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Stratford Math Olympians Earn Second National Achievement Plaque
Students participated in a series of five monthly contests of five problems each and weekly practice sessions under the supervision of reacher Seth Messier.
Each year the Math Olympiad serves over 150,000 students on nearly 5,000 teams nationally and about 50,000 students on 2,000 teams in over 30 different countries, according to Stratford Math Olympiad coach and fifth grade teacher Seth Messier.
“Since 1979, it has provided challenging, thought-provoking problems that stretch the abilities of students in grades 4 to 8 while strengthening their foundation for both assessment tests and more advances studies. Our students at Stratford have responded with eagerness, enthusiasm, and success,” Messier added.
Stratford students, among this year’s nearly 150,000 students worldwide to participate in the Math Olympiad program, participated in a series of five monthly contests of five problems each, from November to March, and weekly practice sessions under the supervision of Messier.
Along with fellow teachers Michelle Ciquera, Lindy Prager, and Cathy Rooney, they guided the children in solving unusual and difficult problems and encouraged them to think creatively.
As a team, and for the second consecutive year, Stratford earned the National Meritorious Achievement Award plaque by students scoring in the top 10 percent of schools throughout the entire nation.
Many students also won individual honors. Congratulations to the following fifth-graders for distinguishing themselves in this year’s Math Olympiad:
Achieving scores in the top 2 percent of the competition (with a score of 22-25 points) were Brendan Knoll, Michael Cerenzia, Olivia Pappas, Carina Suba and Timmy Brennan.
The Silver Pin was awarded to those students scoring 18-21 points (the top 10 percent of students): Kieran Dorney, Shane Ross, Chris Catalano, Reese Bauer, Lauren Palmer and Jessica Liberopolous.
Many students were also awarded for being in the top 50 percent of students: Caitlin Gormley, Jimmy Lynch, Jack Karcher, Will Karcher, Emma Polo, Amanda Hohenberger, Chris Ottomanelli, Jillian Young, Frankie McGlaughin, Constantine Marianos, Katerina Van Noy, Olivia Meringolo, Brian Boland, Deidre McVicar, Sarah Colletti, Brooke Ricci, Claire Schick, Matthew Maher, Claire McGuire, Brandon Pizzogrollo, James McQuaid and Tina Bassias.
Submitted by the Garden City School District
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