Congratulations to Zeal Antonio Fernandez, a Grade 3 student at The Eastbridge School, who won a gold medal at the 2025 Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad (TIMO). The gold was earned in the Philippine Heat Round, the national round of TIMO, and awarded at the 2025 MOTLI National Awards Ceremony on January 26, 2025.
What TIMO asks of a child
TIMO is held every year for students from kindergarten to high school. Its problems go well beyond computation: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and logical reasoning, set at a difficulty matched to each grade level. To win gold, a young student has to read a problem carefully, find a strategy, and stay calm under time pressure. Zeal did exactly that, and his medal reflects a lot of hard work.
Why this matters to Eastbridge parents
At Eastbridge, children learn math through Singapore Math, which builds deep understanding and problem-solving instead of memorized steps. That is the same kind of thinking competitions like TIMO reward. And because we see math as one of nine intelligences, a child with a gift for numbers and logic is noticed early and given room to grow. See the nine intelligences →
Thank you to Zeal's parents for their support. Well done, Zeal! To God be the glory!
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