SCI Team Leads HSE Schools’ Top Performance in Math League

Several Hamilton Southeastern schools participated in Indiana Math League contests in February and recently received results. Sand Creek Intermediate scored second in the state at the sixth grade level out of 101 participating schools.

According to math teacher Diane Ryan, “This is a contest consisting of 40 tough math questions. Few students score as high as 30 points (75 percent correct). It is so difficult that the contest authors state that students with half that score, 15 points, should be commended.”

Not only did Sand Creek earn second place, but Madeline Snipes was the highest scoring individual sixth-grader in the state with a perfect 40. Nate Smith was in 6th place, and Peter Bai tied for 11th. Scores from Carolina Vogel, Usama Kamran and Chris Bridge also contributed to Sand Creek’s runner-up performance. In its region, the SCI team was first and had the three top students in that area as well.
At the seventh grade level, Fishers Junior High’s team placed 7th out of 67 participating schools. Jake Crell tied for 11th individually, and the FJH team earned third in its region.

Among eighth grade teams, Hamilton Southeastern Junior High placed 5th in the state while Fishers Junior High tied for 8th and Riverside School tied for 13th. Riverside ’s Colin Mairet and HSEJH’s Tom Zhang tied for 12th individually. HSEJH was second in the region, and FJH was third.