ACS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE AMC 10 & 12 INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

Sixty three (63) students at ACS Athens participated in the 61st annual American Mathematics Contest 12, and/or the 11th annual American Mathematics Contest 10. The contest was held on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.The students competed for local, regional and national student and school awards. The contest, which covers high school mathematics, is given in participating schools. Its purpose is to spur interest in mathematics and develop talent through the excitement of friendly competition at problem solving in a timed format. In 2010 over 220,000 students from 4,200 schools participated in the AMC 10 & AMC 12.

The AMC 12 (first offered in 1950), and the AMC 10 (first offered in 2000), are part of a series of contests sponsored each year by The Mathematical Association of America, through their program, the American Mathematics Competitions. The AMC offers the only math competition series internationally leading to the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP). From this group of students, the AMC sends the highly competitive USA Team to the prestigious annual International Mathematical Olympiad.

Congratulations to our 2010 AMC-10 student Winners:

· Joon Woo Shim (1st place)

· Robert Amarin (2nd place)

· Soo Yeon Kim (3rd place) 

Congratulations also go out to 2010 AMC-12 student winners:

· Caio Davison (1st place)

· Peter Zachares (2nd place)

· Jaqueline Cremos (3rd Place)

Caio Davison placed within the top 5% internationally and qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) on March 16, 2010!

The Mathematics/Technology Department would like to commend these students for their high achievement in Mathematics.

Nicholas Parakatis

Department Chair

The ACS Department of Mathematics and Technology