Broadcasting the successes of the Williston Math Team

MS+HS NEML: Top 10 in New England! Highest finishes ever!

April 18, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

The Middle and High School divisions of the New England Math League have wrapped up and both Williston teams have landed at 10th in all of New England, the highest finishes ever for both teams!

Here are the final Middle School team standings for grade 8:

Here are the final High School team standings:

Here are the top finishers from NEML round 6 by grade:

11th — 5 points — Jeffrey Warner
10th — 4 points — Jack Berrien, Carter Cleary, Brendan Capshaw
9th — 4 points — Douglas Warner, Brendan Guo, Junwon Park, Jaelyn Luo
8th — 5 points — Leo Ahtaridis

Here are the top 3 overall top HS finishers for the whole league (All 6 rounds) by grade:

12th — Getchell Gibbons (21), Mason Mish (17), Daniel Zhang (15)
11th — Jeffrey Warner (33), Joe Zhou (26), Jackson Estes (14)
10th — Jack Berrien (31), Carter Cleary (14), Sako Lively (11)
9th — Douglas Warner (24), Brandon Guo (21), Junwon Park (16)
8th — Leo Ahtaridis (13)
7th — Mia Pasternak (4)

Congratulations to everyone!

Posted in: NEML

New England Math League 7th + 8th: Record-setting!

March 3, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

What a great day! The largest number of middle schools ever sat for a math event and the 8th grade team pulled in their highest score!

A whopping 32 @WillistonMS students have just started the New England Math League 7th and 8th grade competition! Go Wildcats! @WillistonNS Learn more at https://t.co/AAA2AnLUKw pic.twitter.com/WdRPWJRhbl
— Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) March 1, 2023

On March 1st, almost half of the Middle School sat for the 7th and 8th grade divisions of the New England Math League! This is the largest number of middle school students to ever compete in a math event at Williston!

The team scores for each division is the sum of the top 5 scorers. Here are the top 5. Please join me in congratulating them and everyone who participated!

8th Grade – Top Finishers: Team score = 115 (New school high score!)

1st – Leo Ahtaridis

2nd – Zivia Parikh

3rd – Adrian Paez

4th – Reece Berrien

5th – Meredith Cross

7th Grade – Top Finishers: Team score = 57

1st – Emma Fein

2nd – Martina Lopez-Raybuck

3rd – Izzy Smith

4th – Elise Edmunds

5th – Mia Pasternak

Posted in: Math Team Successes, Middle School, NEML

AMC8 Results, Math Team Announcement, and Upcoming Events!

February 22, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

A big congrats to our top 3 finishers and everyone else who participated in the AMC8!

Also, check out today’s awesome Math Team announcement!

The New England Math League 7th and 8th grade rounds will both take place on Wednesday, March 1st at 10:30am in WB! Every Middle School student is welcome to participate! Just show up! The event is 35 questions. You get 30 minutes and can use a calculator.

The sixth and LAST round of the (High School) New England Math League will take place on THURSDAY, March 23trd in Schoolhouse 25! Anyone at any level of math is welcome to compete! The competition lasts 30 minutes, you may use a calculator, and you must begin before 3:15pm.

Posted in: AMC 8, Announcements, WBGMC

NEML 5 Results 22-23!

February 14, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

22 students sat for the fourth round of the New England Math League! The team earned fantastic score of 26! Go Wildcats!

The 5th round of the New England Math League has begun @WillistonNS! We’re close to breaking into the top 10 in all of New England! Let’s go Wildcats! Learn more about the team at: https://t.co/rvn6TNMAmg pic.twitter.com/peavOma9mq
— Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) February 14, 2023

The team did extremely well, earning a team score of 26 and an individual average of 2.77!

Here are the top finishers by grade:

12th – 4 points – Getchell Gibbons, Daniel Zhang
11th – 6 points – Jeffrey Warner, Joe Zhou
10th – 6 points – Jack Berrien
9th – 4 points – Douglas Warner
8th – 3 points – Leo Ahtaridis
7th – 1 point – Mia Pasternak

The team score (26) is the sum of our top 5 scores:

6 points: Jack Berrien, Jeff Warner, Joe Zhou
4 points: Douglas Warner, Getchell Gibbons, Daniel Zhang

Here are the top 3 point earners overall in each grade:

12th: Getchell Gibbos (21), Mason Mish (17), Daniel Zhang (15)
11th: Jeffrey Warner (28), Joe Zhou (23), Catie Spence (13)
10th: Jack Berrien (27), Sako Lively (11), Carter Cleary (10)
9th: Douglas Warner (20), Brandon Gou (17), Jaelyn Luo (12)
8th: Leo Ahtaridis (8)
7th: Mia Pasternak (4)

The sixth and LAST round of the New England Math League will take place on THURSDAY, March 23trd in Schoolhouse 25! Anyone at any level of math is welcome to compete! The competition lasts 30 minutes, you may use a calculator, and you must begin before 3:15pm.

Posted in: Math Team Successes, NEML

Jeffrey Warner takes on the AIME!

February 9, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

Let’s all cheer for Jeff Warner ‘24 as he does battle with 3-hour, 15-question @maanow American Invitational Mathematics Exam! He scored in the top 1% on the AMC to qualify! Go Jeff! You can try some questions from previous years here: https://t.co/7lESi1CscW @WillistonNS pic.twitter.com/WcfxeN3KCE
— Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) February 7, 2023

Posted in: AIME

WBGMC 2023 Coming Up!

January 12, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

The Williston Math Team is hard at work getting ready for the 4th annual Whitaker-Bement Girls in Math Competition!

Meet some of the core members of the team leading the 4th annual Whitake-Bement Girls in Math Competition, taking place on Jan 29th @WillistonNS! All the info and reg forms here: https://t.co/0TCG5Bge7g pic.twitter.com/lXUJyazQiz
— Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) January 12, 2023

So far 10 schools have signed up and we project ~65 competitors!

You can learn all about the event right here: WBGMC.org

Posted in: Math Team Successes, WBGMC

NEML 4 Results 22-23!

January 10, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

27 students sat for the fourth round of the New England Math League! The team earned VERY strong score of 26 on a VERY tough round! Go Wildcats!

27 @WillistonNS students just sat for a VERY challenging 4th round of the New England Math League and scored a VERY high 26! Woohoo! Read more about the team here: https://t.co/AAA2AnLUKw pic.twitter.com/D9ygyZy6au
— Josh Seamon-Ingalls (@MrJoshSeamon) January 9, 2023

The team did extremely well, earning a team score of 26 and an individual average of 2.26!

Here are the top finishers by grade:

12th – 4 points – Getchell Gibbons
11th – 6 points – Jeffrey Warner, Joe Zhou
10th – 6 points – Jack Berrien
9th – 4 points – Douglas Warner
8th – 3 points – Leo Ahtaridis

The team score (26) is the sum of our top 5 scores:

6 points: Jack Berrien, Jeff Warner, Joe Zhou
4 points: Douglas Warner, Getchell Gibbons

Here are the top 3 point earners overall in each grade:

12th: Getchell Gibbos (14), Mason Mish (14), Jimmy Dunn (12)
11th: Jeffrey Warner (22), Joe Zhou (17), Catie Spence (13)
10th: Jack Berrien (21), Sako Lively (10), Carter Cleary (8)
9th: Douglas Warner (16), Brandon Gou (14), Jaelyn Luo (10)
8th: Leo Ahtaridis (5)
7th: Mia Pasternak (3)

The firfth round of the New England Math League will take place on TUESDAY, February 14th in Schoolhouse 25! Anyone at any level of math is welcome to compete! The competition lasts 30 minutes, you may use a calculator, and you must begin before 3:15pm.

Posted in: Math Team Successes, NEML

January is packed full of awesome! Congrats to Jeffrey Warner!

January 3, 2023 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

Lots of fun events are coming up!

You can hear all about them in the fantastic announcement given in assembly:

Monday, January 9th: New England Math League, Round 4! 2:45 to 3:45pm in Schoolhouse 25. Anyone can participate! No signup required. Just show up! You must begin by 3:15pm and you can use a calculator. We are currently in 19th place out of over 100 teams in New England! Let’s get into the top 10!

Tuesday, January 17th: AMC 8! 3:30 to 4:30pm, Middle School. Anyone in 7th or 8th grade can participate. To sign up please email Mr. Seamon-Ingalls. You can learn all about the AMC 8 right here.

Sunday, January 29th: WBGMC! We are hosting ~100 middle school students at our HOME math competition! We need LOTS of help writing questions, grading, recruiting teams, running logistics, and much more. Email Mr. Seamon-Ingalls if you’d like to help out! There is a planning meeting this Friday, January 6th from 7:45 to 8:15am in the Dining Hall. Anyone can join and help out! You can learn all about the event right here.

In other competition news, Jeffrey Warner ’24 has qualified to take the AIME by virtue of his top 3% score on the AMC12! He will be sitting for the 4-hour competition on February 7th! Congrats Jeffrey!

Posted in: AIME, AMC 10/12, Math Team Successes, WBGMC

NEML 3 Results 22-23!

December 13, 2022 Josh Seamon Leave a comment

30 students sat for the third round of the New England Math League! The team earned a team ALL TIME high score of 29! Go Wildcats!

Round 3 of the New England Math League has begun here @WillistonNS! On the verge of cracking into the top 10 teams in all of New England! pic.twitter.com/5eacGSmc33
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) December 12, 2022

The team did extremely well, earning an ALL TIME TEAM HIGH SCORE of 29 and an amazing individual average of 3.53! Wow!

Here are the top finishers by grade:

12th – 6 points – Getchell Gibbons, Mason Mish
11th – 6 points – Jeffrey Warner
10th – 6 points – Jack Berrien
9th – 5 points – Junwon Park
7th – 2 points – Mia Pasternak

The team score (29) is the sum of our top 5 scores:

6 points: Jack Berrien, Getchell Gibbons, Mason Mish, Jeff Warner
5 points: Carter Cleary, Elsa Frankel, Sako Lively, Junwon Park, Catie Spence

At the halfway point in the season, here are the top 3 point earners in each grade:

12th: Getchell Gibbons (13), Mason Mish (12), Connor Capshaw (10)
11th: Jeffrey Warner (16), Catie Spence (11), Joe Zhou (11)
10th: Jack Berrien (15), Sako Lively (7), Carter Cleary (5)
9th: Douglas Warner (12), Brandon Guo (11), Junwon Park (10)
8th: Leo Ahtaridis (2)
7th: Mia Pasternak (3)

The fourth round of the New England Math League will take place on MONDAY, January 9th in Schoolhouse 25! Anyone at any level of math is welcome to compete! The competition lasts 30 minutes, you may use a calculator, and you must begin before 3:15pm.

Posted in: Math Team Successes, NEML