Students Advance to the Final Round

The Department of Mathematics at the UWI, Mona, has completed the assessment of the Semifinal Round Examination in the 2014 Jamaican Mathematical Olympiad. This examination was held on February 22 at the UWI, Mona Campus. The Olympiad Organizing Committee has determined that 139 students will advance to the Final Round. These students come from a total of 28 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 15, at the UWI, Mona. The second is the Final Round Examination. This will be held on Saturday, March 22, at the UWI, Mona. The examination 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 attracted a total of 436 students from 46 different high schools in Jamaica. These included 107 students from Grade 7. The top 10 performers in Grade 7 were:

1. Sai Sheershika Nareddi, Mannings School 2. Latonya Clayton, St. Andrew High School 3. Ryon Walker, Kingston College 4. Rene Walker, Immaculate Conception High School 5. Leonard Bernard, St. Jago High School 6. Ariel Dyche, St. Andrew High School 7. Mark Brown, Cornwall College 8. Nicholae Robinson, Immaculate Conception High School 9. Britney Cunningham, Manning’s School 10. Kristof Green, Wolmer's Boys' School

A total of 123 students from Grade 8 sat this exam. The top 10 performers were:

1. Janai Shelton, Campion College 2. Asha-Lee Cole, Montego Bay High School 3. Justin Gooden, Campion College 4. Omari Brown, Herbert Morrison Technical High School 5. Arianne Smith, Campion College 6. Alyanna Mighty, Immaculate Conception High School Micayah Ritchie, Morant Bay High School 7. Chavonae Hayles, Glenmuir High School 8. Jason DeCambre, Campion College 9. Kathryn Lord, Campion College Christina Clare, Herbert Morrison Technical High School A total of 86 students from Grade 9 sat this exam. The top 10 performers were:

1. Jason Salmon, Campion College 2. Tamoy Seabourne, Campion College 3. Clinton Reid, Campion College 4. Jason Hunter, Cornwall College 5. Phillip Lloyd, Glenmuir High School 6. Sophie Clivio, Hillel Academy High School 7. Rashaun Crutchley, Campion College 8. Hakeem Pinnock, Wolmer’s Boys’ School 9. Zahra Benkeblia, St. Andrew High School 10. Curtis Harper, Campion College

A total of 62 students from Grade 10 sat this exam. The top 10 performers were:

1. Dominique Stewart, Ardenne High School 2. Ruth-Ann Armstrong, Campion College 3. Morgan Kennedy, Immaculate Conception High School 4. Aston Harris, Cornwall College 5. Marvin McLeod, Glenmuir High School 6. Kacian Barker, St. Mary High School 7. Robyn McPherson, Ferncourt High School 8. Gabrielle Taylor, Immaculate Conception High School 9. Amoy Muirhead, Glenmuir High School 10. Kareem Bowley, Kingston College

A total of 63 students from Grade 11 sat this exam. The top 10 performers were:

1. Jabari Hastings, Campion College 2. John Lord, Campion College 3. Danielle Notice, Ardenne High School 4. Jason Lawson, Campion College 5. Damian McPherson, Calabar High School 6. Nile Anderson, Mannings School 7. Mikeann Channer, Mount Alvernia High School 8. Hakeem Angulu, Campion College 9. Anubhav Pattanaik, Hillel Academy High School 10. Orville Kirkland, St. Mary High School

Final Round Students

American International School of Kingston

Simran Mayani, Grade 8 Anushree Gopal, Grade 11

Ardenne High School

Aashni Jain, Grade 7 Adjaynae Billings, Grade 8 Dominique Stewart, Grade 11 Jordan Salmon, Grade 11 Danielle Notice, Grade 11

Calabar High School

Damian McPherson, Grade 11 Ruel Maxwell, Grade 11

Campion College

Janai Shelton, Grade 8 Tahjae Bryan, Grade 8 Justin Gooden, Grade 8 Arianne Smith, Grade 8 Jason DeCambre, Grade 8 Kathryn Lord, Grade 8 Tamoy Seabourne, Grade 9 Clinton Reid, Grade 9 Curtis Harper, Grade 9 Rashaun Crutchley, Grade 9 Jason Salmon, Grade 9 Emmanuel Sylvester, Grade 10 Ruth-Ann Armstrong, Grade 10 Dominique Suckoo, Grade 10 Jabari Hastings, Grade 11 John Lord, Grade 11 Jamaal Hay, Grade 11 Hakeem Angulu, Grade 11 Jason Lawson, Grade 11

Charlemont High School

Kymani Francis, Grade 10

Cornwall College

Devin McIntosh, Grade 7 Mark Brown, Grade 7 Joshua Harvey, Grade 7 Martin Greene, Grade 7 Daniel Meggo, Grade 8 Jason Hunter, Grade 9 Aston Harris, Grade 10 Kamar Kerr, Grade 10 Nathanael Amore, Grade 11

Dinthill Technical High School

Britney Campbell, Grade 10

Ferncourt High School

Robyn McPherson, Grade 10

Glenmuir High School

Ruddayne Peters, Grade 7 Jerome Burch, Grade 7 Paula-Kay Dawkins, Grade 7 Shanai Gordon, Grade 7 Ebboni Smith, Grade 8 Chavonae Hayles, Grade 8 Phillip Lloyd, Grade 9 Javian Jagdeen, Grade 9 Shenel Graham, Grade 9 Tiffany McCarthy, Grade 9 Amoy Muirhead, Grade 10 Marvin McLeod, Grade 10 Jourdan Dunkley, Grade 11

Herbert Morrison Technical High School

Alexander Thorpe, Grade 7 Omari Brown, Grade 8 Christina Clare, Grade 8 Ruel Gordon, Grade 11

Hillel Academy High School

Maximillian Murphy, Grade 8 Sophie Clivio, Grade 9 Sophie Stewart, Grade 9 Anubhav Pattanaik, Grade 11

Holland High School

Todd Denton, Grade 8

Immaculate Conception High School

Rene Walker, Grade 7 Nicholae Robinson, Grade 7 Geossica Madden, Grade 7 Akira Miller, Grade 8 Alyanna Mighty, Grade 8 Katana Finlason, Grade 8 Tyra Cameron, Grade 8 Nia Laing, Grade 8 Vanessa Swaby, Grade 9 Zoe Nicholson, Grade 9 Gabrielle Taylor, Grade 10 Morgan Kennedy, Grade 10 Kathrina Walker, Grade 10 Kadian Clarke, Grade 10 Tonia Williams, Grade 11

Kingston College

Ryon Walker, Grade 7 Mickel Rhoden, Grade 7 Josephat Ononiwu, Grade 8 Torrain Findlay, Grade 10 Kareem Bowley, Grade 10 Jevonnie Fennell, Grade 10 Nicklaus Farr, Grade 11 Justin Henry, Grade 11

Mannings School

Britney Cunningham, Grade 7 Britney Levy, Grade 7 Sai Sheershika Nareddi, Grade 7 Ashley Lackrage, Grade 8 Kearah Chaplin, Grade 8 Travert Clarke, Grade 10 Nile Anderson, Grade 11 Sara Meyler, Grade 11 Amar Koshy, Grade 11 Rajne Reynolds, Grade 11

Montego Bay High School

Sydney Taylor, Grade 7 Sasha-Kay Campbell, Grade 7 Trimone Kelly, Grade 8 Asha-Lee Cole, Grade 8 Shenae Lewis, Grade 9 Abbi-Gail Kilbourne, Grade 9

Morant Bay High School

Micayah Ritchie, Grade 8

Mount Alvernia High School

Sachelle Morris, Grade 10 Mikeann Channer, Grade 11

St. Andrew High School

Ariel Dyche, Grade 7 Latonya Clayton, Grade 7 Kharece Lloyd, Grade 8 Zahra Benkeblia, Grade 9

St. Hilda’s Diocesan High School

Tashique Gibson, Grade 9 Kimarie McLean, Grade 10 Karishma Mirpuri, Grade 10

St. Hugh’s High School

Antonette Fraser, Grade 7

St. Jago High School

Gregory Slater, Grade 7 Leonard Bernard, Grade 7 Sabrina Bryan, Grade 7 Cordia Coleman, Grade 7 Anthony Waller, Grade 7 Catherine Douse. Grade 8 Kathryn Barron. Grade 8 Andrew Hercules, Grade 9 Milton Marsh, Grade 10

St. Mary High School

Mark Graham, Grade 7 Rasheda Porter, Grade 8 Rajwayne Beckford, Grade 9 Kacian Barker, Grade 10 Orville Kirkland, Grade 11 Jamoy Livingston, Grade 11

The Queen’s School

Antoneel Thompson, Grade 9 Chevelle Skervin, Grade 9 Tanzana Rattray, Grade 10

William Knibb Memorial High School

Okean Rankin, Grade 7

Wolmer’s Boys’ School

Justin Newell, Grade 7 Kristof Green, Grade 7 Hakeem Pinnock, Grade 9 Giovanni Crumbie, Grade 9

Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls

Anesia Carty, Grade 7

York Castle High School

Jerohn Brown, Grade 8 Carl Bucknor, Grade 11 Fitzroy Wickham, Grade 11