MATHCOUNTS
MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide program that promotes math excellence for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and combines the efforts of education, business, government and the technological community. 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. It motivates students to do well in math and recognizes and rewards them for achievement. The program also gives the math teachers an incentive to excel in their classrooms.
First Place Individual Channing Yang with Davdison Academy Online
First Place Team Sartartia Middle School
The Houston Chapter Competition was held on February 10, 2024 at the George H. W. Bush Community Center. 300 students competed and 40 of them advanced to the state competition. The students and teams advancing to the state competition are:
Teams:
7th team- First Colony Middle: Shantanu Singh, Emre Ciftci, Siddharth Binnani, Dhruv Varma, and Coach Joseph Chang
6th team- St. John’s School: Lauren Chen, Simon Li, Angela Yang, Rohan Patel, and Coach Tamara Strawder
5th team- Quail Valley Middle School: Advika Asthana, Neev Sankarrajan, Arnav Doshi, Joshua Tan, and Coach Joyce Phan
4th team - Beckendorff Junior High School: Justin Zhang, Kelly Liu, Daniel Zhang, Vincent Bian, and Coach Krista Lannom
3rd team- Seven Lakes Junior High School: William Chen, Adhav Vijay, Vivek Alladi, Jeffrey Qu, and Coach Janet Portwood
2nd team- Fort Settlement Middle School: Krithik Manoharan, Edward Fu, Grace Cao, Bruce Shu, and Coach Allison Hicks
1st team - Sartartia Middle School: Le Yi Tan, Monhini Goswami, Elaine Wu, Iris Li, and Coach Andrea Smith
Individuals:
12th NSC- Cinco Ranch Junior High: Eric Lin
11th- Fort Settlement: Natalie Jian
10th- Sartartia: Vivian Sun
9th- Fort Settlement: Cody Yu
8th- Quail Valley: Helen Gou
7th- Memorial Parkway: Oliver Fan
6th- Fort Settlement: Luke Shan
5th- Quail Valley: Aarav Ancha
4th- Stafford STEM: Jasper Fu
3rd- Quail Valley: Josh Pal
2nd- Spring Branch Academic Institute: Andrew Lau
1st- Davidson Academy Online: Channing Yang
The 2024 State Competition will be held on March 23, 2024 at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott (8440 Freeport Pkwy, Irving, TX 75063). The 2024 National Competition will be held May 12-13, 2024 in Washington D.C.
For more information on MATCHCOUNTS, you may visit the MATCHCOUNTS website. Please send an email to mathcounts@tspehouston.org if you would like additional information on registration.
