Pearland ISD students secure awards at TMSCA state meet

Pearland Independent School District students did the math to rack up multiple successes at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) state competition on April 13 in San Antonio with 113 competing students.

Pearland ISD was represented at the TMSCA state competition by students from Pearland Junior High East, Pearland Junior High West, Pearland Junior High South, Berry Miller Junior High, Sablatura, Alexander and Rogers middle schools. PJH West and Sablatura secured 2^nd place in sweepstakes, 5^th place in team Science, 2^nd place in team Math, 3^rd place in team Calculator Applications and 6^th place in team Number Sense.

TMSCA is an intermediate-grades competition that prepares students for University Interscholastic League math and science events. TMSCA offers four test areas -- Number Sense, Calculator Applications, Math and Science.

In February and March, Pearland ISD students participated in several qualifying meets, advancing to state based on pre-set qualifying scores. At the state competition, the top 20 students and top six teams in each subject area win awards.

At state, students winning first-10^th place received trophies, and students in 11^th-20^th place received medals. Pearland ISD awards in the 6A division include:

Individual Awards

PJH West

• Zoey Rui: 12^th in Math and 13^th in Number Sense
• Hannah Zhang: 19^th in Math
• Junxi Zhang: 4^th in Calculator
• An Vo: 12^th in Calculator
• Peiphen Ding: 7^th in Science
• Claire Bian: 9^th in Science
• Suya Yang: 7^th in Number Sense and 18^th in Math
• Prithvi Raman: 19^th in Number Sense and 19^th in Calculator
• Ethan Chen: 1^st in Math and 15^th in Science
• Andrew Lu: 2^nd in Math
• Sofia Castillo: 3^rd in Calculator
• Haobo Shi: 5^th in Calculator 
• Ethan Zhang: 3^rd in Science

 

Sablatura

• Sulan Yang: 9^th in Number Sense
• Bella Mao: 17^th in Number Sense and 8^th in Math
• Iris Wu: 4^th in Calculator
• Cathy Gu: 13^th in Calculator
• Grayson Garner: 14^th in Calculator
• Amanda Ross: 19^th in Calculator

 

Rogers

• Tianyi Zhao: 12^th in Science

 

 

Pearland ISD coaches included Jennifer Phillips and Neelam Rajaharia from Rogers, Brittany Suarez and Sandra Nix from Alexander Middle School, Margaret Needler, Kasey Hart, and Christine Sadler from Sablatura, Bhavani Venkataramanan, Lauren Jablonski and Cody Sanderlin from PJH West, Jill Laird from Berry Miller Junior High, Ashlyn Beard and Mellisa Laudig from PJH South, and Amy Schrenk from PJH East.

(04/24/2024)