Pearland ISD students secure awards at TMSCA state meet

Pearland Independent School District students did the math to rack up multiple successes at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) state competition on April 1 in San Antonio with 156 competing students.

Pearland ISD was represented at the TMSCA state competition by students from Pearland Junior High West, Pearland Junior High South, Berry Miller Junior High, Sablatura, Alexander and Rogers middle schools. PJH West and Sablatura secured 3^rd place in sweepstakes, 1^st place in team Science, 3^rd place in team Math, 3^rd place in team Calculator Applications and 8^th place in team Number Sense.

TMSCA is an intermediate-grades competition that prepares students for University Interscholastic League math and science events. TMSCA offers four test areas — Number Sense, Calculator Applications, Math and Science.

In February and March, Pearland ISD students participated in several qualifying meets, advancing to state based on pre-set qualifying scores. At the state competition, the top 20 students and top six teams in each subject area win awards.

At state, students winning first-10^th place received trophies, and students in 11^th-20^th place received medals. Pearland ISD awards in the 6A division include:

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

PJH West

• • Alan Yao: 1^st in Math, 14^th in Number Sense and 20^th in Science
  • Yichen Wang: 1^st in Science
  • Ethan Chen: 2^nd in Math and 20^th in Science
  • Josh Anino: 3^rd in Science
  • Haobo Shi: 5^th in Calculator Applications
  • Justin Braden: 7^thin Science
  • Suya Yang: 8^th in Number Sense
  • Daniel Xi: 8^th in Science
  • Rexford Pan: 11^th in Math and 16^th in Science
  • Sofia Castillo: 11^th in Calculator Applications
  • Allen Gu: 12^thin Science
  • Andrew Nguyen: 13^th in Math and 14^th in Number Sense
  • Grace Ji: 15^th in Science
  • Leah Hong: 18^th in Math

Sablatura

• • An Vo: 2^nd in Sablatura in Calculator Applications
  • Junxi “Mark” Zhang: 3^rd in Calculator Applications, 14^th in Science and 16^th in Math
  • Hannah Zhang: 4^th in Calculator Applications and 14^th in Number Sense
  • Peighton Collier: 8^th in Calculator Applications
  • Joshua Meng: 11^th in Math and 14^th in Science
  • Nick Zhou: 12^th in Calculator Applications
  • Zoey Rui: 14^th in Math

Berry Miller Junior High

• • Caroline Mao: 17^th in Number Sense
  • Enyang (Lany) Jiang: 11^th place Science

Rogers

• • Kaartik Gali: 12^th in Science
  • Mihir Subramanya: 18^th in Science

Alexander:

• • Jacob Frerking: 13^th place in Science

Pearland ISD coaches included Jennifer Phillips from Rogers, Sandra Nix from Alexander Middle School, Margaret Needler, Kasey Hart, Phuong Trinh and Christine Sadler from Sablatura, Bhavani Venkataramanan and Susan Kovach from PJH West, Denise Figueroa and Jill Laird from Berry Miller Junior High.

PHOTO CUTLINE: Sablatura Middle School and Pearland Junior High West teammates (pictured) claimed individual and team awards at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association state competition in April.