January 23, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Redmond, Wash. – Four schools in Lake Washington School District qualified for the 2007 American Math Contest 8 (AMC 8) Honor Roll on November 13. The four schools are: Einstein Elementary, International Community School, Redmond Junior High and Rose Hill Junior High. These schools qualified for the Honor Roll by attaining a score between 66 and 75 when adding together their top three student scores. (Each student can receive a maximum score of 25.) Only 11 schools in the state of Washington qualified, out of 50 that participated. Worldwide, 2,260 schools participated, and 197 made the Honor Roll. The Mathematical Association of America sponsors the AMC 8.

The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple-choice mathematics exam for students in grades six through eight. This contest is designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem solving skills, by allowing students to apply the concepts taught at the junior high level to problems that cover a wide range of applications. High scoring students are invited to participate in the AMC 10.

Brandon Ang, an eighth grader at Rose Hill Junior High, Priya Ganesan a seventh grader at International Community School and Albert Jiang, a seventh grader at International Community School, earned a perfect score on the 2007 AMC 8. Only 129 students earned a perfect score out of the 150,618 students who took the test.

The following students were awarded to the distinguished honor roll (meaning that they received a score of 21 or higher out of 25):

About Lake Washington: Lake Washington School District is the sixth largest district in the state of Washington. It has more than 23,000 students in 49 schools located in Kirkland, Redmond, and Sammamish, Washington.

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