MTG Kids Win IMSO 2005

Four bronze medals were recently added to the long list of MTG Kids’ awards. The medals were earned from IMSO 2005 (International Mathematics and Science Olympiad) held in Jakarta, Indonesia last November 13-18. The awardees were: Immanuel Encarnacion (Colegio San Agustin, Binan), Audrey Celine Lao (St. Jude Catholic School), Kenneth Co and Brendon Go (Xavier School).
The young wizards performed well in all the three parts of the olympiad, namely: Short Answer Problems(25 problems, 1 pt each), Essay Problems(13 problems, 3 pts each) and Exploration(6 problems, 6 pts each). Scores in the three rounds were added to determine the individual winners.
The Filipino kids did not only peform well in the contest proper. Wearing barong tagalog and using salakot and castanets, they wowed and cheered the audience during the cultural presentations with their performance of a folk dance called “Immuman followed by a contemporary dance to the tune of “Pinoy Ako”.
Leading the MTG team was Ms. Lourdes Ballon, from the Department of Science and Technology together with MTG VP Rechilda Villame. Participation to IMSO was made possible through the able leadership of MTG President, Dr. Simon Chua and facilitated by the National Coordinator, Roberto Degolacion. Prior to departure to Indonesia, the kids went through intensive training under MTG trainers especially Carlo Nerecena.