Mathletes Equal Victory
On Saturday, February 10, a team of Middle Schoolers earned second place at the local chapter-level MathCounts competition, held at SMU. Four of the team members, Matthew Fan ’22, Jeffrey Chen ’22, Alex Geng ’22, and Kevin Lu ’24, will now advance to the state MathCounts competition in Austin on March 23.
“There were a lot of amazing and talented students at this year’s competition, and I am extremely happy with how well they worked as a team in order to reach their goal,” said Middle School Math Teacher Valerie Davis, who sponsors the team.
MathCounts is a nationwide program that promotes math excellence for 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students and combines the efforts of the education, business, government, and technological communities. It is a math-skills coaching program based on higher thinking skills development with a series of progressive competitions at local, state, and national levels.
Nearly a dozen schools competed at SMU in a series of three-hour rounds. Students completed various math problems, both individually and as a groups.
“There were a lot of amazing and talented students at this year’s competition, and I am extremely happy with how well they worked as a team in order to reach their goal,” said Middle School Math Teacher Valerie Davis, who sponsors the team.
The St. Mark’s team has met every week since the start of the school year and have had help and guidance from the Upper School boys who come to mentor them. The boys also practice extra problems during their own free time.
MathCounts is a nationwide program that promotes math excellence for 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade students and combines the efforts of the education, business, government, and technological communities. It is a math-skills coaching program based on higher thinking skills development with a series of progressive competitions at local, state, and national levels.
St. Mark’s School of Texas
10600 Preston Road
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
Dallas, Texas 75230
214-346-8000
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St. Mark’s School of Texas is a private, nonsectarian college-preparatory boys’ day school for students in grades 1 through 12, located in Dallas, Texas. St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
St. Mark’s does not discriminate in the administration of its admission and education policies on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.
