From March 2 – 4, the 3rd annual Wells Math Competition took place through an online Google Meet. In the Wells Math Competition, students are able to gain diverse mathematical knowledge and collaborate with their teammates to understand different approaches to solve the problem shown. Each day of the competition was dedicated to different grade levels with the first day starting with grade 9 – 10 division and the second day with grade 11 – 12. The final day was held among the first and second winners of each grade division.聽

Day 2: G11-12 Division

Our Wells Math Competition allows students to approach math in a more interesting and enjoyable way so that students are not just solving a math problem but learning different perspectives from each other.聽 In the competition, students were paired with a student from a different grade level and had the opportunity to discuss the questions through an individual Google Meet.聽

Day 2: G11-12 Division

The questions were presented in three rounds, consisting of 3 medium, 3 hard, and 10 lightning round questions. For each round students were given limited time to solve the questions and were asked to submit their answers in a Google form.

Day 3: Winner鈥檚 Round

Although there were various difficulties due to the competition being online, most of the students have said that they enjoyed the competition and they were able to learn various solutions and approaches.聽

If some students missed the event this year, Wells Math Competitions will continuously be held in upcoming years so we all hope to see you in future competitions!

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On Friday, February 21st and Saturday, February 22, a team of our middle and high school students participated in the at Pan Asia International School. Our team of students was selected after qualifying via the first online round against many other international students around the world. On Friday, February 21, our teams competed in the international round and on Saturday, the students competed in the final round against other skilled mathematicians.

As a result of hard work and collaboration at the math competition, we had many students achieve great successes. We would like to celebrate and recognize the following students for their performance and efforts:

1st runners up:

Team:

1. Crystal (Grade 10)
2. Jay (Grade 10)
3. Simon (Grade 11)

Individual Gold Medalists:

1. Chihiro (Grade 9): Gold Cat 3
2. Jay (Grade 10): Gold Cat 4

Individual Silver Medalists:

1. Sinai (Grade 6): Silver Cat 2
2. Crystal (Grade 10): Silver Cat 4

Bronze Medalists:

1. Prem (Grade 9): Bronze Cat 3
2. Hayeon Kim (Grade 6): Bronze Cat 2
3. Simon (G11): Bronze Cat 4

Honorable Mention:

4. Elly (Grade 8): Honorable Mention Cat 3

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Wells Primary and Middle School Students among
World鈥檚 Best in Math and Spelling

After placing 30^th during the 2010 World Math Day, Wells Math Department resolved to improve on last year鈥檚 performance. At this year鈥檚 competition, a team of Wells鈥� best primary school math students, representing both On Nut and Thong Lor campuses, pushed their way all the way to the top, defeating teams from across the globe.

World Math Day is a two-day event that put individual students in head-to-head competitions in basic math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), across five levels of difficulty. Over 5.3 million students and over ten thousand teams per division, representing 218 countries, participated in this year鈥檚 math competition.

This year, the school held a special overnight 鈥渃amp鈥� for World Math Day, making the event even more exciting and fun than the previous years. Lingering among the top five teams throughout the event, our strongest primary school team found themselves trailing a team from the U.S.A. with just under an hour left in the competition. However, good planning and strategizing paid off as the determined group of twenty Wells 4^th and 5^th graders led by Samuel Ghandi (Gr. 5) surged ahead in the end to come out on top.

When the final buzzer sounded, three Wells teams were listed among the best in the WORLD!

• Ages 8-10 Division聽聽聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 ON/TL Primary School A Team 鈥� World Champions!!!
• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Middle School A Team 鈥� 4^th Place
• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Middle School B Team 鈥� 18^th Place

Individually, some of our students also earned international rankings:

• Ages 8-10 Division聽聽聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Samuel Ghandi (5th Gr) 鈥� 25^th Place
• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Akhil Shanishetti (8th Gr) 鈥� 51^st Place

Immediately following the World Math Day competition, the inaugural World Spelling Day competition began with Wells students eagerly accepting the challenge. Like the math contest, the spelling competition placed students in a race against the clock, competing head-to-head against up to three other students from around the world. Each student faced the challenge of completing up to one hundred games 鈥� twenty games in each of five levels 鈥� beginning with basic words such as level, remember, and sour, then progressing to more difficult words such as paraphernalia, denouement, and reconnaissance.

And, once again, when the dust settled, Wells teams were ranked with the world鈥檚 very best:

• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Middle School 鈥� 3^rd Place
• Ages 8-10 Division聽聽聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ms. Prerna鈥檚 Grade 5 Class 鈥� 16^th Place

As in the math competition, several individuals also were recognized with official international rankings:

• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lisa Brothers (6th Gr) 鈥� 15^th Place
• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Akhil Shanishetti (8th Gr) 鈥� 18^th Place
• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Nicole Ogden (6th Gr) 鈥� 66^th Place
• Ages 11-14 Division聽聽 –聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Arlindo Borges (7th Gr) 鈥� 70^th Place
• Teachers Division 聽–聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Mr. Ray 鈥� 5^th Place

Wells鈥� success in these competitions, though certainly a tremendous achievement, shouldn鈥檛 come to us a huge surprise 鈥� at least in math. Already, our SAT10 results in math clearly indicate that Wells students are significantly ahead of their American counterparts, while spelling results show they are approximately on par with American students.

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