The AMC 8 Exam was administered at Bard College on November 19th, 2013.
Official Program:
4:00pm: The AMC 8 Contest for students.
4:15pm Panel Discussion for parents on Supporting your child as a high achiever in math and science
Facilitator: Halle Kananack
Panel Members: Ben Houston, Jing Ju, Deb Mosher, Japheth Wood
Please read our blogpost for more information
Interlude: Pizza and refreshments in Lobby of RKC
5:00pm Math Keynote Talk: Paths in Graphs by Bard math professor Sam Hsiao
Paths in Graphs and Handout
Full Results: http://amc-reg.maa.org/Reports/GeneralReports.aspx
Bard 2013 Results:
Total number of students in school taking the exam: 106 (83 at Bard, 23 were SPMPS alumni in NYC)
School Team Score (sum of top 3 scores): 63 = 24 + 21 + 18
Average score for entire school is: 10.4
Average score for grade 8 is: 11.6 (46 Students)
Average score for grade 7 is: 9.7 (31 Students)
Average score for grade 6 is: 9.1 (15 Students)
Average score for grade 5 is: 8.5 (8 Students)
Average score for grade 4 is: 7.0 (2 Students)
Top scores (names withheld, pending student permission):
Daniel Knop, 24 (8th grade, age 13, Lagrange Middle School, Lagrange)
Myung Joo Lee, 21 (8th grade, age 13, Union Vale Middle School, Lagrangeville)
Ruju Dani, 18 (8th grade, age 13, Arlington Middle School, Arlington)
Katherine Houston, 18 (8th grade, age 13, MC Miller Middle School, Kingston)
Sarah Lu, 17 (8th grade, age 13, Arlington Middle School, Arlington)
Neepa Gupta, 17 (8th grade, age 13, Van Wyck Junior High School, Wappingers Falls)
Anonymous, 16
Brian Wu, 16 (7th grade, age 12, Union Vale Middle School, Lagrangeville)
Sam Liew, 16 (8th grade, age 12, Van Wyck Junior High School, Wappingers Falls)
Anonymous, 15
Anonymous, 15
Maximillian Volostnov, 15 (8th grade, age 13, PS/IS 104 The Fort Hamilton School and SPMPS)
Wyatt Gibbons, 15 (8th grade, age 12, Germantown Central School, Germantown)
Mid-Hudson Valley Schools represented:
Arlington Middle School, Arlington
Ascension Holy Trinity, Highland
Brinckerhoff Elementary School, Fishkill
Bulkeley Middle School, Rhinebeck
Edgemont Junior Senior High School, Scarsdale
Fishkill Elementary School, Fishkill
Gayhead Elementary School, Hopewell Jct
Germantown Central School, Germantown
Grant D. Morse Elementary School, Saugerties
Hagan Elementary School, Poughkeepsie
Harry L Edson Elementary School, Kingston
Haviland Middle School, Hyde Park, NY
Highland Middle School, Highland
J. Watson Bailey Middle School, Kingston
Lagrange Middle School, Lagrange
Lenape Elementary School, New Paltz
Linden Avenue Middle School, Red Hook
MC Miller Middle School, Kingston
Mizzentop Day School, Pawling
Netherwood Elementary School, Hyde Park
Orville A Todd Middle School, Poughkeepsie
Pawling Central Middle School, Pawling
Robert E. Bell Middle School, Chappaqua
Saugerties Junior High School, Saugerties
St Martin de Porres School, Poughkeepsie
St. Joseph School, Kingston
St. Mary School, Fishkill
Union Vale Middle School, Lagrangeville
Vail Farm Elementary School, Lagrangeville
Van Wyck Junior High School, Wappingers Falls
Students from the Summer Program for Mathematical Problem Solving also participated at a NYC-based site.