![]() ![]() ![]() Students From right to left are Hadley Hageman, Kristen Anguiano, Ariana Potter, and Heather Schimming. My favorite was “white out” because I love my white jeans.”įriday was “white out” which meant every was to wear as much white as they could. “My sister Katie Martin and I worked together to make out outfits cute. “It’s my last year of participating in spirit week and I wanted to make the most of it,” Martin said. Below are students Gillian Martin (right) and Sean Reynolds (left) Thursday students were to dress up in their best summer outfits. Below are sophomores Alex Rocha (right) and Kristen Anguiano (left) Wednesday was “Snowed in” where participants wore their best pajamas. Also I felt it was easier to find an outfit as a mathlete.”įor Tuesday students needed to dress warmly, and that’s just what freshman Katlynn Kuder (right) and senior Emma Ellet (left) did. I don’t really think of myself as an athlete although I play soccer. “I got my ideas from the internet,” Gant said. ![]() Senior Emma Ellet (right) and her friend also senior Ashley Gant (left) dressed up as nerds to participate. Athletes students were instructed to dress up for the day as a Mathlete or an athlete. Athletes.” Tuesday followed with “Toasty Tuesday,” Wednesday continued with “Snowed in,” Thursday was “Thawed out Thursday” and Friday was “Frozen Friday.”ĭuring Mathletes vs. Day one of Spirit Week began on Monday with “Mathletes vs. so I'm quite happy with that as well.This past week at MHS, February 13th through the17th, students geared up for homecoming by participating in spirit week. "I'm quite pleased with the result obviously, and a lot of people seem to be quite proud of me, it's also apparently quite good for your career to have these things on your resume. "It helps their social skills as well as encouraging their ability and their particular areas of talent."Īlex said he hoped his gold medal-winning success would lead him to bigger and brighter things. if they're sitting in class just doing the same work as everyone else they obviously would get bored, but by challenging them through advancement they stay with their own year level, but within maths they are pushed," she said. Ms Erickson said the school had challenged Alex through enhancement programs and by organising a mentor from Monash University. The assistant principal at Glen Waverley Secondary College, Sandra Erickson, said the school was "absolutely thrilled" with Alex's success. aren't like that, and that's why people are interested in them," Alex said. "When we do maths at school it's just the same thing over and over again, and that's why we think maths is boring, but the IMO and Olympiads. He said he enjoyed the challenge of the international competition. When we do maths at school it's just the same thing over and over again, and that's why we think maths is boring, but the IMO and Olympiads. "There's 160 hours of gruelling testing, that's not counting any preparation - that's 160 hours of testing to pass to actually get into it, so the rest of the time they are relaxing and reading around the subject," Ms Cooper said. you have no idea how to do them when you first see them," he told 774 ABC Melbourne.Īlex's mother Hannah Cooper said getting accepted to compete in the competition required hours of studying and testing. Shop tote bags, hats, backpacks, water bottles, scarves, pins, masks, duffle bags, and more. "The reason why we have four-and-a-half hours for them is that there's no set way to approach these questions. High quality Mathematician Mathlete accessories designed and sold by independent artists around the world. "What Alex has done, six questions, seven out of seven on each, 42 out of 42 is an incredible achievement."Īlex said while the questions were not particularly difficult to understand, they were "really, really hard to solve". "Imagine how complex and difficult these questions are that the best young mathematicians in the world get 90 minutes each and for the most difficult question on each paper - and they're worth seven marks each - the most popular score is a zero, a one or a two," Mr Spencer said. Australian Mathematics Trust supporter Adam Spencer said Alex's results were a "once-in-a-generation achievement" and a "triumph of great genius but also real application". ![]()
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