Students Advance to the Final Round

The Department of Mathematics at the UWI, Mona Campus, has completed the assessment of the Semifinal Round Examination in the 2015 Jamaican Mathematical Olympiad. This examination was held on February 28 at the UWI, Mona, and at Herbert Morrison Technical High School. The Olympiad Organizing Committee has determined that 134 students will advance to the Final Round. These students come from a total of 30 high schools in Jamaica.

The Final Round consists of two events. The first is a problem-solving workshop for all advancing students. This will be held on Saturday, March 21, simultaneously at the UWI, Mona Campus, and at Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Montego Bay. The second event is the Final Round Examination. This will be held on Saturday, March 28, at the UWI, Mona Campus, only. The examination for students in Grades 7 and 8 will last for two and one-half hours. The Examination for students in Grades 9, 10, and 11 will last for three hours. More information for each school is given in a separate posting called “Guidelines for Final Round Students”.

The students who have qualified for the Final Round are listed in the pages following the Semifinal Round Report below.

Semifinal Round Report

The Semifinal Round Examination was held on February 28 in two locations: The UWI, Mona Campus, and Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Montego Bay. A total of 360 students from 51 high schools in Jamaica sat this exam.

In Grade 7, a total of 62 students sat the Semifinal Round Examination. The top ten performers were:

1. Sartak Singh, Herbert Morrison Technical High School 2. Petrina Sutherland, Saint Mary High School 3. Liam Datt, Hillel Academy High School Cruz Shirley, Mount Saint Joseph Catholic High School 5. Aaliyah Percell, Montego Bay High School Jeron Burnett, Saint Jago High School 7. Adrian Rhoden, Cornwall College Janalisa Waugh, Mount Saint Joseph Catholic High School 9. Danielle Lewis, Immaculate Conception High School 10. Jamari D’Aguilar, Campion College

In Grade 8, a total of 87 students sat the examination. The top ten performers were:

1. Yirui Deng, American International School of Kingston 2. Abigail Christie, Campion College 3. Sabrina Bryan, Saint Jago High School 4. Latonya Clayton, Saint Andrew High School Kristof Green, Wolmer’s Boys’ School 6. Tafari Nembhard, Rusea’s High School 7. Brian Llewellyn, Kingston College 8. Alexander Thorpe, Herbert Morrison Technical High School Saisheershika Nareddi, Manning’s School Lauren-Ashley Golding, Montego Bay High School

In Grade 9, a total of 87 students sat this exam. The top eleven performers were:

1. Janai Shelton, Campion College 2. Amani Cooke, Campion College Omari Brown, Herbert Morrison Technical High School 4. Asha-Lee Cole, Montego Bay High School 5. Micayah Ritchie, Morant Bay High School 6. Justin Gooden, Campion College 7. Arianne Smith, Campion College Krystal Coleman, Glenmuir High School Maximillian Murphy, Hillel Academy High School Karan Dhiman, Hillel Academy High School Douet Kerr, Titchfield High School

In Grade 10, a total of 66 students sat this exam. The top ten performers were:

1. Tamoy Seabourne, Campion College 2. Jason Salmon, Campion College 3. Melissa Cai, Hillel Academy High School 4. Clinton Reid, Campion College Dylan Chin, Campion College 6. Moe Myint, Campion College 7. Jason Hunter, Cornwall College 8. Alex Ashely, Campion College Phillip Lloyd, Glenmuir High School 10. Shayne Miller, Campion College

In Grade 11, a total of 57 students sat this exam. The top eleven performers were:

1. Aston Harris, Cornwall College 2. Ruth-Ann Armstrong, Campion College 3. Dominique Stewart, Ardenne High School 4. Amoy Muirhead, Glenmuir High School 5. Michaela Bhoorasingh, Hillel Academy High School 6. Janoi Reid, Manchester High School 7. Lauren Chin, Hillel Academy High School 8. Gabrielle Taylor, Immaculate Conception High School 9. De'vonai Dwyer, Belair High School 10. Wesley Cheung, Belair High School Jada Lewis, Hillel Academy High School

Guidelines for Final Round Students

The Final Round of the 2015 Jamaican Mathematical Olympiad consists of 2 parts. The first is an advanced mathematics workshop and the second is the Final Round Examination. Students will be divided into two groups as indicated below.

Group One. Students from the schools listed below are invited to a workshop at the Department of Mathematics at the UWI, Mona. This will be held on Saturday, March 21, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Lunch will be served to all participants. Students in this group will also sit the Final Round Exam at the UWI, Mona. This will be held on Saturday, March 28, from 11 am to 2 pm. The schools in this group are:

American International School of Kingston Manchester High School Ardenne High School Mile Gully High School Belair High School Morant Bay High School Camperdown High School Mount Saint Joseph Catholic High School Campion College Oracabessa High School Charlemont High School St. Andrew High School Excelsior High School Saint Catherine High School Glenmuir High School Saint Hilda’s Diocesan High School Guys Hill High School Saint Jago High School Hillel Academy High School Saint Mary High School Immaculate Conception High School Titchfield High School Kingston College Wolmer’s Boys’ School

Group Two. Students from the schools listed below are invited to a workshop at Herbert Morrison Technical High School in Montego Bay. This will be held on Saturday, March 21, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Lunch will be served to all participants. Students in this group will sit the Final Round Exam at The UWI, Mona Ccmpus. This will be held on Saturday, February 28, from 11 am to 2 pm. The schools in this group are:

Cornwall College Hampton High School Herbert Morrison Technical High School Mannings School Montego Bay High School Rusea’s High School Final Round Students

American International School of Kingston

Philippa Ryan, Grade 7 Luke O'Brien, Grade 7 Yirui Deng, Grade 8

Ardenne High School

Shevon Robinson, Grade 7 Aashni Jain, Grade 8 Ainsworth Anderson, Grade 9 Adjaynae Billings, Grade 9 Malik Bryan, Grade 11 Sade Soloman, Grade 11 Dominique Stewart, Grade 11

Belair High School

Gabrielle Levy, Grade 7 Bob Deng, Grade 8 DeVonai Dwyer, Grade 11 Wesley Cheung, Grade 11 Camperdown High School

Abigail Thompson, Grade 8

Campion College

Alyssa Chin, Grade 7 Vivek Attupuram, Grade 7 Tahjae Jackson, Grade 7 Jamari D'Anguilar, Grade 7 Abigail Christie, Grade 8 Kadeem Jonas, Grade 8 Amani Cooke, Grade 9 Justin Gooden, Grade 9 Kathryn Lord, Grade 9 Janai Shelton, Grade 9 Arianne Smith, Grade 9 Lauren Bailey, Grade 9 Jordan Theoc, Grade 9 Jason DeCambre, Grade 9 Dylan Chin, Grade 10 Shayne Miller, Grade 10 Tamoy Seabourne, Grade 10 Moe Myint, Grade 10 Rushaun Crutchley, Grade 10 Kristina Boswell, Grade 10 Clinton Reid, Grade 10 Jason Salmon, Grade 10 Alex Ashley, Grade 10 Danielle Baker, Grade 10 Ruth-Ann Armstrong, Grade 11 Phillip Thompson, Grade 11 Nathan Downer, Grade 11 Leo Lambert, Grade 11

Charlemont High School

Jessica Lake, Grade 7

Cornwall College

Adrian Rhoden, Grade 7 Uchenna Njoku, Grade 7 Jinorri Wilson, Grade 7 Guy Scott, Grade 7 Michael Griffiths, Grade 7 Devin McIntosh, Grade 8 Martin Greene, Grade 8 Joshua Harvey, Grade 8 Daniel Meggo, Grade 9 Roy Robinson, Grade 9 Jason Hunter, Grade 10 Aston Harris, Grade 11

Excelsior High School

Daneel Downer, Grade 7

Glenmuir High School

Winsone Barnett, Grade 8 Sakile Morgan, Grade 8 Krystal Coleman, Grade 9 Chavonae Hayles, Grade 9 Javier Bryan, Grade 10 Tavoy Palmer, Grade 10 Phillip Lloyd, Grade 10 Amoy Muirhead, Grade 11

Guys Hill High School

Legecia Angus, Grade 8 Cutethon Grant, Grade 8

Hampton School

Deandre Sutherland, Grade 10 Herbert Morrison Technical High School

Sarthak Singh, Grade 7 Alexander Thorpe, Grade 8 Omari Brown, Grade 9 Christina Clare, Grade 9 Dominique Ramsingh, Grade 10

Hillel Academy High School

Liam Datt, Grade 7 Maximillian Murphy, Grade 9 Sofra Asher, Grade 9 Gordon Bradshaw, Grade 9 Karan Dhiman, Grade 9 Melissa Cai, Grade 10 Michaela Bhoorasingh, Grade 11 Lauren Chin, Grade 11 Jada Lewis, Grade 11

Immaculate Conception High School

Danielle Lewis, Grade 7 Deanndra Kidd, Grade 7 Nicholae Robinson, Grade 8 Tyra Camerron, Grade 9 Vanessa Swaby, Grade 10 Gabrielle Taylor, Grade 11

Kingston College

Brian Llewellyn, Grade 8 Josephat Ononiwu, Grade 9

Manchester High School

Janoi Reid, Grade 11

Mannings School

Britney Levy, Grade 8 Sai Sheershika Nareddi, Grade 8 Sri Lekha Garimidi, Grade 9 Ashley Lackrage, Grade 9 Kearah Chaplin, Grade 9 Travert Clarke, Grade 11

Mile Gully High School

Nequs Dwyer, Grade 9

Montego Bay High School

Stania McIntosh, Grade 7 Aaliyah Percell, Grade 7 Sasha-Kay Campbell, Grade 8 Danielle Dehaney, Grade 8 Lauren-Ashley Golding, Grade 8 Shania Smith, Grade 8 Aneisha Brown, Grade 9 Asha-Lee Cole, Grade 9 Jessica Campbell, Grade 9 Abbi-Gail Kilbourne, Grade 10

Morant Bay High School

Micayah Ritchie, Grade 9

Mount Saint Joseph Catholic High School

Cruz Shirley, Grade 7 Janalisa Waugh, Grade 7

Oracabessa High School

Dimitri Groza, Grade 10

Rusea’s High School

Tafari Nembhard, Grade 8

St. Andrew High School

Latonya Clayton, Grade 8 Kharece Lloyd, Grade 9 Faten Benkeblia, Grade 10

St. Catherine High School

Jhustice-Dimonte McDonald, Grade 7 Tevin Lewis, Grade 8

St. Hilda’s Diocesan High School

Shekera Smith, Grade 7 Shereka Simmonds, Grade 9

St. Jago High School

Jeron Burnett, Grade 7 Sabrina Bryan, Grade 8 Alex Bailey, Grade 9 Andrew Hercules, Grade 10

St. Mary High School

Petrina Sutherland, Grade 7 Lys-Julienne Clarke, Grade 8 Mark Graham, Grade 8 Yanick Edwards-Shaw, Grade 10

Titchfield High School

Fendian Pollock, Grade 7 Douet Kerr, Grade 9

Wolmer’s Boys’ School

Ibrahim Duffus, Grade 8 Kristof Green, Grade 8 Javaughn Douglas, Grade 8 Tyeek Sloley, Grade 11