Lord Byng Math Department

A reminder to all Grade 8′s particpating in the Gauss Contest on Wednesday May 16th. You will be writing in the cafeteria in period 2-4 (right after lunch). Please bring a calculator (any non-phone or non-IPod) and be in the cafeteria by 12:20.

A huge congratulations to our Lord Byng team for placing 5th in the entire province on this year’s Euclid contest. Team rating is based on the top 10 students in each school. Our team consisted of Mu (Tom) Tang, Zi Hao (Alex) Wang, Gordon Li, Yi Qiao (Kelly) Li, Tianyou (Johnson) Tang, Tianyuan (Jack) Xue, Seo Hyun (Jenna) Choo, Jun Kyu (Peter) Ryu, Irene Poon, and Ze Chuan (Frank) Xi. Well done, ladies and gentlemen!!!!

And a HUGE congratulations to our top three students Tom Tang, Alex Wang and Gordon Li who all individually placed in the top 10 students in all of BC, which led Lord Byng to be the top ranking school in all of BC based on our top 3 students. Please help me congratulate these 3 young men on their outstanding performance!!!

And finally a big congrats to all 62 Lord Byng Students who were up to the challenge of writing the Euclid Contest, we were second in particpants in the entire province. It’s very nice to see such a huge level of participation.

The results are in! Students, see your Math teacher for your specific results and to see if you qualified for the Fryer, Galois or Hypatia contests April 12. Congratulations to all of our mathletes who competed. Lord Byng place placed 10th in the province in the Pascal (Grade 9), 16th in the province in the Cayley (Grade 10), and 10th in the province in the Fermat (Grade 11). Congratulations Byng!!

A huge congratulations goes out to the members of the Grade 8 and Grade 9 Math Challengers, who on Saturday March 3rd at UBC each placed 3rd in the province. Yes, third in the province!! Our grade 8 team consisted of Jessica Li, Tony Lu, Gary Guang, Ming Zhao, and Julie Cui. Our grade 9 teams consisted of Philip Xu, Edwin Sy, Charles Sun, Violet Li, and Dary Chen. Special thanks to my assistant coach Jenna Choo. Thank you to you all for all your hard work and dedication, it’s been a pleasure and an honor coaching you! Mr. Cacchioni

Don’t forget to sign up for the Euclid contest, registration ends March 2. Gauss (grade 8 ) registration is now also open, registration ends April 12. Also AMC 10/12 results are in, see Mr. Cacchioni or your math teacher for results. Congratulations to Alex Wang, Gordon Li, Tom Tang, Kelly Li and Violet Li for outstanding results and being invited to write the prestigious AIME (American Invitational Math Contest) later this month.

For the 2012-13 school year, we will be offering some new options for our Math students. There will be up to 2 blocks of AP Calculus 12. Registration in this course will be by teacher referal. Students should have an A in Math 12 or Math 12 Enriched, students should let their current math teacher know of their interest in taking the course.

There will be one block of Calculus 12 being offered for those students who have completed Math 12 already. Students are recommended to have at least a B in Math 12 for success in Calc 12.

There will be a double block of Pre-Calc 12/Calculus 12 for those students who complete Pre-Calc 11 this year and will be in grade 12 next year. Students should have a minimum of a B in Pre-Calc 11 to request this double course. Pre-Calc 12 will be taught from September to January (one block every day). Calculus 12 will be taught from February to June (one block every day). Students who sign up for this course are required to stay in the course for the entire year, so after the drop date in September, students will not be allowed to drop this double course. Preference will be given to Grade 12 students, if there is room, Grade 11 students may be accepted into this class. A letter has been sent home to all interested current Pre-Calc 11 students. A copy of the letter can be found here.

If you have questions, see Mr. Cacchioni.

See your Math teacher or Mr. Cacchioni for results. Top score in the school was 68. Out of 77 students who wrote, 18 achieved Performace with Distinction for placing in the first quartile (top 25% of all contest writers in Canada), 20 achieved Performance with Honours for placing in the second quartile nationally, and a further 26 achieved Performance with Commendation for placing in the third quartile nationally. Way to go Byng Mathletes!!

Registration is now open. Put your mouse over “Math Contests” and click on registration. Click on the Math Contests menu and scroll down to find and for more information and previous contests. Registration closes Feb 3rd.

AMC 10/12 registration is open (and closes Dec 9), go to Math Contests to for details and registration.

Although it states in the agenda that the CSMC math contest is Tuesday Nov 22, we made the decision to offer the COMC last month(which we’ve offered every previous year) instead of the new CSMC math contest. I repeat, the CSMC is not being offered at our school. There will be no major contest now until February. Check the Contest page now for sign up for the AMC 10 and AMC 12.