Ardent Academy for Gifted Youth
Math Olympiad Training Programs
Five teams in grades 2-6 are tied for first place at the Round 1 of 2016-2017 Online Math League contest. Online Math League is an annual content consists of 3 rounds. Round 2 will be held in February, 2017.
Ardent Academy for Gifted Youth will host public seminars and open houses for current and prospective students and families from August 27 - 28. Come to check out our facility, learn the comprehensive programs we offer, meet our instructors, and hear a talk by Dr. Li on gifted education and college admission planning.
On December 7th, the beginning of the national Computer Science Education Week, OC Coder hosted its second annual Hour of Code. Classrooms were decorated with motivational quotes from President Barack Obama and many influential tech CEOs. There were two sessions this year, with the first session teaching languages including Scratch, Python, Java, Blockly, and Lightbot. The second session helped with AP Computer Science, and also taught Scratch, JavaScript, Python, and Swift.
Seven Ardent students finished in top 16 at the 2016 Southern California State MATHCOUNTS. Rancho Middle School and Jeffrey Trail Middle School finished 2nd and 4th in team competition.
Ardent Student Anna Lou, junior at Oxford Academy, was selected by Project Tomorrow as the winner of the Emerging Student Innovator of the Year award.
Project Tomorrow is a national education nonprofit group that promotes innovative thinking in scientific subjects amongst K-12 schools. It hosts the annual Innovation in Education Awards, a program that honors leaders in education and students for significant contributions through the use of science, math, and technology.