Alameda City Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer and California State Assembly member Kansen Chu presents Grand Champion Award to Stephanie Chen at 2015 World City Cup in CA, USA
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Stephanie ChenFounder, PresidentStephanie started her Abacus and Mental Arithmetic learning & joined Powermath since 7 years old. Stephanie has achieved the highest advanced level 10 for Abacus in age 11 and for Mental Arithmetic in age 12. She was one of the youngest kids in USA in history to achieve the highest level for both Abacus and Mental Arithmetic. Stephanie also has her own numerous titles of World Champions on Abacus and Mental Arithmetic.
Achievements 2016 Zappos Memoriad World Mental Calculation Olympics in Las Vegas, Nevada • Silver Medal in Mental Division. Current USA Record Holder • #7 in Mental Flash Anzan. Current USA Record Holder 2016 WAAMA Mental Arithmetic Competition in Hong Kong, China • 1st prize in individual all-around contest • 1st prize in team contest 2015 World City Cup Competition at USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California • Grand Champion in Abacus, Mental Arithmetic, & Arithmetic Competition in Middle school category 2015 America’s First Abacus Dictation and Flash Anzan Mental Arithmetic Competition in San Jose CA • 1st prizes in Abacus Dictation in Junior High group • 1st prizes in Flash Anzan Mental Arithmetic in Junior High group 2014 WAAMA Mental Arithmetic Competition in Beijing, China • 1st prize in individual all-around contest • 1st prize in team contest 2014 World City Cup – Abacus, Mental Arithmetic & Mathematics Competition in Okinawa, Japan • Grand Champion in 6th grade in individual contest Stephanie's demonstration videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zbh4YMXc-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfFoGqTqrVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkRhCLIoJo |
Andrew LamCo-founder, Vice PresidentAs a sophomore at Mission San Jose High School, Andrew Lam has been learning abacus since 2010. His passion for abacus started in fourth grade when he saw a live demonstration of former students calculating arithmetic problems in their head. The students inspired him to strive for Advanced Level 10 in both mental math and abacus, the highest level in CAAA (Chinese American Abacus Association). His dedication and passion has empowered him to assist and teach aspiring abacus learners. From 2014- 2016, he was a TA for his mentor teacher, Ms. Huang. Since 2015, he has been teaching at FCSN (Friends of Children with Special Needs) and Yellow River Chinese School. These unique and enriching teaching opportunities inspire him to continue teaching abacus in his local community. He has also achieved Advanced Level 9 in both Mental Arithmetic and Abacus.
Achievements 2016 WAAMA Mental Arithmetic Compeition in Hong Kong, China • First prize in individual all-around contest • Second prize in team contest 2015 World City Cup at USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California • Gold Award in Abacus, Mental Arithmetic, & Arithmetic Competition in Middle school category |
Aaron ChenCo-founder, Vice PresidentAaron Chen is 17 year old young adult. For 7 years, he has been learning abacus and has achieved Advanced Level 6 in mental math and advance level 5 for abacus. He has been teaching abacus at a local church in cooperation with Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) for 2 years, and started to teach abacus along with a fellow member at Washington High School. Through the help of past alumnus, he realized the benefit of abacus and the positive impacts through learning it and teaching it. At an early age, abacus was meant to help Aaron with his short attention span and difficulties in mathematics. However, as he got more familiar with abacus, abacus grew onto him. In 2013, he placed second in the World City Cup in Taiwan; he realized that there are even greater heights to aim for outside of the U.S. Even as a junior with an occupied schedule, Aaron will continue abacus until he reaches his goal: Advanced level 10 in both mental math and abacus.
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Amelie LimCo-founder, TreasurerAmelie Lim, a 14 year old freshman at Independence High School. She first started learning Abacus when she was 8 years old, and started attending World City Cups once middle school started. Amelie also started to work harder toward her goals and also practiced several more hours a week. At the age of 11, she attended her first World City Cup in Okinawa. Attending this World City Cup, she soon realized that it was not only a group of people in this area called the Bay Area that learned/knew Abacus. Kids and Teens of all ages around the world, practiced and learned abacus just like her. The more she attended abacus events and competitions, the more her love continued to grow for this old practicing. And now she is very honorable to be Co-Founder of MAYS Club, because she is now allowed the chance to create chapters and after school programs purely based on Abacus. She hopes to show her community what abacus is really about, and soon maybe the world.
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Angus LamCo-founder, Photography and Outreach DirectorAngus Lam is a 14 year old boy who resides in Fremont, California and is currently a freshman at Mission San Jose High School. He has been learning abacus for over 6 years now, and has achieved Advanced Level 7 for both Mental Math and Abacus. He has been teaching abacus weekly at the local special education school, Friends of Children with Special Needs, for the past two years. He has also been a Teacher Assistant for Power Math Mental Arithmetic and worked as an abacus teacher for Milpitas Community Chinese School from 2016-2017. He has achieved Advanced Level 7 in Mental Math and Advanced Level 7 in Abacus.
Achievements 2015 World City Cup at USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA • Silver Award in Abacus, Mental Arithmetic, & Arithmetic Competition in Middle school category 2015 America’s First Abacus Dictation and Flash Anzan Mental Arithmetic Competition in San Jose, CA • Third place in Abacus Dictation |
Kenny ChenFounding Member, Website Designer and Social Media DirectorKenny is a 9th grader and has been learning abacus and mental arithmetic for around 8 years, since the first grade. He currently goes to James Logan High School. When he first started, abacus and mental arithmetic didn’t seem like much of a big deal to him, but over the years, he realized how huge of a difference it would make in his everyday life, from doing schoolwork to paying at a cashier. The very first year he took the assessment test, though he was nervous, he passed and it motivated him to try even harder, to achieve the highest level he could ever possible reach. His highest level of achievement is Advanced Level 7 in mental arithmetic and Advanced Level 6 in abacus.
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