WA Math Team Wins Eighth Straight State Championship
The Worcester Academy Upper School Math Team won its eighth Massachusetts State Championship in nine years Friday to advance to the New England championships on May 2.
The WA win builds on the astonishing successes of the team over the last decade – successes that have cemented Worcester Academy’s reputation as a math powerhouse nationally, with students excelling in competitions at the local, state, regional, and national levels.
On Friday, the team beat numerous public, independent, and charter schools competing in the Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues (MAML) competition.
Complete MAML results can be found at:
On Friday, the team beat numerous public, independent, and charter schools competing in the Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues (MAML) competition.
Complete MAML results can be found at:
The Math Team also recently won its sixth Worcester County Math League (WOCOMAL) Championship in nine years, and has won four of the last eight New England Championships. Additionally, the school's Freshman Math Team came in third in WOCOMAL.
On March 6, the team won its 9th straight Massachusetts Math League (MML) small-school title and extended its small-school-division winning streak within MML to 54 meets.
The team also finished third in the New England Math League this year. Results can be found here:
http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/hs1314/ne-hs6-1314.pdf
In December, the Math Team a Second Place finish nationwide in the 2013 AMC/Interstellar High School Mathematics National Championship. More than 500 school and 13,000 students participated in the contest.
The team also finished third in the New England Math League this year. Results can be found here:
http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/hs1314/ne-hs6-1314.pdf
In December, the Math Team a Second Place finish nationwide in the 2013 AMC/Interstellar High School Mathematics National Championship. More than 500 school and 13,000 students participated in the contest.
The WA team also finished in 20th place in the 2014 Four-by-Four Competition, a national mathematics contest administered by National Assessment & Testing.
In November, Worcester Academy math students came in First in the selective Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC). PUMaC participants must apply for and be granted admission in order to compete.
ADDITIONAL MATH SUCCESSES
Additionally, Worcester Academy is regularly ranked among top teams at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Invitational Math Meet, and academy students frequently outpace its peers in Massachusetts Math Olympiad competitions, and on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) Test, the most rigorous high school test in the nation, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.
ADDITIONAL MATH SUCCESSES
Additionally, Worcester Academy is regularly ranked among top teams at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Invitational Math Meet, and academy students frequently outpace its peers in Massachusetts Math Olympiad competitions, and on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) Test, the most rigorous high school test in the nation, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.
In 2006, Worcester Academy's exceptional math program was recognized by Boston Magazine as "Best Math School" for the Academy's outstanding ability to foster a student's math talents.
ABOUT WORCESTER ACADEMY
Worcester Academy is a co-ed day and boarding school for grades 6 to 12 and postgraduates that is committed to innovative teaching and learning, urban leadership, making a global impact, and achieving the honorable everyday. Find us on the web at www.worcesteracademy.org
To learn more, contact Neil Isakson, director of external communications, at 508-754-5302 x135, or at neil.isakson@worcesteracademy.org
