No IMC Training on June 25

To All 2011 IMC Participants

Please be informed that there will be NO training in Deeco on Saturday, June 25, 2011 due to expected heavy rains.... Mrs. Villame

Philippine Teams Ranked 4th and 5th in IRML 2011

By: Alvin Belleza

Two Philippine teams participated in the recently-concluded International Mathematics Regions League (IRML), held last June 3-4, 2011 at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The IRML is the international wing of the American Regions Mathematics League (ARML), where 15 student-member-US teams compete simultaneously in four regional sites--Penn State, the University of Georgia, the University of Iowa, and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

The IRML teams participate in four rounds of math contests: Team Round, Power Round, Individual Round and Relay Round. In the Team Round, the 15 members of the team together answer a set of 10 questions for 20 minutes. Only the final answers are required. In the Power Round, the team answers or prove a series of questions about a particular topic for one hour. Both Team and Power Rounds are written contests that took place in UNLV in the afternoon of June 3.

In the morning of June 4, the Individual and Relay Contests were held in UNLV Student Union. Both were written-oral contests. In the Individual Round, 10 questions were handed out by two’s. Each pair of questions had to be answered 10 minutes. In the Relay Round, the 15-member team was subgrouped into 3-member teams. There were two relay rounds wherein only the answer of the third person had to be checked.

Since its inception, the IRML has grown considerably. Teams from Canada have been involved almost from the beginning, and in the late 1980's, ARML invited a team from Moscow to come to the US to participate. That led to teams from Taiwan, the Philippines, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, India, Singapore and Colombia participating in the US. Offsite, the following countries participated: Korea, Indonesia, Turkey, Panama and Bulgaria.

For the 2011 IRML – Onsite Division, Philippine Team A ranked 4^th in the while Philippine Team B ranked 5^th. The team members were awarded medals and certificates in the Awarding Ceremony held after the Individual and Relay Rounds. The team members of the Philippine delegations are:

Team A

1. Aguilar, Kyle Darryl (Philippine Cultural College)

2. Belonio, Jeska (Xavier University - High School)

3. Bisnar, Janine Caryl O. (Integrated Montessori Center - Taguig)

4. Chan, Zernon Ezra (Philippine Tong Ho Institute)

5. Cobol, Marx Vincent (Philippine Science High School - Southern Mindanao Campus)

6. Dela Cruz, Claire Klemaine (Integrated Montessori Center - Taguig)

7. Juntilla, Dave Laurence A. (Philippine Science High School - Southern Mindanao Campus)

8. Lofranco, Life Christian (Philippine Science High School - Eastern Visayas Campus)

9. Mirabueno, Jose Alfonso Ignacio K. (Philippine Science High School - Southern Mindanao) Campus

10. Ochiai, Mikael Adriane (Makati Science High School)

11. Palaganas, Jerome Jean (Angelicum College)

12. Palaganas, Jerome Claude (Angelicum College)

13. Rivera, Miguel Luis (Philippine Science High School - Main)

14Soria, Gwendolen (Precious International School of Davao)

15. Utanes, Kerwin (Philippine Science High School - Main)

Team B

1. Abdao, DeAnne Rochelle L. (Philippine Science High School - Main)

2. Concepcion, Georemie Arriane (Philippine Science High School - Main)

3. Datuin, Jyronz Daniel T. (Baguio City National High School

4. Destura, Gail Denise (La Salle Academy)

5. Deypalan, Mariefel Nicole (Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology - IDS)

6. Fetalvero, King James (Philippine Science High School - Southern Mindanao Campus)

7. Gepilango, Nicole Joyce (Iloilo Central Commercial High School)

8. Go, Ransel Simon O. (Tarlac Living Faith Academy)

9. Guerrero, Dann Erika (Integrated Montessori Center - Taguig)

10. Laza, Raina Carlin (Sta. Rosa National Science High School)

11. Lee, Andrea Louise (Ateneo de Davao High School)

12. Ong, Olsen John (Trinity Christian School)

13. Sawali, Akkiara Symonn May (St. Augustine's School)

14. Utleg, Miguel (St. Paul University Philippines - Tuguegarao

Awarded as Top Individual Scorers were Claire Klemaine Dela Cruz,Philippine for Team A and Mariefel Nicole Deypalan for Philippine Team B. The delegation was headed by Prof. Rechilda P. Villame. DepEd-Makati ASDS, Dr. Priscilla de Sagun Nicolai Vasquez, MTG Trainer, were the Team Leaders while another MTG Trainer, Anna Patricia Miravite was the Deputy Team Leader.

Congratulations to both Philippine teams!

MTG Teams Placed 4th and 5th in IRML