Second Place for Our Elementary School Student Aurelia at the 64th Math Olympiad

It was an exciting day for Aurelia Wild, a fourth-grader at the Steinmühle Bilingual Elementary School: She had registered for the 64th Math Olympiad, and now the Hesse state round was getting underway. After a welcome address at the Mathematikum in Giessen by its director, Prof. Albrecht Beutelspacher, Aurelia and her fellow contestants were shown to their workstations. For two hours, the children worked on interesting math problems before they had the chance to thoroughly explore the experiments at the Mathematikum. During this time, many dedicated teachers graded the submitted assignments.

 

“Silver” in the state competition

At 2:00 p.m., the awards ceremony finally began. First up were the third-graders, and the excitement kept building—even for Aurelia. Then the certificates of participation were awarded to the fourth-graders—and that’s when it became clear that Aurelia was among the winners. She was overjoyed when she was even called up to receive second place!

 

Parents Thank Teachers for Their Motivation

Aurelia proudly accepted her certificate and prize. She’s already certain: “I’ll be back next year!” The teachers led by Lorraine Herrmann from the administration of the Bilingual Elementary School and Steinmühle Principal Björn Gemmer are also proud. Aurelia’s mother, Lydia, is delighted: “We’d like to thank Steinmühle for encouraging its students to participate in competitions like the Math Olympiad.”