Recently, students of the middle school section of Shanghai High School International Division received great news from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). They obtained fantastic scores in the 2020 American Mathematics Competition 8.

The AMC contest is among the most credible math contests and is the most helpful in applying American high schools and universities. AMC 8 is designed for students of 8th grade and below; they have to finish 25 carefully-designed problems in 40 minutes.

In this contest, the middle school section has 12 students that obtained the top 1%. Among them, student Lu, from grade 7, obtained a full score of 25. Student Zhang, from grade 7, received second place. Student Ma and student Shen, from grade 7, and student Liu, from grade 8, received third place. Mr. Liu, the middle and primary school principal of SHSID, issued certificates and medals for these five students. Additionally, 20 other students obtained a good score in the top 5%.

With the help and encouragement of Ms. Yan, the AMC 8 club guidance teacher, more students improved their math skills and also felt the fun of learning math. In the new semester, students will continue to work hard to achieve even more accomplishments.

(Written by 7-1 Arden Supervised by Xu Wei Pictures by Ginger)