Fort Settlement Students No. 1 In All Four Categories Of TMSCA State Math Competition

Fort Settlement Middle School students won first place in all four categories of the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association State Tournament held recently.  FSMS took first place in number sense, in calculator, in math and in science, and also for the sweepstakes team. 

FSMS and First Colony Middle School had a total of 11 state champions and 24 students who finished first, second or third in the state.

“We are extremely proud of all these talented students,” said Jeffrey Boyd, their math teacher and coach.  “The first place Fort Settlement winners had the second highest sweepstakes total in the history of the TMSCA math competitions with a total of 5, 987 points.”

First Colony students finished fourth place in the state at the competition.

The FSMS Individual state champions by category are:

Number Sense

            Steven Jiang (8^th grade)

            Eric Li (6^th grade)

Calculator Applications

            Eric Li (6^th grade)

            Girish Venkat (7^th grade)

            Shomik Verma (8^th grade)

General Math

            Eric Li (6^th grade)

            Alexander Yang (7^th grade)

            Steven Jiang (8^th grade)

Science

            Byron Xu (6^th grade)

Other Fort Settlement students who were top finishers include: 

Calculator

            Byron Xu        2^nd place (6^th grade)

            Kevin Zhang   2^nd place (8^th grade)

            Angie Rao       3^rd place (8^th grade)

General Math

            Byron Xu        2^nd place (6^th grade)

            Hans Li           2^nd place (7^th grade)

            Kevin Zhang   2^nd place (8^th grade)

            Shomik Verma 2^nd place (8^th grade)

Science

            Wilbur Li         2^nd place (7^th grade)

            Steven Jiang  2^nd place (8^th grade) 

First Colony students finished fourth place in the state competitions.  They also finished fifth-place in Number Sense, second in Calculator Applications, fifth in general math and ninth in science.

Number Sense

            Baonan Ji        3^rd place (6^th grade)

Calculator Applications

            Baonan Ji        3^rd place (6^th grade)

            Victor Fu         1^st Place (7^th grade)

General Math

            Baonan Ji       3^rd place (6^th grade)

The Texas Math and Science Coaches Association or TMSCA is an organization for coaches of academic University Interscholastic League teams in Texas middle schools and high schools, specifically those that compete in mathematics  and science-related tests. Individual schools that are members of TMSCA can host invitational competitions using TMSCA-released tests. Many schools use this as a fundraising opportunity for their competitive math program.

TMSCA also holds two state-wide competitions for member schools each year, one at the middle school level and one at the high school level, as well as a qualification competition at the middle school level prior to the state competition. These state-wide competitions are held at the University of Texas at San Antonio campus each spring. These competitions can often serve as practice for state-wide UIL tournaments, and for middle school students it is their only opportunity to compete at the state level.