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. For more information on the MATHCOUNTS program, you can visit MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION SERIES | MATHCOUNTS Foundation.
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Congratulations to our 2025 competition winners
First Place Individual Andrew Lau with Davdison Academy Online
First Place Team Fort Settlement Middle School
The Houston Chapter Competition was held on February 8, 2025 at Tompkins High School. 370 students competed and 49 of them advanced to the state competition. The students and teams that advanced to the state competition are:
Teams:
1st - Fort Settlement Middle School: Krithik Manoharan, Edward Fu, Cleon Zheng, Shaopan Gao, and Coach Allison Hicks
2nd- Beckendorff Junior High: Kelly Liu, William Chen, Justin Zhang, Alycia Wang, and Coach Sunny Koka
3rd- Quail Valley Middle School: Jayden Wang, Ariel Yu, Josh Pal, Joshua Tan, and Coach Joyce Phan
4th - Sartartia Middle School: Monhini Goswami, Drake Sun, Svar Koka, Michelle Li, and Coach Andrea Smith
5th- TH Rogers: Giang Tran, Ryan Zhang, Melvin Ma, Kaiyan Lin, and Coach Xi Shen
6th- Spring Branch Academic Institute: Leejay Kim, Arthur Jaimsky, William Santoso, Andrew Wu, and Coach Bao Huynh
7th - St. John’s School: Simon Li, Rohan Patel, Jessica Ou, Elias Yuen and Coach Robert Pringle
8th - First Colony Middle: Shantanu Singh, Dhruv Varma, Lilly Wu, Andrew Liu and Coach Joseph Chang
9th - Seven Lakes Junior High School: Brayden Tang, Tejasman Patra, Ryan Chen, Jaden Liu and Coach Janet Portwood
Individuals:
1st- Davidson Academy Online: Andrew Lau
2nd- NSC: Shrestajna Banik
3rd- NSC: Arjun Shah
4th- Fort Settlement: Natalie Jian
5th- Beckendorff: Vincent Bian
6th- Santos Home School: Ethan Santos
7th- Fort Settlement: Caleb Zhang
8th- Fort Settlement: Adarsh Patel
9th- Beckendorff: Samyak Parakh
10th- Fort Settlement: Sophie Yuan
11th- Beckendorff: Timothy Huang
12th- Beckendorff: Laura Zhang
13th- NSC: Bruce Shu
Best Rookie School:
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic School: Jarius Reyes, Theodore Stefanov, Anthony Salazar, Aiden Robatham and Coach Jeremy Reyes