2020/21 Math Olympiad: Theresa Dinges is the Hesse winner for 7th grade

Once again this year, many students from Steinmühle participated in the Math Olympiad, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. Theresa Dinges, a 7th grader, was the top student in her grade level in all of Hesse!

The Math Olympiad began right at the start of the school year with what is known as a “homework round.” At the teachers’ request, particularly motivated students were given math problems to work on independently in their free time. If they were able to solve a sufficient number of these problems (the evaluation was carried out in consultation with the respective math teachers), the students could participate in the second round.
This second round took place in November 2020 and was also held within the school. Seven of our students were still in the competition at that point and took a four-hour exam. These exams were graded by their respective math teachers; their scores were submitted, and a central decision was made regarding the cutoff scores for which students in each grade level would advance.

Jan Audretsch (11th grade), Teresa Dinges (7th grade), and Yewon Jeong (8th grade) ultimately advanced to the Hesse round. Due to the pandemic, this round was conducted differently than usual. Normally, students are invited to the University of Darmstadt, where they take their third-round exams. This year, however, our participants familiarized themselves with an online platform entirely on their own. There, on the afternoon of Friday, February 26, they were able to download an exam, which was again set to last four hours.
The completed assignments, which were subsequently uploaded back to the platform, were graded by a team consisting of supervising teachers (including Julia Riemenschneider from Steinmühle), former winners, and mathematics students. Our students achieved excellent results.

Teresa Dinges deserves special mention. She took first place in the 7th grade across all of Hesse.

Steinmühle would like to congratulate you on this tremendous success!