2023 Math Kangaroo at XLIS

After nearly two months of review by the U.S. official committee, the winners of the 2023 Kangaroo Math Contest were announced on June 10th. More than 7 million students worldwide participated in the competition, with nearly 22,000 students from more than 30 provinces and 230 cities in China participating in the Chinese Division.

 

This year we had more than 100 students from XLIS and other schools participating in 2023 Math Kangaroo on April 15th. The competition had far-reaching significance in cultivating our students’ interest in Mathematics and their spirit of exploration, stimulating students’ enthusiasm for learning through competition, serving our students better and providing a platform for students from other local schools to further promote mutual learning and communication.

 

A total of 39 XLIS students won awards in this year’s contest, the names and corresponding awards are listed below:

 

Super Gold Award

Simon Yang (P4C)

David Wang (P4C)

 

Gold Award

Neo Park (M4A)

Sunny Yang (P6B)

Zachary Liu (P3C)

Rory Lv (P6C)

 

Sliver Award

Lily Kang (M1B)

Mark Guo (DP1)

Erin Jung (P6B)

Henry Cui (P6B)

Jack Baek (P6C)

Derek Li (P6C)

Gabrielle Liu (P6C)

Harper Hou (P4B)

Zien Guo (P4C) 

 

Bronze Award

Kevin Joo (M1A)

Tiger Zhang (M2A)

Lydia Zhu (M3A)

Eric Yu (M3B)

David Chen (P3A)

Christina Zhang (P3C)

Andy Wang (P3B)

Seojin An (P3C)

Kingsdon Wang (P4C)

Angela Zhang (P6B)

 

Proficiency Award

Thomas Choi (M2B)

Kevin Ji (M3A)

Sergey He (M3B)

Jasmin Chan (M4A)

Tommy Lee (M5A)

Zoe Lalor (P6B)

Cindy Li (P6C)

Lisa Kang (P5C)

Jun Choi(P5B)

Victor Li (P5B)

Tyler Park (P6B)

Remy Meng (P4C)

Ethan Suh (P4B)

Annabelle Yu (P4A)

 

Congratulations to all!

 

Math Kangaroo is the largest youth math competition in the world, with participants from elementary all the way to high school. Each year, the Kangaroo Math Contest attracts over 6 million math enthusiasts from more than 92 countries. Compared to traditional math competitions, which focus on problem-solving skills with a high level of difficulty, the Math Kangaroo Competition emphasizes using interesting and real-life situational problems to help stimulate children’s interest in learning, thus cultivating students’ mathematical thinking and continuously improving their ability to read, understand, analyze and logically solve problems.

 

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Author:

Sky Du (DP and MYP Mathematics Teacher, Maths Subject Area Leader)