QD Achievement

Students' Achievements .

2009 CIE Math Comp.

1^st Grade

5th Place: Deanna Wu

2^nd Grade

1st Place: Brandon Chen
5th Place: Steven Wu

3^rd Grade

1st Place: Kevin Feng

5th Place: Katherine Xiong

5^th Grade

2nd Place: Michael Yuan

2009 PISD PACE and AISD/FISD GT Program Tests. 59 Students Passed the Tests (as of June 8).

o 13 Kindergarten students have passed 2009 PISD PACE, AISD and FISD Gifted program tests. They are: Clarabel C. Megan M, Kelsey C, Richard G, Rebecca H, Annie T, Lindsey Z, Sarah L, Cindy H, Claire T, Anthony Z, Sharon C, Jessica T.

o Grade 1: Evan L, Jeff W, Christopher M W, Shrita J, Lauren L, Connie H, Kevin S, Michelle L, Peter Z, Ashley G, Pierce L, Christopher D W, Eddie X, David C. Joseph Z, Catherine Y, Andrew J, Jonathan L, Grace W. ( 19 out of 21 students who took the test ).

o Grade 2: Kenny H, Alex H, Jerry C, Patrick L, Anthony J, Rayn L, Richard L, David Q, Charly J, Shivesh B. (10 out of 11).

o Grade 3: Joseph J. Andy L, Kevin B, William T, Michael L, Spencer L, Lanna L, Audrey H, Dillon W, Mathew Y (10 out of 11).

o Grade 4: Channing C, Nathan W, Amy Z. (3 out of 3).

o Grade 5: Billy W, Lillian W, Ruoyi G, Andy S (4 out of 5).

2009 North Texas Youth English Speech Tournament.

1^st Grade

2nd Place: Doreen Chen, Timmy Ren
3rd Place: Grace Wang, Deanna Wu

Honorable mentions: Eddie Xu, Bryan Ge

2^nd Grade

2nd Place: Angela Wu, Jacqueline Wei
3rd Place: Steve Wu

Honorable mentions: Eric Chen, Patrick Lin

3^rd Grade

1st Place: Kevin Bai

3rd Place: Mathew You
Honorable mentions: Bryce Cai, Derek Wu, France Wu

4^th Grade

3rd Place: Victoria Chen, Jenny Zhu
Honorable mentions: Eddie Zhou, Madeline Zhao, Channing Chi

6^th Grade

1st Place: Yuping Zhou
3rd Place: Kylie Wu

Honorable mentions: Alina Deng

2008 CIE Math Comp.

1^st Grade

1st Place: Steven Wu
3rd Place: Eric Chen, Kenneth Huang

2^nd Grade

1st Place: Amy Liu
3rd Place: Warren Chen

Honorable mention: Sean Chen, Kevin Hao, and Billy Qian

3^rd Grade

Honorable mention: Kaden Han, Serena Cheng

4^th Grade

1st Place: Michael Yuan
Honorable mention: Michelle Liu, Kathy Chen

5^th Grade

Honorable mention: Thomas Yu

2008 PACE and GT Program Test.

o 13 Kindergarten students have passed 2008 PISD PACE, AISD and FISD Gifted program tests. They are:

Vicent C, Yinjie W., Johnason L, Maxwell J., Bryan G, Edward C, Caroline P, Grace X Deanna W, Teya W, Katherine C, Edison H and Grace Z.

o 24 G1-G5 students:

Kyle L, Nathan H, Jacqueline W, Jessie W. Neha K, Katherine X, Warren C, Victor L, Catherine X, Bill Q, Jesse Z, Amanda N, Pete F, Michael G, Christ T, Jeffrey S, Nicolas W, Andrew Y, Prateek K, Mathew L, Vikas P, Emily Z, Alex Y, Michelle Y.

2008 Texas State Scholastic Chess Championships.

Tied for 3^rd Place in Elementary Championship: Andy Shao.

2008 North Texas Youth English Speech Tournament.

1^st Grade

1st Place: Angela Wu
2nd Place: Steven Wu
3rd Place: Jacqueline Wei

5th Place: Eric Chen
6th Place: Brandon Chen

2^nd Grade

2nd Place: Derek Wu
3rd Place: Catherine Xie

4th Place: Kevin Bai

3^rd Grade

2nd Place: Beth Zhou
3rd Place: Patrick Yu

4^th Grade

3rd Place: Michael Yuan
4th Place: Jason Guan
5th Place: Hannah Smilansky

5^th Grade

1st Place: Sarah Zhou
2nd Place: Yuping Zhou

2007 US Table Tennis National Championships.

1^st Place in Boy’s Single, U1300: Charles Wang.
2^nd Place in Boy’s Single, U10Yrs: Yijun Feng.
3^rd Place in Boy’s U1400: Connie Chen.
3^rd Place in Boy’s U1300: Brandon Chow.

2007 PISD Advanced Math Program (same as Credit-by-Exam).

5th Grade students advanced to 6^th Grade Honor Math. More than 50% of these PISD advanced Math students in Rice Middle School are from QD Academy. They are:

Darwin Yang, Brian Zhao, Caroline Zhu, David Shu, Thomas Yu, Richard Chen, Elizabeth Tian, Martin Li

2007 PISD PACE Test.

Once again, more than 80% of our students who took 2007 PISD PACE test have passed.

2007 North Texas Youth English Speech Tournament.

1^st Grade

1st Place: Catherine Xie
2nd Place: Michael Xie
3rd Place: Lanna Liang
6th Place: Sean Chen

2^nd Grade

1st Place: Beth Zhou
3rd Place: Alice Zhao

3^rd Grade

4th Place: Michael Yuan
5th Place: Emily Zou
6th Place: Jason Guan

4^th Grade

1st Place: Sarah Zhou
2nd Place: Justine Du
5th Place: Richard Chen
6th Place: Shannon Liao

5^th Grade

1st Place: Brian Gao
3rd Place: Michael Wu
4th Place: Max Guan

2007 Chess Girls National Open.

2^nd Place in 10 and Under: Caroline Zhu

2006 US Table Tennis Open.

1^st Place in Boy’s Single, U10Yrs: Yijun Feng.
2^nd Place in Boy’s Single, U13Yrs: Yijun Feng.
1^st Place in Boy’s U1600: Doudou Yan.
1^st Place in Boy’s U1700: Doudou Yan.

2006 US Table Tennis Tournament.

1^st Place in Boy’s Single, U10Yrs: Yijun Feng.
3^rd Place in Boy’s Single, U10Yrs: He Chen.
3^rd Place in Boy’s Single, U17Yrs: Yanbo Wang
Top 8 in Boy’s Single, U13Yrs: Doudou Yan.

2006 World Chess Federation Awarded Darwin Yang the Chess Federation Master (FM) Title.
2006 PISD PACE Test.

More than 80% of our students who took 2006 PISD PACE test have passed.

2006 CIE Math Comp.

1^st Place in the 2^nd Grade: Michael Yuan.
2^nd Place in the 3^rd Grade: William Xu, Elizabeth Tian.
3^rd Place in the 3^rd Grade: Caroline Zhu, Justin Du.

2006 US National Chess Team for the World Youth Chess Championships.

Darwin Yang, Caroline Zhu.

2006 PISD Trustee Awards of Excellence Winners.

Darwin Yang, Caroline Zhu.

2006 Regional Spelling Bee

Finalist: Helen Xiong.

2006 Duke University Talent Search

Grand Recognition: Arnold Liao.

2006 DFW Elementary Chess Championship

1^st Place in K-4: Caroline Zhu.

2006 National Mathcounts Competition (N. Texas Chapter)

2^nd Place Individual: Arnold Liao.

2006 Texas State Scholastic Chess Championships.

Elementary Champion: Darwin Yang.

2005 US Table Tennis Olympic Trials.

2^nd Place in Boy’s Single, U13Yrs: Yanbo Wang.
1^st Place in Boy’s Double, U13Yrs: Yanbo Wang.

2005 US Table Tennis Tournament.

2^nd Place in Boy’s Single, U13Yrs: Yanbo Wang.
3^rd Place in U2100: Yanbo Wang.
1^st Place in Boy’s Single, U1oYrs: Yijun Feng
1^st Place in Open Single: Yijun Feng.

2005 US Chess Federation (USCF) Honored Arnold Liao as Member of 2005 All American Chess Team.
2005 National Youth Action Chess Championships.

K-3 Champion: Darwin Yang.

2005 National Grade Chess Championships.

1^st Place in the 3^rd Grade: Darwin Yang.
6^th Place in the 2^nd Grade: Michael Yuan.

2005 Texas K-12 Grade Chess Championships.

1^st Place in the 7^th Grade: Arnold Liao.
3^rd Place in the 3^rd Grade: Caroline Zhu.
4^th Place in the 2^nd Grade: Bill Tian.
5^th Place in the 2^nd Grade: Michael Yuan.
7^th Place in the 2^nd Grade: Richard Zhu.
5^th Place in the 1^st Grade: Michael Wang.
10^th Place in the 1^st Grade: Jeffery Song.

2005 PISD Trustee Awards of Excellence Winners.

Michael Yuan, Elizabeth Tian, Caroline Zhu, Arnold Liao.

2005 CIE Math Comp.

1^st Place in the 1^st Grade: Michael Yuan.
1^st Place in the 2^nd Grade: Darwin Yang.
2^nd Place in the 2^nd Grade: Elizabeth Tian.
3^rd Place in the 2^nd Grade: Sarah Zhou.
2^nd Place in the 6^th Grade: Arnold Liao.

2005 Super Nationals III Chess Championship, Nashville, TN.
2005 Texas State Scholastic Chess Championships.
2005 PISD January PACE Test

10 students (from K to 5^th Grade) took the PACE test and 5 of them successfully passed the test.

2005 Texas Region III Scholastic Chess Championships.
2004 DFW Elementary Chess Championships.
2004 Texas K-12 Grade and Collegiate Championships.
2004 Texas State Girl’s Chess Championships.
PISD 2004 Credit-by-Exam

The 5^th Grade: Arnold Liao Passed the 6^th and 7^th Grade Math.

2004 CIE Math Comp.

1^st Place in the 1^st Grade: Elizabeth Tian, Darwin Yang.
1^st Place in the 3^rd Grade: Amy Tian.
1^st Place in the 5^th Grade: Arnold Liao.
2^nd Place in the 5^th Grade: Jennifer Ding.
Honorable Mention in the 5^th Grade: Brian Zhu.

2004 Texas State Scholastic Chess Championships.
2004 Texas Region III Scholastic Chess Championships.
The Great Achievements in 2002-03 School Year and before.