Allegany-Limestone Students
Going to National MATHCOUNTS
Students from Falconer, Allegany-Limestone and Tapestry Charter School advanced to the national MATHCOUNTS competition after competing in the regional phase Feb. 7 at St. Bonaventure University.
Sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students from four area schools participated in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition: Allegany-Limestone Middle School, Cheektowaga Central School, Falconer Central School and Tapestry Charter School from Buffalo.
Results of the competition are:
Top Individuals:
· First-place — Eliza Feero, Tapestry Charter School, Buffalo
· Second-place — Peter Marciano, Allegany-Limestone Central School
· Third-place — Brandon Norris, Falconer Central School
Top Schools:
· First-place — Tapestry Charter School, Buffalo
o Team members: Eliza Feero, Margaret Davis, Anya Schulman, MacKeever Craik
· Second-place — Falconer Central School
o Team members: Weston Young, Brandon Norris, Rebecca Hartling, Joe Hadley
· Third-place — Allegany-Limestone Central School
o Team members: Peter Marciano, Vadim Chochua, TJ McMullen, Ahlam Ally
The top three teams have been invited to the New York state competition to be held March 14 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy. The top individuals from the state contest will advance to the national competition, which will be May 7-10 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
The contestants worked both individually and in four-person school teams on questions designated by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the main sponsoring organization. The top school teams and the top individuals received trophies. Other major sponsors for the national competition include CAN Foundation, ConcoPhillips, General Motors Foundation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrup Grumman Foundation, Raytheon Company, Texas Instruments, 3M Foundation and the National Council if Teachers of Mathematics. Locally, the contest was financially supported by St. Bonaventure and an anonymous grant.
Sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade students from four area schools participated in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition: Allegany-Limestone Middle School, Cheektowaga Central School, Falconer Central School and Tapestry Charter School from Buffalo.
Results of the competition are:
Top Individuals:
· First-place — Eliza Feero, Tapestry Charter School, Buffalo
· Second-place — Peter Marciano, Allegany-Limestone Central School
· Third-place — Brandon Norris, Falconer Central School
Top Schools:
· First-place — Tapestry Charter School, Buffalo
o Team members: Eliza Feero, Margaret Davis, Anya Schulman, MacKeever Craik
· Second-place — Falconer Central School
o Team members: Weston Young, Brandon Norris, Rebecca Hartling, Joe Hadley
· Third-place — Allegany-Limestone Central School
o Team members: Peter Marciano, Vadim Chochua, TJ McMullen, Ahlam Ally
The top three teams have been invited to the New York state competition to be held March 14 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus in Troy. The top individuals from the state contest will advance to the national competition, which will be May 7-10 at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
The contestants worked both individually and in four-person school teams on questions designated by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), the main sponsoring organization. The top school teams and the top individuals received trophies. Other major sponsors for the national competition include CAN Foundation, ConcoPhillips, General Motors Foundation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrup Grumman Foundation, Raytheon Company, Texas Instruments, 3M Foundation and the National Council if Teachers of Mathematics. Locally, the contest was financially supported by St. Bonaventure and an anonymous grant.
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