Three Filipino high school students gave pride to the Philippines when they won in the American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Top Scorer Awards held last May 30-31, 2008 in the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, according to a press release of ABS-CBN News.
The three Filipino students who received the ARML Top Scorer Awards are Carmela Antoinette Lao of St. Jude Catholic School, Gabrielle Angela Santos of Philippine Science High School – Main campus and Fred Nyll Tupas of Philippine Science High School – Western Visayas campus. The three received gold ARML International gold medals.
The Philippine delegation is composed of two teams – Philippines A and Philippines B with 15 students each as members.
The Philippine teams competed against 125 national and international teams in both Divisions A and B. The other international teams who participated included Hong Kong, Taiwan, Colombia and Canada.
Rechilda Villame, vice president of the Mathematics Trainers Guild (MTG) – Philippines, accompanied the contestants.
Villame was presented an inscribed plaque for the Samuel L. Greitzer Distinguished Coach Award. She is the only coach awardee this year.
