HONOLULU (Island News) – Washington Middle School is making history in the National MathCounts competition underway in Washington D.C.
For the first time, all 4 students representing Hawaii are from the same school, a Title 1 public school in Honolulu.
MathCounts National Team, all from Washington Middle School:
- Taehwan Jeong (7th Grade)
- Isaac Qian (6th Grade)
- Hilohak Kwak (6th Grade)
- Thien Tran (8th Grade)
Under Math Teacher and Coach Sung Park, Washington Middle School has racked up 11 State Championships over prestigious private schools.
Hawaii’s team is up against the nation’s best Middle School Mathletes and bigger states have a bigger pool of students…