Students Compete in NC Math Contest

14 students from three high schools and one middle school will represent the Wake County Public School System in the State High School Mathematics Contest on Thursday, April 24 at the NC School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.

The 14 WCPSS students are among 139 qualified in regional contests held earlier this year across the state to qualify for the state competition.

The WCPSS students include Athens Drive High seniors Kyle Goodman and Eric Dees, junior Leo Chen and freshman Troy Oneal; Enloe High seniors Vivek Bhattacharya and Emil Mayev, junior Daniel Vitek and freshmen Michael Bai and Arjun Bhattacharya; Green Hope High senior William Schlieper and freshman Jessie Duan; and Ligon Middle School eighth graders Nicholas Tobey and Allan Yang and seventh grader Calvin Deng.

The students will be contending for a position on the state American Regions Mathematics League team. They will be competing for scholarships, books, software and other prizes. More than 30 winners of the competition have been awarded full-tuition scholarships to Duke University over the years.

Registration and a chess tournament begin at 9 a.m. the contest begins at 10:30 a.m. There will be a sprint contest from 1 to 2 p.m. where students run from one part of the gym to another and quickly solve a math problem. The awards ceremony begins at 2:15 p.m. in the Frederick Education Technology Center Auditorium at the NC School of Science and Mathematics.

For 30 years, the State High School Mathematics Contest has tested and identified the best math students in the state. The contest is sponsored by the NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics and is endorsed by the NC Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Center.

Posted by Bill Poston at 10:50 AM on April 22, 2008 | Leave Feedback

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