SOUTHVILLE STUDENTS CONQUER INTERNATIONAL MATH CONTEST

Mathletes from Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) won at the 2019 Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO

X) held in Singapore last January 19,

2019. Kristner Sheyn Saludo of Gr. 5 – Loyalty won a gold medal for placing in the top 0.025% of the participating students from Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Jakarta, Brunei, Timor-Leste and the Philippines.

Ervin Joshua Bautista of Gr.

6 – Perseverance, on the other hand, gained a silver medal for belonging in the next 1% while Jun Hong Jang of Gr. 12 – Grit earned a bronze medal for placing in the next 2%. The SEAMO gathers the brightest mathematics students from Southeast Asian countries and tests their mathematical creativity and problemsolving capabilities.