Several Smith Middle School students received high marks on the American Mathematics Contest 10 in February.
Students Michael Gao and Hastings Greer qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), while other students received the Young Student Certificate of Achievement in recognition of their high scores: Arun Ganesh, Paul Zuo, Alex Werden, Alex Change, Jessica Gao, Paul Lee, Carl Yin, Katherine Whang and Jin Zang.
Max DeJong, a Smith eighth-grader, took the American Mathematics Contest 12 at Chapel Hill High School and qualified for the AIME.
The American Mathematics Contest 10 is the first exam in the series of exams used to challenge bright students in grades 10 and below toward choosing the U.S. team at the International Mathematics Olympiad.