June 8, 2008 The 2007-08 SIMC school year session has now officially ended with an end of the party yesterday, so there are now a few notes in order. Firstly, a big thank you to all the everyone who has contributed their time, effort, or money to the circle. Next, a thank-you to the Student Leader Group for running the classes and activites. We will be saying good-bye to four of its members (Qiaochu, Andrew C., Richard, and Meir) who will be heading off to college next year. Congratulations to Yuta Kato, who won the award for the highest attendance rate in the Student Leader Group! Also, please thank Lon-Chan Chu from the Advisory Committee for volunteering to take over coordinating the circle, as Joy will be heading off to Phillips Exeter Academy next year. June 7, 2008 Congratulations to all the winners of SIMC's Who Wants to be a Mathematician competition! Khoi Nguyen and Albert Chu won the first round, Kevin Liu and Charles Lu won the second round, and Qui Nguyen and Brian Li won the third round. Also, Charles Lu won the individual round. Thanks to everyone for a successful year! Here are the questions from the competition. June 4, 2008 Thank you to everyone who has contributed their time and effort to SIMC! We will be holding our final class for the 2007-08 school year on Saturday, June 7 from 1:30-3:30PM. (this will combine the middle/elementary and high school classes). During this final class, we will take the chance to say thank you and good-bye to all the departing seniors from the Student Leader Group. Also, we will be running a game-show variation on the Mathematics Association of America's "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician," with prizes awarded to the top finishers. Please e-mail info@simathcircle.org if you are planning on participating so that we are able to calculate how many questions and prizes to prepare. May 9, 2008 Congratulations to Darryl Wu, a member of SIMC, for becoming the 2008 MathCounts Nationals Champion! Another congratulations goes out to the Washington MathCounts team, of which Darryl Wu, Yota Kato, and Kathleen Zhou, as well as their coach Lon-Chan Chu are member of SIMC, for their second place finish. | Logo Design Contest! Congratulations to Lawrence Liu, who has won the SIMC Logo Design contest! Lawrence will recieve a $50 Amazon gift certificate as a prize. Also, the logo will be featured on the 2008 SIMC T-shirts, which will be on sale from $5 each at the guest lecture this Saturday, 1:30-3:30PM. Thanks to everyone who entered! |