Forbes Mathlete awarded highest Math Olympiad honor

Students from Forbes School were among the nearly 150,000 students worldwide to participate this year in the Math Olympiad program.

They participated in a series of five monthly contests of five problems each, from November to March, including monthly practice under the supervision and coaching of Kelly Carroll, who taught the children to solve unusual and difficult problems and to think critically. Kelly Carroll is the K-5 Numeracy Coach at Forbes School.

Mathletes are recognized with certificates for their participation. A trophy is awarded to the highest individual scorer. Isaac Fenn was awarded the trophy for this top honor. Six of the mathletes won individual awards for excellence within Division E for grades 4-6. The embroidered felt patch is awarded to those in the top 50 percent of all the participants and rank among the best of the best internationally.

The patch was awarded to the following students: Isaac Fenn, Anthony Uliano, Kira Turner, Lindsey Horn, Casey Young, Alyssa Amato, Owen Fenn, and Madison Snyder.

The following list of Forbes School students participated in Math Olympiad competitions this year:

Grade 5: Sofia Calabrese, Batuhan Catal, Derek Cianciolo, Isaac Fenn, Lindsey Horn, Kira Turner, Madison Snyder, Anthony Uliano, Elijah Wrabel, Casey Young

Grade 4: Alyssa Amato, Jay Barrera, Ava DeRier, Michael Duong, Natalie Nelson, Jayden Oulette, Hannah Turgeon

Grade 3: Leonardo Bauchiero, James Campbell, Owen Fenn, Eliana Goodwin, Sadie Kitchen-Gomez, Matthew Maccalous, Annalee Mazzarelli, Andrew Turgeon

Each year, the Math Olympiads serves over 100,000 students on over 5000 teams nationally and about 50,000 students on 1000 teams in more than 30 other countries. Since 1979, it has provided challenging, thought-provoking problems that stretch the abilities of students in grades 4 through 8, strengthening their foundation for both assessment tests and more advanced studies. Our children have responded to the challenge with eagerness and enthusiasm. While the Math Olympiads is geared to challenge students in grades 4-8, several third grade mathletes also participated in the contests this year.