Whiz Kid of the Week: Middle School Mathcounts Team

Each week, the Haverford-Havertown Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments.

We want to hear about these amazing children and teens, and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.  

Now here is this week's Whiz Kid:

• Whiz Kid's Name: The Middle School Mathcounts Team
• Whiz Kid's School: The Haverford School
• Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: Competed in a regional math contest
• Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness: "The Haverford School's The Middle School Mathcounts Team competed in the regional contest on Feb. 5 at Upper Merion Middle School and finished 3rd out of 24 schools. Eighth-grader Nathan Kidambi finished 2nd in the individual rounds and 3rd overall, qualifying him for the State Competition in March. The team members are: Kidambi, eighth-grader Manav Khandelwal, eighth-grader Tim Delaney, seventh-grader Colin McCloskey, seventh-grader Peter Hart, seventh-grader Eli Wachs, seventh-grader Sam Shaw, and seventh-grader Jonas Micolucci," according to Dawn Blake, assistant director of communications/ public relations manager at the Haverford School

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