Richmond students sweep awards in National Math Competition
Richmond students were adjudged the best in Canada in the first ever Online Canadian National Mental Math competition in which more than 4,000 students from Canada participated. Due to COVID-19, students all over Canada have had to adapt to a different way of learning over the past year.
In the online math competition students had to do 150-200 math questions in 8.5 minutes depending on the age and level of participation. Richmond students won 1 Grand Champion (pictured below) & 12 Champion awards, making the city proud – the highest number of Champions in a single centre in Canada.
The students were awarded trophies for their achievements at Hugh Boyd Park on 12-June-2021 following the necessary city regulated COVID safety guidelines.
Tweitzha Mahendran (Richmond) & Aidan Yeung (Vancouver) were adjudged Grand Champions in the recently concluded online Math Competition
Champions Young Liu (Z2 category), Gosi Adibe (Z5 category) and Evelynn Yu (V2 category) had a perfect score ie 100% in the competition, a feat accomplished by a handful of students in Canada.
Angie Sang (Z3), Faith Gabrielle Mikulin (Z4), Miguel De Las Alas (A3), Tammi Antonio (Z4), Giovanna Wong (B2), Brianna Rayne Ong (D2), Vince Chan (D3), Charlene Chan (F3) and Anna Pui Yan Lee (H2) were Canadian National Champions in their respective categories.
Math is an essential lifelong skill and the competition offers opportunity to all children to compete with thousands of students and are given a chance to showcase their talent. Competition teaches the importance of regularity, hard work, dedication and time management skills.
In the program children develop their Kinaesthetic, Auditory and Visual learning styles.
Children generally have a pre-dominant style of learning; but at UCMAS all the different learning styles get enhanced. This not only leads to greater student proficiency and confidence in mathematics, it also builds the framework for children to develop fundamental learning skills essential to actively succeed in school and in every avenue of their daily life. UCMAS maintains a world-class quality program that delivers maximum benefit to the students and is operational in more than 80 countries.
