[2019 ARML] - Practice on *Saturday* this weekend, ARML Local results

Hi everyone!

This weekend we will have practice on Saturday 5/11, 2pm-5pm, at Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto. (See the website https://math.berkeley.edu/~moorxu/2019ARML/ for more info.) Please note the Saturday date -- we like to have practice on a mix of Saturdays and Sundays, and we especially wanted to make sure to leave Mother's Day open for everyone. :)

The practice absence form is also updated with more dates. Fill it out *before* practice if you need to miss practice, but please make sure to provide a good reason... your team needs you to come in order to have effective practices. :) 

Quick reminder for anyone who hasn't yet turned in permission forms: you can do this at practice, and you can find information about it here: http://mathleague.org/armljoin.php. Deadlines are approaching, so please make every effort to get your permission form in this week. (There are notaries open in Palo Alto on Saturday if you really need one.)

One more thing... the official announcement from ARML about the ARML Local results is included at the end of this email. Congratulations to our winning team! This marks the 8th consecutive year that an SFBA or A-Star team has won ARML Local. :)

Best,

Moor

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Congratulations to SFBA-NorCal / A-Star: BetaStar Academy Air for winning ARML Local in 2019 with a score of 117. BCA GASSS placed second with a score of 116. Each team member of the first and second place teams will receive a $50 and $25 Amazon giftcard, respectively, provided courtesy of Star League. The complete results of the competition will be posted at this page soon, along with the contest materials.

Howard Halim of University of Toronto Schools 1 was the sole student to answer all ten individual questions correctly, so he will receive a $100 Amazon giftcard. We would also like to recognize the students who scored 9 on the individual round: Derek Liu (San Diego Math Circle A), Espen Slettnes (SFBA-NorCal / A-Star: BetaStar Academy Air), Charles Ming (BCA $\widetilde{BCA}$), Sean Li and Wentinn Liao (SFBA-NorCal / A-Star: Roses are red, spring will arrive, my AMC B score is 91.5), with Derek Liu correctly answering the tiebreaker the fastest across all students (in 84 seconds).

We hope students and coaches alike enjoyed ARML Local 2019. The date of ARML Local 2020 will be announced later this year.