Our Mathletes did an outstanding job this year! We recently held an award ceremony to celebrate the students who placed within their grade levels and overall in the competition.
We are incredibly proud of all of our participants—their hard work and dedication truly paid off.
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Math Olympiad Team!
We are incredibly proud of all of our participants—their hard work and dedication truly paid off.
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Math Olympiad Team!
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Competition #5 Update
We have come to the conclusion of our Math Olympiad competitions this year as we completed the final one today. These math superstars have been challenged week after week to up their game and bring their sharpest wit to bear on these logic puzzles and problems. I am proud of every single one of them for pouring their hearts into this all year long.
The overall team average was 2.7 correct problems.
The grade-level breakdown:
Competition #5 Update
We have come to the conclusion of our Math Olympiad competitions this year as we completed the final one today. These math superstars have been challenged week after week to up their game and bring their sharpest wit to bear on these logic puzzles and problems. I am proud of every single one of them for pouring their hearts into this all year long.
The overall team average was 2.7 correct problems.
The grade-level breakdown:
Look at those 4th-graders representing! The distributions are:
I look forward to seeing everybody next week for our final gathering!
Competition #4 Update
UPDATE
There has been a small update on this competition #4. All students will be awarded a point for problem C as MOEMS has decided that their diagram was misleading. I have updated their scores to reflect this. This was indeed a confusing one as I had quite a number of students asking about this during the competition. Their email notice is copied below:
After careful consideration of the emails received from some of our PICOs we have determined that question 4C on the MOEMS 2025-26 division E contest had a misleading diagram. The original diagram can be seen below and the better diagram with chairs rotated as shown below would have eliminated the problem with the wording of the expression “directly across from”. Students having little or no experience with sitting around a round table looked at the diagram and felt that E and F, C and D, and A and B were pairs of seats directly opposite one another. It was not the intention of the authors or the problem writing committee to mislead the students with a poor disruptive diagram. Due to this issue, we will omit this question and ask you to please award full credit to all students for this problem.
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We have completed the penultimate competition of the year. The 5th graders continue to impress as the grade to beat. Our perfect score streak was unfortunately broken this week, but several students are shining with near perfect scores for the year. And we had another first-time perfect score on this competition, which included a difficult cryptarithm. What is a cryptarithm, you ask? Why, ask your student and they'll be happy to teach you how this particular type of fun puzzle works. Our average dipped a bit this month, dropping to a perfect 50% - 2.5.
Here is the per-grade breakdown:
Competition #4 Update
UPDATE
There has been a small update on this competition #4. All students will be awarded a point for problem C as MOEMS has decided that their diagram was misleading. I have updated their scores to reflect this. This was indeed a confusing one as I had quite a number of students asking about this during the competition. Their email notice is copied below:
After careful consideration of the emails received from some of our PICOs we have determined that question 4C on the MOEMS 2025-26 division E contest had a misleading diagram. The original diagram can be seen below and the better diagram with chairs rotated as shown below would have eliminated the problem with the wording of the expression “directly across from”. Students having little or no experience with sitting around a round table looked at the diagram and felt that E and F, C and D, and A and B were pairs of seats directly opposite one another. It was not the intention of the authors or the problem writing committee to mislead the students with a poor disruptive diagram. Due to this issue, we will omit this question and ask you to please award full credit to all students for this problem.
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We have completed the penultimate competition of the year. The 5th graders continue to impress as the grade to beat. Our perfect score streak was unfortunately broken this week, but several students are shining with near perfect scores for the year. And we had another first-time perfect score on this competition, which included a difficult cryptarithm. What is a cryptarithm, you ask? Why, ask your student and they'll be happy to teach you how this particular type of fun puzzle works. Our average dipped a bit this month, dropping to a perfect 50% - 2.5.
Here is the per-grade breakdown:
And here are the distributions:
Only one final competition left in the year!
Competition #3 Update
We are officially past half way through the Math Olympiad calendar, having completed 3 of the 5 competitions. These mathletes are really bonding, working together to learn strategies and solve puzzles. This competition was quite interesting. The team achieved their highest average of the year thus far, averaging 3.3 problems correct! The 5th graders pulled ahead of the 6th graders again. And a large contingent achieved 4 correct answers, but that last problem was a doozie! Problem E was the most difficult of the year so far with only 3 correct answers. Those 3 students also achieved a perfect 5 for this competition. And still on a roll, we have one very bright student who continues their perfect run for the year.
Here is the per-grade breakdown:
Competition #3 Update
We are officially past half way through the Math Olympiad calendar, having completed 3 of the 5 competitions. These mathletes are really bonding, working together to learn strategies and solve puzzles. This competition was quite interesting. The team achieved their highest average of the year thus far, averaging 3.3 problems correct! The 5th graders pulled ahead of the 6th graders again. And a large contingent achieved 4 correct answers, but that last problem was a doozie! Problem E was the most difficult of the year so far with only 3 correct answers. Those 3 students also achieved a perfect 5 for this competition. And still on a roll, we have one very bright student who continues their perfect run for the year.
Here is the per-grade breakdown:
And here are the distributions:
Thank you for your support as we continue forward toward Competition #4 in February.
Competition #2 Update
Before the break (which feels so long ago!), competition #2 was held. We had 36 of our students participate. This competition was definitely tougher than the first, with the team average dropping to 2.7 / 5 correct answers. Only two students achieved a perfect score. And already, we are left with a single student who is perfect through the first two competitions. And this rising star is in 4th grade!! December's per-grade averages are:
Competition #2 Update
Before the break (which feels so long ago!), competition #2 was held. We had 36 of our students participate. This competition was definitely tougher than the first, with the team average dropping to 2.7 / 5 correct answers. Only two students achieved a perfect score. And already, we are left with a single student who is perfect through the first two competitions. And this rising star is in 4th grade!! December's per-grade averages are:
Here are some additional numbers reflecting the outcome:
Problem C was clearly a doozie with only 7 students calculating the correct answer!
Competition #1 Update
Today was the first of this year's five Math Olympiad competitions. The students were very excited about it and very optimistic about how they did. This is a great group that truly represents the best mathletes in our student body. Including our alternates, we had 38 students compete today. Seven (7) students achieved a perfect score!!
Well done!!
The overall average was 3.2 problems correct. The per-grade breakdown is:
Competition #1 Update
Today was the first of this year's five Math Olympiad competitions. The students were very excited about it and very optimistic about how they did. This is a great group that truly represents the best mathletes in our student body. Including our alternates, we had 38 students compete today. Seven (7) students achieved a perfect score!!
Well done!!
The overall average was 3.2 problems correct. The per-grade breakdown is:
Hey, 6th Graders!! Those 5th Graders are putting you on notice! But, amazing job by everybody today. Here are some statistical breakdowns (because hey - it's math!):
Congratulations to the Oak Hills 2025-2026 Math Olympiad Team!!!
We’re excited to share that 87 students took the qualification exam—and we’re so proud of everyone who participated!
Congratulations to the students who made the team! 🎉
Names in red are our alternates—these students have earned a few extra spots to join practices and competitions and will be eligible for OHEF awards. While they won’t be registered on the national team (and therefore not eligible for national awards), we wanted to recognize their hard work and potential by giving them this opportunity to continue growing and competing!
Congratulations to the students who made the team! 🎉
Names in red are our alternates—these students have earned a few extra spots to join practices and competitions and will be eligible for OHEF awards. While they won’t be registered on the national team (and therefore not eligible for national awards), we wanted to recognize their hard work and potential by giving them this opportunity to continue growing and competing!
Love Math?
Oak Hills provides the opportunity for students who excel at Math
to have a chance to compete using their Mathematics skills!
Students get to participate in the Mathematical Olympiads
for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS).
They get the opportunity to problem solve and
strengthen their understanding of math concepts!
OHEF helps fund this after school math program by
paying for the MOEMS registration.
Schedule
Math Olympiad Team: Tuesdays from 2:30pm-3:30pm, location is Room 138
Math Club: Tuesdays from 2:30pm-3:30pm, location is MPR
Check our Calendar for Math Olympiad and Math Club dates!
Registration for Math Club opens soon!
Keep an eye out for the ParentSquare announcement, which will include the link to the interest form.
Thank you to Mr. Scopio & Mr. Chakka
who make this program possible!
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