Math Kangaroo
2025 Math Kangaroo National & State Award (Alpha STEM math club)
4th grade:
Scarlett Lin, National 1st place, VA State 1st place
6th grade:
Zichen Xu, National 1st place, VA State 1st place
7th grade:
Lucia Huang, National 1st place, VA State 1st place
Zhongrui Du, National 15th place, VA State 6th place
8th grade:
Emma Huang, National 9th place, VA State 3rd place
Avan Gupta, National 13th place, VA State 5th place
9th grade:
Anthony Yu, National 10th place, VA State 3rd place
3rd grade:
Scarlett Lin, National 9th place, VA State 4th place
Timothy Xiong, National 16th place, VA State 7th place
4th grade:
Olivia Raczko, National 7th place, VA State 4th place
5th grade:
Zichen Xu, National 18th place, VA State 8th place
6th grade:
Lucia Huang, National 12th place, VA State 4th place
7th grade:
Anthony Yu, National 8th place, VA State 1st place
Emma Huang, National 30th place, VA State 6th place
2023 Math Kangaroo National & State Award (Alpha STEM math club)
2nd grade:
Timothy Xiong, National 8th place, VA State 6th place
Scarlett Lin, National 13th place, VA State 11th place
Henry Cheng, National 14th place, VA State 12th place
3rd grade:
Jerry Zhang, National 7th place, VA State 1st place
4th grade:
Louis Xu, National 3rd place, VA State 2nd place
Zichen Xu, National 3rd place, VA State 2nd place
Emma Huang, National 14th place, VA State 7th place
5th grade:
Zhongrui Du, National 17th place, VA State 6th place
Lucia Huang, National 19th place, VA State 8th place
6th grade:
Winston Yu, National 4th place, VA State 2nd place
Anthony Yu, National 7th place, VA State 3rd place
Colin Hager, National 12th place, VA State 6th place
Eva Huang, National 12th place, VA State 6th place
Andrew Du, National 17th place, VA State 7th place
Emma Huang, National 17th place, VA State 7th place
9th grade:
Justin Ma, National 6th place, VA State 3th place
10th grade:
Patrick Du, National 1st place, VA State 1st place
1st grade:
Henry Cheng, National 14th place, Maryland State: 3rd place
Adam Alvin, National 20th place
2nd grade:
Alexander Zhou, National 15th place
3rd grade:
Zichen Xu, National 4th place, VA State 4th place
Jeremy Song, National 16th place
4th grade:
Colin Hager, National 3rd place, VA State 3rd place
Lucia Huang, National 5th place, VA State 5th place
Alexander Wang, National 14th place
Zhongrui Du, National 14th place
5th grade:
Andrew Du, National 10th place, VA State 8th place
Emma Huang, National 10th place, VA State 8th place
Anthony Yu, National 12rd place, VA State 10th place
Eva Huang, National 15th place
6th grade:
Alexander Liu, National 4th place, VA State 3rd place
Michelle Lin, National 4th place, VA State 3rd place
8th grade:
Lulu Huang, National 19th place, VA State 7th place
2nd grade:
Zichen Xu, National 9th place
Jennifer Xia, National 13th place
Jeremy Song, National 17th place
Drake Shi, National 18th place
Dora Jia, National 18th place
3rd grade:
Zhongrui Du, National 2nd place, VA State 2nd place
Colin Hager, National 4th place
Lucia Huang, National 12th place
4th grade:
Anthony Yu, National 4th place
Emma Huang, National 8th place
Andrew Du, National 9th place
Eva Huang, National 14th place
Owen Liu, National 16th place
5th grade:
Alexander Liu, National 17th place
Michelle Lin, National 18th place
7th grade:
Alexander Yu, National 20th place
8th grade:
Eric Shen, National 3rd place, VA State 2nd place
Marina Lin, National 6th place
Nearly 30,000 Math Kangaroo 2020 participants in the USA and several million participants worldwide. Our center, Alpha STEM for the Gifted, 36 kids took Math Kangaroo contest this year, among them, 25 kids got National Top 20 places & VA state Top 3 places.
Three kids got Perfect Score, and won National/International 1st places, Congratulations to
Liya Huang, 9th grade (National 1st place, VA State 1st place),
Zani Xu, 7th grade (National 1st place, VA State 1st place)
Liya Huang, 9th grade (National 1st place, VA State 1st place),
Zani Xu, 7th grade (National 1st place, VA State 1st place)
Patrick Du, 6th grade (National 1st place, VA State 1st place)
Five kids won Virgina State 1st Place. Congratulations to
Lulu Huang (5th grade),
Sophia Hou (5th grade),
Patrick Du (6th grade),
Zani Xu (7th grade),
Liya Huang (9th grade)
Three kid’s won National Top 10. congratulations to
Lulu Huang, 5th grade (National 4th place, VA 1st place)
Sophia Hou, 5th grade (National 4th place, VA 1st place)
Alexander Gu, 1st grade (National 3rd place, VA 2nd place)
Eric Tang, 6th grade (National 8th place, VA 6th place)
Alexander Gu, 6th grade (National 8th place, VA 7th place)
Alexander Tang, 3rd grade (National 9th place, VA 5th place)
Also, congratulations to National Top 20 Winners for each grade level,
Michael Edwards, 5th grade (National 11th place)
Owen Liu, 2nd grade (National 11th place)
Anthony Yu, 2nd grade (National 14th place)
Kyle Zhuang, 2nd grade (National 14th place)
Matthew Diao, 3rd grade (National 14th place)
Jeffrey Du, 2nd grade (National 15th place)
Andrew Du, 2nd grade (National 15th place)
Eva Huang, 2nd grade (National 15th place)
Kevin Shen, 2nd grade (National 15th place)
Lucia Huang, 1st grade (National 16th place)
Rohit Rajakumar, 5th grade (National 17th place)
Emily Gu, 3rd grade (National 17th place)
Anna Wang, 4th grade (National ? place)
Bryan Tan, 2nd grade (National 18th place)
Michael Zhang, 2nd grade (National 18th place)
Congratulations! Team Alpha STEM won Virginia State 2nd Place for Middle School 1-400, congratulations to our 6 team members (3 elementary school kids & 3 middle school kids):
Jonathan Tong (8th grade)
Karthik Bhargav (8th grade)
Eric Tang (7th grade)
Samarth Bhargav (6th grade)
Lulu Huang (5th grade)
Patrick Du (4th grade)
Math League International Math Competition
Our official list of National Honor Roll winners is as follows:
6th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Helen G (National Honor Roll, VA State 8th place, 31 out of 35)
Drake S (National Honor Roll, VA State 8th place, 31 out of 35)
Riyanshi K (National Honor Roll, VA State 17th place, 29 out of 35)
William X (National Honor Roll, VA State 22nd place, 28 out of 35)
7th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Zhongrui D (National Honor Roll, VA State 1st place, 27 out of 35)
Jingyu H (National Honor Roll, VA State 2nd place, 26 out of 35)
8th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Lucia H (National Honor Roll, VA State 4th place, 32 out of 35)
Our official list of National Honor Roll winners is as follows:
4th Grade contest
Baylen L (National Honor Roll)
5th Grade contest
Drake S (National Honor Roll)
6th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Lucia H (National Honor Roll, VA State 1st place, 35 out of 35)
Drake S (National Honor Roll, VA State 28th place, 25 out of 35)
7th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Molin D (National Honor Roll, VA State 8th place, 26 out of 35)
Yuzhou Z (National Honor Roll, VA State 20th place, 20 out of 35)
8th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Thalia G (National Honor Roll, VA State 9th place, 31 out of 35)
Algebra 1 Contest
Cindy C (National Honor Roll)
Jeffrey D (National Honor Roll)
Sarah S (National Honor Roll)
Students are also honored with results posted on the Math League website in the following locations:
For grades 6, 7, and 8
Grade School Report (mathleague.com)
For grades 4, 5, and 9 (algebra 1)
4-5-A School Report (mathleague.com)
Our official list of National Honor Roll winners is as follows:
4th Grade contest
Oliver Y (National Honor Roll, National 10th place, 29 out of 30)
Celina S (National Honor Roll, National 38th place, 28 out of 30)
Drake S (National Honor Roll, National 156th place, 26 out of 30)
5th Grade contest
Lucia H (National Honor Roll, National 1st place, 30 out of 30)
Zichen X (National Honor Roll, National 65th place, 28 out of 30)
Zhongrui D (National Honor Roll, National 187th place, 26 out of 30)
6th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Lucia H (National Honor Roll, VA Regional 1st place, 34 out of 35)
Jake S (National Honor Roll, 32 out of 35)
Zichen X (National Honor Roll, 32 out of 35)
7th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Andrew D (National Honor Roll, VA State 2nd place, 34 out of 35)
Anthony Y (National Honor Roll, VA State 8th place, 34 out of 35)
Thalia G (National Honor Roll, VA State 5th place, 33 out of 35)
Jeffrey D (National Honor Roll, VA regional 8th place, 32 out of 35)
8th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Shawn H (National Honor Roll, VA State 11th place, 31 out of 35)
Algebra 1 Contest
Andrew D (National Honor Roll, National 44th place, 26 out of 30)
Anthony Y (National Honor Roll, National 106th place, 23 out of 30)
Students are also honored with results posted on the Math League website in the following locations:
For grade 6, 7, 8
https://www.mathleague.com/downloads/gs2122/va-678-2122.pdf
For grade 4, 5, 9 (algebra 1)
https://www.mathleague.com/downloads/45a2022/45a-2122.pdf
Our official list of National Honor Roll winners are as follows:
4th Grade contest (Cutoff score, 22 out of 30):
Lucia Huang (National Honor Roll, 25 out of 30)
Zhongrui Du (National Honor Roll, 22 out of 30)
5th Grade contest (cutoff score, 25 out of 30):
Cindy Cai (National Honor Roll, National 26 th place, 29 out of 30)
Bryan Tan (National Honor Roll, National 26 th place, 29 out of 30)
Jeffrey Du (National Honor Roll, National 26 th place, 29 out of 30)
Anthony Yu (National Honor Roll, National 26 th place, 29 out of 30)
Emma Huang (National Honor Roll, National 65 th place, 28 out of 30)
Kijun Lee (National Honor Roll, National 65 th place, 28 out of 30)
Yueling Xu (National Honor Roll, National 126 th place, 27 out of 30)
Eva Huang (National Honor Roll, National 202 th place, 26 out of 30)
Kyle Zhuang (National Honor Roll, National 202 th place, 26 out of 30)
Eric X (National Honor Roll, National 298 th place, 25 out of 30)
6th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Alexander Liu (National Honor Roll, VA regional 3rd place, 32 out of 35)
Andrew Du (National Honor Roll, VA regional 3rd place, 32 out of 35)
7th Grade contest (cutoff score, 30 out of 35):
Patrick Du (National Honor Roll, National 1st place, VA State 1st place, 35 out of 35)
Nathan Liang (National Honor Roll, VA State 2nd place, 34 out of 35)
Ryan C (National Honor Roll, VA regional 5th place, 32 out of 35)
Vishnu R (VA regional 7th place, 31 out of 35)
Huining Deng (VA regional 25th place, 23 out of 35)
8th Grade contest (cutoff score, 27 out of 35):
Lulu Huang (National Honor Roll, National 1st place, VA State 1st place, 35 out of 35)
Jayson L (VA Regional 17st place, 23 out of 35)
Algebra 1 Contest (9th Grade, cutoff score, 26 out of 30):
Lulu Huang (National Honor Roll, National 1st place, VA State 1st place, Regional 1st place, 30 out of 30)
Michelle Lin (National Honor Roll, National 1st place, VA State 1st place, Regional 1st place, 30 out of 30)
Alexander Liu (National Honor Roll, National 25th place, VA 2nd place, 29 out of 30)
Noetic National Math Contest
2023 Spring Noetic National Math Contest National Winners
In our center, Alpha STEM for the Gifted, [] students (1st-8th grade) took the contest. Among them,
19 kids won National Honor Roll (National top 10%)! See the following links for the winner list.
6 kids won VA State Top 3 places. Congratulations to:
4th grade: Russell Z, Celina S, Drake S;
6th grade: Lisa S, Annie W;
7th grade: Bob S;
Congratulations to Lisa X for winning Virginia State 1st place!
16 kids won National Honorable Mention! (National top 50%)
Awards and Recognitions:
NATIONAL HONOR ROLL (the top 10% of students): Students who qualified for the National Honor Roll will receive National Honor Roll medals, web recognition and certificates.
HONORABLE MENTION (the top 50% of students): Students who qualified for National Honorable Mention will receive web recognition and certificates.
For National Honor Roll (National top 10%) Congratulations to:
2nd grade: Timothy X, Hironori O, Patrick C, Lisa D, Carolyn Z, Audrey L;
3rd grade: Aimee Q;
4th grade: Russell Z, Drake S, Celina S, Jeremy S;
5th grade: Lucia H, Tony T;
6th grade: Lisa X, Annie W;
7th grade: Bob S, Cathay Z;
8th grade: Jeffrey M, Chris P;
For National Honorable Mention (National top 50%) Congratulations to:
2nd grade: Alex H, Wesley Z, Sophia T, Tyler H, Ayden Z, Nolan S
3rd grade: Kevin H, Max H, Tim B, Chelsea Y, Tina C;
4th grade: Tony H;
5th grade: Thomas H;
7th grade: Tim T, Jason W;
8th grade: Jenny C;
2022 Spring Noetic National Math Contest
2022 Spring, more than 34,000 K-8 students representing 776 schools from 50 states attended the contest. In our center, Alpha STEM for the Gifted, 35 students (1st-8th grade) took the contest . Among them,
10 won the National Honor Roll (National top 10%)! See the following links for the winners list.
4 kids won National 1st place with Perfect Score!! Congratulations to: Miranda S, Lucia H, Nathan L, Lulu H.
8 kids won Virginia State 1st place! Congratulations to: Miranda S, David Z, Bob, S, Lucia H, Adam S, Tina S, Nathan L, Lulu H.
18 kids won VA State Top 3 places. (Congratulations to
2nd grade: Miranda S, Jason L, Timothy X;
3rd grade: David Z, Bob S;
4th grade: Lucia H, Colin H, Kijun L, Joshua Z;
5th grade: Adam S, Eric X;
6th grade: Tina S, Karl T;
7th grade: Nathan L, Jack L, Matthew T;
8th grade: Lulu H, Ryan C;
4 kids won National Honorable Mention ! (National top 50%)
For National Honor Roll (National top 10%) Congratulations to:
2nd grade: Miranda S; Jason L, Timothy X
3rd grade: David Z; Bob S
4th grade: Lucia H;
5th grade: Adam S;
6th grade: Tina S;
7th grade: Nathan L;
8th grade: Lulu L;
For National Honorable Mention (National top 50%)
2nd grade: Chelsea Y;
6th grade: Ian C;
8th grade: Songhang L, Colin Z;
2021 Fall Noetic National Math Contest Winners List
Team Alpha STEM Honor Board | Noetic Learning Math Contest (noetic-learning.com)
2021 Spring Noetic National Math Contest Winners List
2021 Spring, more than 34,000 K-8 students representing 776 schools from 50 states attended 2021 Spring Noetic National Math Contest. In our center, Alpha STEM for the Gifted, 50 students (1st-8th grade) took the contest . Among them,
25 won National Honor Roll (National top 10%)! See the following links for the winners list.
7 kids won National 1st place with Perfect Score!! Congratulations to:
Emily A, Celina S, Michelle L, Andrew D, Zifan Z, Marina L, Zifei Z!
7 kids won Virginia State 1st place! Congratulations to Emily E, Celina S, Michelle L, Andrew D, Zifan Z, Marina L, Zifei Z.
19 kids won VA State Top 3 places. (Congratulations to
2nd grade: Emily E, Celina S,
3rd grade: Zhongrui D, Colin H;
4th grade: Bryan T, Cindy C, Adam D, Richard D, Linda L, Jeffrey D ;
5th grade: Michelle L, Andrew D, Anthony Y;
6th grade: Zifan Z, Zifei Z, Jonathan L, Nathan L, Colin C;
8th grade: Marina L;
27 kids won National Honorable Mention ! (National top 50%)
Awards and Recognitions:
NATIONAL HONOR ROLL (the top 10% of students): Students who qualified for the National Honor Roll will receive National Honor Roll medals, web recognition and certificates.
HONORABLE MENTION (the top 50% of students): Students who qualified for National Honorable Mention will receive web recognition and certificates.
For National Honor Roll (National top 10%) Congratulations to:
2nd grade: Alexander Z, Jeremy S, Emily A, Celina S;
3rd grade: Colin H, Zhongrui D;
4th grade: Bryan T, Cindy C, Adam D, Richard D, Linda L, Jeffrey D;
5th grade, Anthony Y, Samuel Z, Kyle Z, Michelle L, Andrew D;
6th grade: Jonathan L, Nathan L, Zifan Z, Zifei Z, Colin C;
7th grade: Songhang L, Rachel D;
8th grade: Marina L;
For National Honorable Mention (National top 50%)
2nd grade: Giovanni O, Zhongee Y, Emma Y, Russell Z, Aimee Q, Alicia T, Lucas T;
3rd grade: Chloe M, Lucia H, Charles M;
4th grade: Emma H, Yueling X, Avery D, Eva H, Eric S, Hanchi Y;
5th grade: Ethan M, Brandon S, Daniel X, Anna H, Iris J, Hedi H, charles P;
6th grade: Safrina M, Christopher P;
7th grade: Jayson L;
8th grade: Lulu H
Caderock Math Tournament
Congratulations to Alexander Liu, Edward Guo for making top 8 for Countdown!
Team 3rd Place in Starboard Division:
Anthony Yu, Bryan Tan, Cindy Cai, Lucia Huang
Team 5th Place in Port Division:
Alexander Liu, Edward Guo, Colin Chen, Sarah Shin
The Montgomery Blair Math Tournament
Germain Division
The Alpha STEM Tiger Team placed 1st overall in the Germain Team round! Congratulations to:
Patrick D, Alexander L, Edward G, Zifan Z, Zifei Z!
Congratulations to the Alpha STEM Tiger Team for placing 2nd in the Germain Guts round!
Congratulations to the our members of the Alpha STEM Tiger Team for placing top 10 in the following Germain Individual rounds!
Algebra: Patrick D (2nd), Edward G (8th), Zifei Z (10th)
Number Theory: Patrick D (4th), Alexander L (6th)
Counting & Probability: Zifan Z (1st), Alexander L (7th)
Congratulations to Patrick Du for placing 3rd in the Top 5 Germain Individual!
Bernoulli Division
The Alpha STEM Phoenix Team placed 1st overall in the Bernoulli Guts round! Congratulations to:
Anthony Y, Bryan T, Jefferey D, Lucia H, Shawn B!
Congratulations to the our members of the Alpha STEM Phoenix Team for placing top 10 in the following Bernoulli Individual rounds!
Geometry: Anthony Y (4th), Jeffrey D (7th)
Number Theory: Shawn B (1st)
Counting & Probability: Jeffrey D (1st), Anthony Y (4th), Bryan Tan (8th)
Congratulations to Jeffrey D and Anthony Y for placing 2nd and 3rd, respectively in the Top 5 Bernoulli Individual!