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Long Beach Middle School was one of only 240 schools nationwide to achieve Gold Level Status in the 2013 Mathcounts Club Program.
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The participating students successfully completed a total of six critical thinking math challenges throughout the school year. On the final math challenge, a total of 20 Long Beach seventh-graders scored 80 percent or higher.
Benedict Albergo, Derek Bannon, Sarah DeFlorio, Karleke Dennis, Blaise Derenze, Logan Friedman, Tristan Groh, Jahan Khan, Adam Leavitt, Sean McCarthy, Marina Meyer, Morgan O’Brien, Trevor Radin, Dillon Razler, Lindsey Rudtner, Christopher Scandole, Jesse Scott, Liam Thornton, Jared Weissberg and Gabriel Wilkens-Vega received a Gold Level trophy and banner from Mathcounts that will be proudly displayed in the middle school lobby.
The Mathcounts Club Program is a national math enrichment program designed to inspire excellence, confidence and curiosity in middle school students. Long Beach Middle School students in grades six and seven participate in Mathcounts as an enrichment program that meets every other school day, under the direction of teacher Kelly Honerkamp.
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