Introduction
The AMC 8 is the largest national math contest for middle schools. It is a multiple choice, 25 question exam allowing 40 minutes. The quality of the questions is very high. It is given to all students in Forms III and IV, on a Tuesday in the middle of November each year.
Schools are ranked in each AMC region by adding the top 3 scores from the past 3 years. Currently Cistercian is ranked 4th among the many middle schools that enter this contest in Texas and Louisiana.
Rankings of Top Schools in Region 8 (Texas and Louisiana)
on the AMC 8
1. Doerre Intermediate (Houston) 211 (size of school =1200)
2. St. Marks (Dallas) 208 (size=400)
3. Kealing Junior High (Austin) 206 (size=978)
4. Cistercian 200 (size=170)
Results From Previous Years (all students listed made the National Honor Roll for that year)
| 2002 1997 1992 | |
| 2001 1996 | |
| 2000 1995 | |
| 1999 1994 | |
| 1998 1993 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Daniel Carrington | 24 |
| Travis Sandy | 24 |
| Michael Montoya | 23 |
| Kyle Mitchell | 22 |
| Jack Squiers | 22 |
| Konrad Stoick | 22 |
| Eric Tanner | 22 |
| Stephen Fox | 21 |
| Nathan Helms | 21 |
| Ian McLaughlin | 21 |
| Chris Shea | 21 |
| Travis Springer | 21 |
| Alex Tong | 21 |
| Jordan Beardslee | 20 |
| Clay Gimenez | 20 |
| Bryan Hsu | 20 |
| John Lancaster | 20 |
| Lance Lenzen | 20 |
| George Lopez | 20 |
| William Payne | 20 |
| Stephen Wang | 20 |
| Connor Heard | 19 |
| Kirtan Patel | 19 |
| Warner Sallman | 19 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| James Hansell | 23 |
| Bobby Crews | 21 |
| Paul Hedrick | 21 |
| Kurt Klinke | 20 |
| Kyle Mitchell | 20 |
| Benton Payne | 20 |
| Grant Rauscher | 20 |
| Lawerence Benjamin | 19 |
| Stephen Fox | 19 |
| Landry Jarvis | 19 |
| Travis Lamothe | 19 |
| Chris McGowan | 19 |
| Konrad Stoick | 19 |
| Greg Wallingford | 19 |
| Michael Montoya | 18 |
| Steve Spurgin | 18 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Arthur Yang | 24 |
| Justin Ramirez | 21 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| John Davies | 24 |
| Arthur Yang | 24 |
| Brett Naul | 23 |
| Chandan Vangala | 23 |
| James Peacock | 22 |
| Patrick Wittington | 22 |
| Brian Holland | 21 |
| Steve Kinard | 21 |
| Patrick McGowan | 21 |
| Matthew Lawson | 20 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Matt Bell | 21 |
| Guy Krug | 20 |
| John Davies | 20 |
| Brett Naul | 20 |
| James Peacock | 20 |
| Chris Sakowski | 20 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| James Connor | 22 |
| Anthony Ngo | 21 |
| Kevin Resnick | 21 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| David Daly | 23 |
| Chris Edgemon | 23 |
| Adam Harris | 23 |
| Geoff Earle | 21 |
| Bill Finkenkeller | 21 |
| Michael Keljo | 21 |
| Brad Weiland | 21 |
| R. May | 20 |
| Kevin Resnick | 20 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Allen Wan | 22 |
| Michael O'Brien | 21 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Andrew Kippen | 23 |
| John Peake | 22 |
| Richard Guiltinan | 22 |
| John Webb | 21 |
| Cameron Alderhold | 20 |
| Justin Bodien | 20 |
| Martin Hopkins | 20 |
| Dave Laubach | 20 |
| Chris Laubach | 20 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Chris Setiawan | 20 |
| Student Name | Score (25 maximum) |
| Jeff Dawson | 21 |