10
Third Place Junior		Eric Hamber Secondary School	10

North Island College

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior	Ko Gii Young	Vanier Secondary School	11
Second Place Senior	Carl Dietrich	Alberni District Secondary School	11
Third Place Senior	Josh Amelia	Carihi Secondary School	11
First Place Junior	Chelsea Marshall	Isfeld Secondary School	8
Second Place Junior	Aaron Amelia	Carihi Secondary School	10
Third Place Junior	Nic Wickman	Alberni District Secondary School	10

Northwest Community College

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior	David Gibb	Smithers Secondary	12
Second Place Senior	Eric Schibli	Smithers Secondary	12
Third Place Senior	Lucas Berg	Smithers Secondary	11
First Place Junior	Heath McKenzie	Smithers Secondary	9
Second Place Junior	Isaac Davies	Smithers Secondary	10
Third Place Junior

Okanagan College/UBC Okanagan

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior:	Richard Mack	Immaculata Regional High School	12
Second Place Senior	Melissa Makortoff	Salmon Arm Secondary School	12
Third Place Senior:	Lesley Williamson	Okanagan Mission Secondary	12
First Place Junior:	Jee Yun Yang	Kelowna Secondary School	10
Second Place Junior:	Katie MacDonald	Okanagan Mission Secondary	10
Third Place Junior	Brendan Wright	Kelowna Secondary School	10

Thompson Rivers University

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior:	Xin Ru (Nancy) Wang	Columneetza Secondary School	12
Second Place Senior:	Mario Viens	Sa-Hali Secondary School	12
Third Place Senior:		Westsyde Secondary School	12
First Place Junior:	Jaeyoung Lee	Sa-Hali Secondary School	10
Second Place Junior:	Hayley Tomkins	South Kamloops Secondary	9
Third Place Junior	Carl Lam	Columneetza Secondary School	8

University of the Fraser Valley

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior:		Chilliwack Senior Secondary School	12
Second Place Senior:		Sardis Secondary School	12
Third Place Senior:		Sardis Secondary School	11
First Place Junior:	Joe Kim	Mennonite Educational Institute	10
Second Place Junior:		Yale Secondary School	10
Third Place Junior		Yale Secondary School	10

Vancouver Island University

	Name	School	Grade
First Place Senior	Wei Sun	Dover Bay Secondary School	12
Second Place Senior	Taylor Zhang	Dover Bay Secondary School	12
Third Place Senior	Chris Canning	Wellington Secondary School	12
First Place Junior	Jason Wang	Dover Bay Secondary School	10
Second Place Junior	Vivian Liu	Dover Bay Secondary School	10
Third Place Junior	Jin Gyu Lim	Aspengrove School	10

Report prepared by

Clint Lee

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Okanagan College, Kalamalka Campus