Southwest
Math Team Wins Again!
The
Southwest Math Team won the division title for Minneapolis. This is the tenth
consecutive division title for the Southwest Math Team. It’s hard to find the
right words to express how proud I feel when I think of all that we have done.
The
Varsity Team has earned an invitation to the state tournament, held in St. Paul
on March 14th. On the season, the Southwest Math Team finished with
333 points. We finished in sole possession of 30th
place (out of 176 teams). It was a bit of a down year for us, but
I’m excited when I look forward to the future. Our last two meets of the year
earned us 15th and 16th place honors for those competitions…so
we are starting to “figure it out”.
I
am very proud of each of the 47 students who made it over to South High
School for the last competition. At least half of them who competed had to zoom
back to Southwest for the evening music concert.
We
had some individual accolades from the last competition and from the season:
· Paul Heltemes
finished in 1st place overall. He earned an invitation to the
invitational event, a test given to the top 70 students in the state, at the
state tournament.
· Simon Rothman
finished in 2nd place overall. He has participated in math team for
three years now and developed into a Varsity Team regular!
·
Claire Weil
earned a PERFECT score of 14 points at the meet. She was the only student in
the Minneapolis division with a perfect score at the meet. Also, she was one of
only 19 students in the entire state to earn all the
points at meet #5. Truly remarkable, considering the level of questions that
were on her events – the questions were pretty tough!
There
will be an award ceremony for the 39 students who earned a letter award this
year. We hold that ceremony sometime in March.
We
will resume regular season practices next fall! Contact David McMayer at david.mcmayer@mpls.k12.mn.us
if you are interested in joining the team or if you would simply like more information.
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