Junior School Math Competitions

Throughout the year, our students take part in a variety of challenging University of Waterloo Mathematics competitions that are written globally.  The first such competition this year was the Beaver Computing Contest that took place in November.  Every student in Grades 7, 8, and 9 rolled up their sleeves and turned on their laptops or tablets to take part in this contest.  This 45-minute competition consisted of 15 logic problems and was completed in Mr. Hollett’s, Mr. Huck’s and Mr. Campbell’s computer classes.  Students exercised their best reasoning skills and raced the clock as the minutes ticked away on the screen in front of them.  Like many of the other University of Waterloo CEMC (Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing) contests, the Beaver competition focuses on problem solving with an emphasis on computational and logical thinking.  The problems are always interesting, and some can be quite challenging.  Questions are inspired by topics in computer science with a comfort level in general mathematics curriculum required.  Over 12,000 students across the country took part in the 2019 Beaver Computing Contest.  Once again, many of our students performed above the national average.  The following KES students are our top contest scorers: