by Jeho Park, Ph.D. (KSEA 52nd VP1)
The National Math and Science Contest (NMSC) is one of the flagship events hosted by KSEA. The NMSC 2024 was held on Saturday, April 6, 2024, marking the first fully in-person contest since the global pandemic in 2021. Nearly 1,000 students from 4th through 11th grade across the US participated. Reestablishing the in-person national contest posed challenges due to the loss of institutional knowledge in many aspects of NMSC execution. Despite these difficulties, the NMSC 2024 was largely successful. The award ceremony was held online two weeks later, on April 20, 2024, to recognize the top performers from each division (4th – 6th lower division; 7th – 11th upper division).
A total of 18 local chapters participated in the NMSC 2024. These chapters include Austin TX, Chicagoland, Eastern Carolina, Georgia, Idaho, Nebraska, New England, New Jersey, New York Metropolitan, North Carolina, North TX, Seattle, South Texas, Southern CA, Southwest Ohio, Tampa Bay, Texas Coastal Bend, and Washington Metro. Without the local chapters’ dedication, this event wouldn’t be successful.
The NMC 2024 National Awards recipients are listed below with their school and residence areas. The national award winners are all invited to the Hanwha Math Olympias (HMO) in June.
GRADE 4 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Noah Nguyen (Westbriar Elementary)
Alice Chang (Dorchester Elementary)
John So (Glenwood Elementary)
City, State
Vienna, VA
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Lake Stevens, WA
GRADE 5 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Suin Kim (Turtle Rock Elementary)
Lily (Chaerin) Lim (Collister Elementary)
Jian Lee (Silver Spur Elementary)
City, State
Irvine, CA
Boise, ID
Rolling Hills Estates, CA
GRADE 6 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Yiyang Li (Lakeside Middle)
Taehee Ha (Florida Ruffin Ridley School)
Geonhoo Shim (Hammond School)
City, State
Bellevue, WA
Brookline, MA
Columbia, SC
GRADE 7 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
James Yang (Lakeside School)
Minchan Kim (Longfellow Middle)
Evan Kim (Canyon Vista Middle)
City, State
Redmond, WA
McLean, VA
Austin, TX
GRADE 8 WINNERS
1st Place
1st Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Jason Lee (Baeum Homeschool)
David Kim (Jonas Clarke Middle)
Rayoon Kim (Black Rock Middle)
Jayden Cho (The Academy at Lincoln)
Andrew J Jahng (Carmel Valley Middle)
City, State
Durham, NC
Lexington, MA
Wynnewood, PA
Summerfield, NC
San Diego, CA
GRADE 9 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Seomgeun Shim (Hammond School)
Alex Bae (Henry M Gunn High)
Kevin Han (Palos Verdes Peninsula High)
City, State
Columbia, SC
Palo Alto, CA
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
GRADE 10 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Vishnu Mangipudi (Lakeside School)
Immanuel Whang (Lakeside School)
Jinwoo Lee (Issaquah High)
City, State
Bellevue, WA
Kenmore, WA
Issaquah, WA
GRADE 11 WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Name (School)
Jian Kweon (Evergreen Valley High)
Nash Heo (Thomas Jefferson High)
Matthias Kim (Interlake High)
City, State
San Jose, CA
Des Moines, WA
Bellevue, WA
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