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Boholanas to China Math tilt Two
young Boholanas had been officially identified to be among the Philippine representatives
to the 2009 China Primary Math Olympiad scheduled in Tianjin City, China on August
9 to 13, 2009.
They are 12-year-old AJ Wincielou Johanna A. Gabin and
10-year-old Eloisa Jean S. Remoreras, products of the Mathematics Teachers Guild
(MTG) - Bohol Center.
Gabin, a Grade 6 pupil of Holy Spirit School when
she first joined the MTG training program sessions last school year, is now a
first year HS student at the Tagbilaran City Science High School (TCSHS). She
is the only child of Engr. Jerome John J. Gabin and Fiel Angeli E. Araoarao.
On
the other hand, Remoreras, presently a Grade 5 pupil of the Victoriano D. Tirol
- Advanced Learning Center (VDT-ALC), is the eldest child of Engr. Emerito Remoreras
and Josefina Sarmiento. They have been selected from the many qualifiers and alternates
from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao who endured and showed impressive performance
during the one month intensive MTG - Philippines training at the DEECO Technological
Institute in Pasig City from April 15 to May15, 2009.
Other members of
the Philippine delegation are students from San Beda College-Alabang (Muntinlupa
City), Southville International School (Las Piñas City), Colegio de San
Agustin (Biñan, Laguna), Philippine Institute of Quezon City, Philadelphia
School (Quezon City), Maximo Estrella Elementary School (Makati City), Integrated
Montessori Center (Taguig City), Tenement Elementary School (Taguig City), St.
Stephen's High School (Manila), St. Elizabeth Seton School (Imus, Cavite), Solomon
Integrated School (Iloilo City), Trinity Christian School (Bacolod City), Integrated
Montessori Center (Taguig) City, Grace Christian College (Quezon City), Zamboanga
Chong Hua High School (Zamboanga City), Ateneo de Davao University (Davao City),
Blessed Lights International Christian Academy (Naga City), La Salle Academy (Iligan
City), Kong Hua School (Cagayan de Oro City), St. Simon Montessori School (Calamba
City), St. John's Institute (Bacolod City), Pasig Catholic College (Pasig City),
Silliman University (Dumaguete City), West Visayas State University (Iloilo City),
Philippine Cultural College (Manila), Cavite School of Life (Bacoor, Cavite),
Guinobatan East Central School (Guinobatan, Albay),
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Augustine's School (Iba, Zambales), Iloilo Central Commercial High School (Iloilo
City), Xavier School (San Juan City), SPED - ISEC (Iloilo City), St. Stephen's
High School (Manila), Children Intergrated School of Alta Tierra (Iloilo City),
and Iloilo Central Commercial High School (Iloilo City). MTG's PIO Man Fai Anthony
Ang, will accompany the group as team leader of the Philippine delegation.
Moreover,
fellow trainees Timothy Carlo Racho (Bohol International Learning Center) and
James Okusa (VDT-ALC) have also been chosen for Singapore's international math
competition and China's high school level math olympiad, respectively. |
They had
been under Dr. Jose Ceberte and Omar Remendado in the MTG-Bohol Center, one of
the 37 centers in the entire country.
MTG trainees had given honor to
the Philippines after winning in international math competitions held in the United
States of America, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Taiwan, India and other countries, while at the same time they explored boundless
possibilities to enhance their mathematical ability and giftedness. (jfcrwacc)
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