Math Olympiad and Word Masters Awards
The Community Learning Center offers Math Olympiad and WordMasters as a before or after school program in our elementary schools and middle schools. These programs require the students to prepare for tests in subject areas that are highly challenging. The students compete against thousands of students nationally and internationally.
At the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, June 14, 2018 the students with outstanding achievement in these programs were awarded trophies, medals and pins for their excellence.
Six students were in the top 2% of scorers and 53 were in the top 10% in the WordMasters programs. The highest scorers for their school team in Math Olympiad received trophies while those who scored in the top 10% were awarded silver pins. The FFMS grade 8 Math Olympiad team, facilitated by Tara Culwell, were awarded a certificate in Outstanding Achievement for their team being in the top 10% of teams in the program.
Math Olympiad Winners 2017 – 2018
Highest Score for their team:
Aadi Balachandran - Laurel Plains
Sam Rigney - New City
Connor Cullen - Little Tor
Andrew Jaynes -Woodglen
Evan Friedland - Link
Ishaan Pusuluri - Link
Lucy Shi - Bardonia
Rithvik Kolla - Lakewood
Aditya Rai - Lakewood
Jessy Kurtz - Strawtown
Tyler Kurtz - Strawtown
Ryan Thomas - FFMS 6
Steven Yu - FFMS 7
Devan Shah - FFMS 8
Math Olympiad Winners 2017 – 2018
Silver Pin – Top 10%
Aadi Balachandran - Laurel Plains
Sam Rigney - New City
Andrew Jaynes - Woodglen
Jadon Schwartz - Woodglen
Evan Friedland - Link
Ishaan Pusuluri - Link
Ryan Thomas - FFMS 6
Ahla Bommareddy - FFMS 6
Sebastian Giurca - FFMS 6
Devan Shah - FFMS 8
Ethan Lin - FFMS 8
Aniket Rai - FFMS 8
Rajan Lakhani - FFMS 8
Shriram Hegde - FFMS 8
WordMasters Winners 2017 – 2018
High Honors:
Elena Mendiola - Link Elementary
Jacob Hewitt - Laurel Plains Elementary
Aadi Balachandran - Laurel Plains Elementary
Michael Grijalva - Laurel Plains Elementary
Angela Xu Little Tor - Elementary
Andrew Jaynes - Woodglen Elementary
Clarkstown had 53 students receive Honorable Mention as being part of the top 10% in scorers.