Whitby School Math Team Headed to State Competition

Whitby School earned a fourth place at the MATHCOUNTS Southwest Connecticut Chapter Competition, a ranking that will advance Whitby’s math team for the state competition in March.

Whitby is the only Greenwich school to qualify as a team for this year’s state competition.

More than 200 Mathletes representing more than 25 area schools competed in the event held at Fairfield University on Feb. 6. Whitby will send a total of six mathletes to the state competition in Hartford on March 12.

“This is such a wonderful achievement due to the talent of our students and the support and talent of our Math department,“ said Bryan Nixon, Head of Whitby School.

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Whitby’s team average was 41.40 points, compared to a competition average of 21.15 points. Four mathletes qualified as a team to compete at the state level, and two other students qualified based on their individual scores.

“We owe a big thank you to the coaches, Maureen [Malley] and Padma [Iyer], who have been tirelessly working with our kids to get them competition ready,” Upper School Math Teacher and Curriculum Leader Annette Osband said. “This is a multi-year effort, with Padma coaching Grades 5 and 6 Pre-MathCounts and JV team, and Maureen running the team preparation.”

Contributed photo: the Whitby School math team.