Mission, Texas- The Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society at Veterans Memorial High School (VMHS) participated in the 66th annual American Mathematics Contest (AMC) 12, and the 16th annual American Mathematics Contest 10. The students competed for local, regional, and national student and school awards. The contest, which covers high school Mathematics, is given in participating schools. Its purpose is to spur interest in Mathematics, and develop talent through the excitement of friendly competition at problem solving in at timed format.
Top scorers for AMC 12 at VMHS were Darius Davis, Hector Iglesias, and Ted Rodriguez. The top scores for the AMC 10 were earned by Andres Vazquez, Kimberly Garza, and Isaac Martinez.
Darius Davis qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), which will take place on March 25, 2015. The contest tests are given across the country, Canada, and in many other schools abroad. Details concerning the AMC contests and programs are available online, www.maa.org/math-competitions.
Pictured are the members of the VMHS chapter of Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society. On the from row are: Daniella Pena, Ramiro Ramirez, Ixta Obregon, Bryana Cantu, Gabriel Lozoya. On row two are: Maia Mendoza, Yulissa Garcia. On row three are: Emily Salinas, Kimberly Garza, Hendry Davis, C.J. Escobedo, Sarah Ocanas (sponsor).
On the fourth row are: Tomas Garcia, Andres Vasquez, Lee Sanchez, Rene Olivarez, Hector Iglesias, Isaac Martinez. Not pictured are: Sandra Barba, Darius Davis, David de los Santos, Joaida Tornes, Mirna Rodriguez, Ted Rodriguez, Judith Haro.
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