BC Secondary School Mathematics Contest 2011

Report to the BCCUPM

 

On May 6, 2011 the Final Round of the BC Secondary School Mathematics Contest was written at 9 provincial 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:

            Capilano University                                        (CapU)

            Douglas College                                              (Doug)

            Langara College                                              (Lang)

            North Island College                                      (NIC)

            Northwest Community College                      (NWCC)

            Okanagan College/UBC Okanagan                (OC/UBCO)

            Thompson Rivers University                          (TRU)

            Vancouver Island University                          (VIU)

            University of the Fraser Valley                       (UFV)

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

CapU

25

20

95, 95, 94.5

88, 84, 76

65.5

57.6

Doug

22

15

98, 94, 93

94, 93, 90

70

70

Lang

32

6

92, 86, 79

61, 44, 25

54

33

NIC

14

8

83, 54, 48

41, 38, 28

33.9

27.3

NWCC

6

6

34, 32, 29

55, 44, 43

28

35.5

OC/UBCO

70

29

88, 82, 75

59, 54, 50

33.5

32.5

TRU

32

41

59, 56, 51

52, 50, 46

31.6

26.5

VIU

46

34

69, 65, 63

84, 76, 67

38.2

38.5

UFV

74

51

100, 84, 79

92, 73, 71

38.4

34.96

TOTAL

321

210

 

 

 

 

 

Approximately 1350 Juniors and 775 Seniors throughout the province 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 necessarily an accurate reflection of the level of participation in the Preliminary Round.  A total of 531 students participated in the Final Round this year, very close to the numbers last year, even though two less institutions ran the Contest this 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 I am suggesting for the 2012 contest are:

                        Preliminary Round:                 Wednesday, April 4, 2012

                        Final Round:                           Friday, May 4, 2012

 

The top three students in at the Junior and Senior levels from the 9 institutions that participated in 2011 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.

 

Capilano University

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior

Griffin Tench
Yang Ge

Burnaby South Secondary School
Mulgrave School

11

11

Second Place Senior

 

 

 

Third Place Senior

Chris Zhang

Britannia Secondary School

12

 

 

 

 

First Place Junior

Jacqueline Shen

Byron Yang

Burnaby South Secondary School

Moscrop Secondary School

9

10

Second Place Junior

Anna Ye

Burnaby South Secondary School

9

Third Place Junior

Steven Zhang

West Vancouver Secondary School

10

 

 

Douglas College

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior

Dohee Kim

Riverside Secondary

12

Second Place Senior

Charlie Shen

Pinetree Secondary

12

Third Place Senior

Steven Yu

Pinetree Secondary

11

 

 

 

 

First Place Junior

Robert Huang

Semiahmoo Secondary

10

Second Place Junior

Cornell Lee

Pinetree Secondary

10

Third Place Junior

John Lim

Gleneagle Secondary

10

 

 

Langara College

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior

Vicky Tong

Crofton House School

12

Second Place Senior

Valerie Kim

Crofton House School

9

Third Place Senior

Eileen Huang
Simone Cheng

Crofton House School (both)

10
10

 

 

 

First Place Junior

Shu Hao Li

Olympic Educational Center

7

Second Place Junior

Ned Zhou

Olympic Educational Center

10

Third Place Junior

Melody Zhang

Crofton House School

10

 

 

North Island College

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior

Bryan Pawlina

Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School

11

Second Place Senior

Paul Walton

G. P. Vanier Secondary School

12

Third Place Senior

Andrew Wu

G. P. Vanier Secondary School

12

 

 

 

First Place Junior

Justin Guo

Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School

10

Second Place Junior

Matt Pereszlenyi

Timberline Secondary School

10

Third Place Junior

Scott Theriault

G. P. Vanier Secondary School

10

 

 

Northwest Community College

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior

Alastair McLellan

Smithers Secondary

11

Second Place Senior

Brian Dohler

Smithers Secondary

11

Third Place Senior

Bryan Storie

Smithers Secondary

11

 

 

 

 

First Place Junior

Jesse Schaeffer

Charles Hays Secondary

9

Second Place Junior

Jeremy Bolster

Smithers Secondary

9

Third Place Junior

Graeme Turney

Smithers Secondary

10

 

 

Okanagan College/UBC Okanagan

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior:

Katie MacDonald      

Okanagan Mission Secondary

12

Second Place Senior

Brendan Wright

Kelowna Secondary School

12

Third Place Senior:

Tom Lim

Mount Boucherie Secondary School

12

 

 

 

 

First Place Junior:

Trevor Sterling

Kelowna Secondary School

10

Second Place Junior:

Rutland Secondary School

9

Third Place Junior

Laronna Sewell

Kelowna Secondary School

10

 

 

Thompson Rivers University

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior:

 

NorKam Secondary School

12

Second Place Senior:

David Langevin

St. Ann’s Academy

11

Third Place Senior:

 

NorKam Secondary School

12

 

 

 

 

First Place Junior:

 

Columneetza Secondary School

10

Second Place Junior:

Felix Braun

Sa-Halli Secondary School

10

Third Place Junior

Brian Langevin

St. Ann’s Academy

9

 

 

University of the Fraser Valley

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior:

Sungil Ahn

Abbotsford Middle School

8

Second Place Senior:

Chung Jun Kim

Yale Secondary School

12

Third Place Senior:

Zack Tzeng

W.J. Mouat Secondary School

12

 

 

 

 

First Place Junior:

Ji Sup Kim

Yale Secondary School

10

Second Place Junior:

Jeffrey Lin

Abbotsford Christian Secondary

10

Third Place Junior

Eugene Moon

Yale Secondary School

10

 

 

Vancouver Island University

 

 

Name

School

Grade

First Place Senior

Jason Wang

Dover Bay Secondary School

12

Second Place Senior

Joseph Yeo

Nanaimo Christian School

12

Third Place Senior

Insung Jun

Kwalikum Secondary School

10

 

 

 

First Place Junior

Rachel Elliot

Dover Bay Secondary School

10

Second Place Junior

Tom Pham

Malaspina High School

10

Third Place Junior

Eric Roberts

Dover Bay Secondary School

10

 

Report prepared by

 

Clint Lee

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Okanagan College, Kalamalka Campus