Filipino students bag awards in HK math tilt

MANILA, Philippines – Young Filipino elementary students finished first runner-up overall and won 15 awards in the 17th Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest held in Hong Kong.

Winning first runner-up overall in the group contest and bagging a merit award is Philippine Team C, composed of John Henry Marquez of UP Integrated School, Stefan Marcus Ong and Steven Ting Reyes of St. Jude Catholic School, and William Joshua King of Bethany Christian School.

In the individual contest, Marquez, Ong and Reyes won the country’s three gold medals. King took home a silver medal.

“We are so happy that our Filipino math wizards achieved another feat. This is the Philippines’ strongest performance in the contest since 2010,” said Dr. Simon Chua, head of the Philippine delegation and president of the Mathematics Trainers’ Guild-Philippines (MTG), in a statement.

Philippine Team A won a merit award in the team contest. The group is composed of Genrish Wendell Ng of St. Jude Catholic School, Bert Joseph Tropicales of Southernside Montessori School, Karl Raymond Roque of Notre Dame of Greater Manila and Mickel Lyle Angelo Pe of Antique SPED Center.

Roque bagged a silver medal while Tropicales won a bronze in the individual contest.

Other silver medalists are Immanuel Josiah Balete of St. Stephen’s High School and Andrhea San Gabriel of Small World Christian School Foundation.

Patrick Nino Policarpio of Greenpark Montessori Learning Center, Bryce Ainsley Sanchez of Grace Christian College, Maxinne Louise Dominique Co of Ateneo De Iloilo-SMCS and Ryan Jericho Sy of Chiang Kai Shek College also won bronze medals.

The other members of the Philippine team are Raymund Carlo Masbano of St. John’s Institute and Patricia Faith Capito of UP Integrated School.

The United States, Philippines, Australia, Bulgaria, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan and Thailand participated in the competition. – Rappler.com