Grade 6 stude wins Math tilt
A 12-year student from the SPED-Integrated School won first place in the recent 2007 Metrobank-Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines ,Inc.-Department of Education Math Challenge Regional Level.
Sixth grader Nina Ruth Cerbo Martinez bested other 15 division participants in the Regional Individual Finals for Grade Six category. The contest was held last March 23, 2007 at the Iloilo City National High School. Prior to her victory in the 2007 Metrobank Regional Individual Finals for Grade Six category, Martinez was also the champion in the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology.
Martinez is also a qualifier in the entrance examination of the Philippine Science High School in Diliman. She, however chose to stay in Western Visayas campus. She is already a math wizard since Grade 3.
Martinez paid a courtesy call to Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday. She was accompanied by her mother Dometilla and coach Mrs. Valerie May Baqueriza-Belleza.