Monthly Archives: January 2015

New York City Trip!

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Museum of Math LogoWe’re headed to New York City on Sunday, 2/22!

Here’s what you need to know:
– 14 spots are available
– In order to sign up, you must fill out the short online signup form and hand Mr. Seamon $10.
– The trip leaves at 7am on Sunday, 2/22 and returns that day by 10pm.
– Signups are due by Friday, 2/6 at 6pm. [I fully expect this trip to fill out well before then.]

Trip itinerary:
7am: Depart from the parking lot behind the Chapel
8:30am: Take the train from New Haven to NYC
11am: Eat lunch in NYC
Noon to 3pm: Visit the Museum of Math!
3 to 6pm: Explore NYC [5th Avenue! Central Park! The Hayden Planetarium!]
6pm: Dinner in NYC
7:30pm: Train back to New Haven
10pm: Arrive back on campus

Posted in: Trips

NEML #4: Results

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The Williston Math Team just finished taking the fourth round of the New England Math League competition, scoring a very strong 25!

NEML #4: Room 1
NEML #4: Room 1
NEML #4: Room 2
NEML #4: Room 2

19 students participated in this round of the New England Math League, with participants spanning 7th through 12th grades! Each competitor had 30 minutes to work by themselves on the same 6 questions. Each question was worth one point and calculators could be used.

With our round 4 score of 25, our team score now stands at 98.

Our average score per participant this round was 2.63.

The next NEML competition will be held on Tuesday, February 17th at 3pm in Schoolhouse 27. Anyone is welcome to participate!

Overall top scorers by grade after 4 rounds:
7th: Kenneth Wang (8)
8th: Ryan Dwyer (6)
9th: Shirley Zhou (20), Jack Lee (19)
10th: Nam Pham (8)
11th: Mike Huang (8), Ryan Jeon (7)
12th: Umi Keezing (20), Michael Tran (18)

Here’s everyone who scored a 3 or higher:

First Name

Last Name

Gr

NEML 4: Total

Shirley

Zhou

9

6

Umi

Keezing

12

6

Michael

Tran

12

5

Gleb

Paschenko

12

4

Alex

Li

12

4

Jack

Lee

9

4

Derrick

Zhao

9

3

Cade

Zawacki

12

3

Loren

Po

12

3

Complete results can be found on the results page (ask Mr. Seamon for the password).

Posted in: NEML

AMC 8 Results

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AMC-lgoWe had a fantastic showing in the AMC 8 math competition! Our performance is especially impressive given that this was the first time Williston participated in the AMC 8!

The competition was 40 minutes long and was made up of 25 multiple choice questions. Calculators were not allowed.

Overall, 13 7th graders and 9 8th graders participated. Our overall average score was 11.5, with the 8th graders averaging 12.8 and the 7th graders averaging 10.6.

Here are our medal winners!

Medal – Name  (Grade,  Score)
Gold – Kenneth Wang (7th, 16)
Gold – Caitlyn Reid (8th, 15)
Silver – Nat Markey (7th, 14)
Silver – Conrad Kang (7th, 14)
Silver – Caleb Stern (8th, 14)
Bronze – Aiden McCreary (8th, 13)
Bronze – Orlee Marini Rapaport (8th, 13)
Bronze – Ryan Dwyer (8th, 13)
Bronze – Julia Farnham (7th, 13)
Bronze – Dora Gordon (8th, 13)

Congratulations!

Our full score report is available on the results page. Ask Mr. Seamon if you’d like the password to the page.

Posted in: AMC 8