Letter from Japan

I received a thank you card from Kodai Shimazaki, a stellar math teamer and good cipherer.  We had sent his yearbook to him last summer along with a picture his classmates had signed.  He was most appreciative and said to tell everyone hello.  Kodai's family moved to Cullman from Japan a few years ago to help train at Topre.  In December on 2009 they moved back to Japan.  He and his sister Maho, a 10th grader, are doing very well.  Kodai was quiet but had a good sense of humor.  I will remember his amazing talent in solving the Rubik's Cube. 

          Kodai, Tyler, Peyton and Bryant at the 2009 Wallace State Tournament