The Kingdom of 109

An absolute monarchy dedicated to the preservation of traditional mathematics

The 109 Awards

The Skill Drill Cup

This award goes to the citizen with the most perfect Skill Drills that year.  Each year's Skill Drill champion exemplifies mathematical accuracy, focus and consistency.

All-Time Perfect Skill Drills > 10  (yr. in parentheses)

19: Deniz Atak (12)
18: Han Kim (05), Seungin Sohn (06), Care Shoaibi (09)
16: Andrew Kim (06)
15: Maggie Engler (08), Christina Woo (08), Carrie Murton (09), Mira Sridharan (11), Peter Kim (11)
14: Renjie You (05), Nisha Swarup (09), Randall Kim (11), Sophie Zhao (11), Antonio Chan (12)
13: Madelyn Paquette (08), Crystal Zhao (12)
12: Julianna Stratton (11)
11: Arthur Han (04), Hyeon Su Lee (11), Williams Kodama (12), Habib Karaky (12), Shawn Choi (12), Mayuko Takamura (12)

The End-of -Year Awards

At the end of the year, the following awards are given to each period:

  • Best Explainer
  • Best Penmanship
  • Biggest Mouth
  • Most Improved (est. 2008)
  • Best Student

EOY Award Winners

2005 Explainer Penmanship Mouth Improved Student

1st:  Nora Gayer   Deanna Zhu Phoebe Sanderson       n/a     Justin Moore
2nd: K.C. Spitery  Shiying Yang      Rishi Verma         n/a     Emily Evans
4th:  Arty Han Arty Han    Lorna Zhang         n/a           n/a
5th:         Alex Gallagher     Sekar Purwanto Ho Do     n/a     Sophia Li
6th:  Kristen Moore     Natalie Manitius       Morgan Nance     n/a     Michael Ransom


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