from 2:25-3:25pm in Mrs. Burstein’s room. On February 6, 2019, the top ten students
from JGMS went to North Andover High School to compete against 20 other schools in
the MATHCOUNTS Chapter Level competition. There were a total of 153 individual
competitors.
About MATHCOUNTS
The MATHCOUNTS Competition Series is a national program that provides students
the opportunity to compete in live, in-person math contests against and alongside their
peers. Created in 1983, it is the longest-running MATHCOUNTS program and is open to
all sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students.
MATHCOUNTS competitions are provided at four levels: school, chapter, state and
national. The MathCounts school competition was held at JGMS in December, and the
top 10 competitors continued on to the Chapter competition. All chapter
competitors—whether they were team members or individuals—participated in the
individual rounds of the competition; then just the 4 team members participated in the
team round.
What does the test look like? Every MATHCOUNTS competition consists of 4 rounds --
Sprint, Target, Team and Countdown Round. Altogether the rounds take about 3 hours
to complete.
2019 Team Members: (in alphabetical order)
Emily K. (8 th grade)
Emily Z. (8 th grade)
Mihir V. (8 th grade)
Sahana K. (8 th grade)
2019 Individuals: (in alphabetical order)
Brian H. (8 th grade)
Charles B. (6 th grade)
Daniel B. (7 th grade)
Jeremy G. (7 th grade)
Lamees R. (8 th grade)
Selima C. (8 th grade)
Congratulations to the top ten competitors who made it to the Chapter Level this year.
We are very proud of them!