EBSIS Mathletes reap laurels in PIMSO

            Eduardo Barretto Sr. IS mathletes harvested awards in the Philippine International Math and Science Olympiad (PIMSO) national round last August 27.

        Philippine International Math and Science Olympics (PIMSO) is an annual international Olympiad competition organized by ICE from the Philippines. PIMSO is divided into 2 stages: PIMSO National Round and International Finals.

        Cydred John Moster and Kurt Lian Xienne Olivare won bronze medal for secondary 3. On the same category, Jazliene Escala and Cidi Claire De Chavez bagged achiever award.

        PIMSO-Math National Round and PIMSO-Math Final are open to all Primary 1 senior high school students. Students who have won Gold/ Silver/ Bronze/ Achiever Award in PIMSO-Math National Round or High Distinction/ Distinction/ High Credit in Depth Of Knowledge Assessment (DOKA) will be invited to compete in PIMSO-Math International Finals to be held at Cebu City.

        PIMSO Awards Committee recognizes the participants in the manner that higher 60% of the total number of participants shall qualify to the International Round and shall be entitled to one of thses awards based on their scores: 130 points and higher, gold medal; 115 to 125 points, silver medal; 100 to 110 points, bronze medal; and the remaining of the 60% of the participants shall receive achiever medal.

        “We are very much happy and grateful since we don’t have an intensive preparation to this competition but still, we manage to have a medal. And we just not won a single medal but all of us from our school, who participated in the competition make it to the final round. We’re so excited flying to Cebu po.” Moster said during the interview.

Math Teachers Attended Training-Workshop

         Three skilled math teachers attended the three-day training-workshop on Mathematics Contents and Pedagogies for Key stage 4 teachers, July 26–28, 2023. The training aims to demonstrate mastery of and proficiency in teaching Statistics and Probability's challenging content through problem-solving exercises and demonstration teaching.

        Three mathematics proficient teachers of Eduardo Barretto Sr. National High School attended the said training workshop. They were Ms. Maribith D. Gersin, Ms. Cathy O. Parabuac, and Mr. Nimrod D. Poblete. Training aims to discuss the contents in Key Stages 3 and 4 difficult to teach contents in Statistics and Probability particularly in the Basics of Statistics and Probability, Random Variables and Distribution and Statistical Inference as Critical testing.

        UPLB Prof. Jane D. Palacio, an MS in Mathematics graduate, spoke about the fundamentals of probability and statistics on the first day of the training. On the second day, the distribution of random variables was discussed by Prof. Edd Francis O. Felix of UPLB, who has an MS in mathematics. And on the last day of instruction, UPLB Prof. Lynie B. Dimasuay—a MS in Mathematics graduate—discussed the use of statistical inference as critical testing. Participants responded to the activities the presenters had given them after the discussion.

        

Additionally, there were demonstration teachers who showed off their skills in the training session every afternoon. Helpful criticism of the sample teachers' performance is shared. It was led by designated facilitator, Education Program Supervisor in Mathematics of Calamba City, Dr. Isabelita Hizon, Public Schools District Supervisors of different cluster of Calamba, and different master and head teachers.