Philipsburg:---For a fourth year, First Caribbean International Bank has proved its commitment to the youth of St. Maarten by contributing to the efforts of 4-Milton Peters College students from VWO-5 who will be competing in the annual Mathematics A-limpid, Nederland's Wakened Olympiad' in Gardener in the Netherlands in March.
The students are Sit-in Fong, Mae-Ann Snider's, Tin van Even and Jonathan Etna. These students will be going up against some of the best high school Mathematics students from the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Aruba.
The Dutch Mathematics Olympiad has been organized since 1962 and is the oldest Dutch school Olympiad. Since 1969, The Netherlands also participates in the International Mathematics Olympiad. In 1979 the NWO School Prize was established.
First Caribbean Country Head, Mr. Derek Downs, wishes all the competing students best of luck in the upcoming Mathematics A-Limpid. "St. Maarten has some very competent and bright students and we expect them to give their very best while in the Netherlands. A delegation consisting of five people, including the Mathematics teacher, Mr. Iwan Blankendal will be travelling to the Netherlands in the Month of March.
