Department hosts annual math competition

Twelve schools, 132 students participate in event
Twelve schools competed in the 17th annual mathematics competition sponsored by the Department of Math and Computer Science at LSMSA held on Thursday, Nov. 16.

The schools were Natchitoches Magnet School, Caddo Middle Magnet School, Rapides Academy, St. John Berchman’s Cathedral School, D’Arbonne Woods Charter School, Rusheon Middle School, St. Jude School, NSU Middle Lab School, Cope Middle School, Sterlington Middle School, Grace Christian School and Live Oak Junior High.

The contest consisted of individual and team competitions. The exercises in each contest came from algebra, geometry and other areas of mathematics, and not from any specific curriculum. The questions were designed to challenge students to draw from their knowledge of mathematics, to think, to synthesize concepts and to solve problems.

All 132 competitors went home with an LSMSA T-shirt, which was funded by the LSMSA Foundation.

Individual winners were: Andrew Wang, first, Sterlington; Aghni Mudi, second, Caddo Magnet; Andrew Miganar, third, Caddo Magnet; Ryo Lopez, fourth, Cope Middle; and Devin Ennis, fifth, Cope Middle.

Team winners were: Sterlington B, first; Caddo Magnet A, second; Caddo Magnet B, third; Cope Middle A, fourth; and Natchitoches Magnet A, fifth.

Overall winners were: Caddo Middle, first; Cope Middle, second; Sterlington, third; Natchitoches Magnet, fourth; and Grace Christian, fifth.
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