2015 Metrobank Math Challenge national finalists named

The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) together with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP), in cooperation with the First Metro Investment Corporation (FMIC) announce the schools which made it to the National Finals of the 2015 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Challenge (MMC) to be held on March 14, 2015 at the Metrobank Plaza Auditorium in Makati City.

 

Out of the more than 1,200 elementary and high school students all over the country who competed in the regional finals nationwide, 53 students successfully advanced to the final leg of the competition. This year’s national finalists will come from 34 schools composed of 18 public and 16 private schools.

 

“We take pride in staging this competition as it brings together once again the country’s finest students, and this time having more finalists from the public schools” said MBFI president Aniceto Sobrepeña. “As early as now, we extend our congratulations to our dear students for reaching this far in the competition,” he continued. 

 

The top schools competing for the Grade 6 Individual Competition are: Placido del Mundo Elementary School (Quezon City); St. Jude Catholic School (Manila); Baguio City SPED Center; St. Paul College (Ilocos Sur); Philippine Yuh Chiau School (Cabatuan, Isabela); De La Salle – Lipa; Bicol University Integrated Laboratory School (Daraga, Albay); University of St. La Salle (Bacolod City); Zamboanga Chong Hua High School and Davao Christian High School.

 

For Grade 6 Team Competition, the competing schools are: Taguig Elementary School; Grace Christian College (Quezon City); BHC Educational Institution, Inc. (San Fernando City, La Union); San Beda College (Taytay, Rizal); Sunshine International School (Daraga, Albay); Trinity Christian School (Bacolod City); Philippine Christian Gospel School (Cebu City); St. Mary’s School (Cagayan de Oro City); New Corella Central Elementary School (New Corella, Davao del Norte); and Butuan City SPED Center.

 

For the 4th Year Individual Competition, schools competing are: Dalandanan National High School (Valenzuela City); Uno High School (City of Manila); Don Ramon E. Costales Memorial National High School (Villasis, Pangasinan); Cauayan City National High School (Cauayan City, Isabela); Mariano Ponce National High School (Baliuag, Bulacan); Statefields School, Inc. (Bacoor City); Gallanosa National High School (Irosin, Sorsogon); Philippine Science High School – Western Visayas (Iloilo City); Zamboanga Chong Hua High School; Tagum City National High School (Tagum City, Davao del Norte); and Jacinto P. Elpa National High School (Tandag City, Surigao del Sur)

 

And for the 4th Year Team Competition, schools competing are: Batasan Hills National High School (Quezon City); Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science; BHC Educational Institution, Inc. (San Fernando City, La Union); Nueva Ecija High School (Cabanatuan City); Cavite National Science High School (Maragondon, Cavite); Philippine Science High School – Western Visayas (Iloilo City); and Zamboanga Chong Hua School.

 

National winners will receive trophies, medals and cash prize- P25, 000 for the 1st placer, P20,000 for the 2nd placer and P15,000 for the 3rd placer for the elementary level while P50,000 will be given to the 1st placer, P40,000 for the 2nd placer and P30,000 for the 3rd placer for the fourth year level amounting to a total of P540,000 worth of cash prize.

 

Now on its 14th year, MMC is the most widely participated math competition in the country among elementary and high school students. It is being organized by the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI), the Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP), and the Department of Education (DepEd). The annual Math Challenge produces national winners who get to compete and eventually win in international competitions. Among them are Adrian Reginald Sy, 1st placer in the Individual Category for Grade 6 of the 2011 Metrobank Math Challenge, who reaped a silver medal and Farrell Eldrian S. Wu, first placer in the Individual Category for Grade 6 of the 2012 Metrobank Math Challenge, the youngest medalist from the Philippines who got bronze medal in the recent 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Cape Town, South Africa. — Metrobank news release