Pentucket Regional School District Math Team Takes Honors in League Competition
WEST NEWBURY – Superintendent Justin Bartholomew and Pentucket Regional Middle School Principal Terry Conant are pleased to report the success of the Middle School Math Team this season.
During the year, students under the direction of Teacher Dan Leonard met regularly to learn about and practice concepts in the five concentrations: Mystery, Geometry, Arithmetic, Number Theory and Algebra. Material covered during team meetings applied, enhanced, and enriched math content provided in their classrooms.
Twelve students participated: eighth-grade students AnnaRose Bissitt, Haley Bruno, Owen Cantone, Ella Gregorio, Madelyn Grimes, and Summer Welper, and seventh-grade students Holden Choma, Lily Kesner, Fiona Moore, Ian Parrott, Lyla Travers, and Devyn Walsh.
Pentucket students performed well in each of the five meets in the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts, both as individuals and as a team:
Meet 1: Gregorio and Welper tied for first place among all eighth graders. Moore and Travers tied for second place among all seventh graders.
Meet 2: Kesner took first place among all students. Cantone and Gregorio tied for second place among all eighth graders. Cantone scored perfectly in Algebra, Gregorio scored perfectly in Mystery, and Kesner scored perfectly in both Mystery and Number Theory.
Meet 3: Welper took third place among all eighth graders.
Meet 4: Kesner took first place among all seventh graders, while Moore finished third. Cantone finished in third place among all eighth graders. Kesner scored perfectly in Mystery.
Meet 5: Kesner took first place among all seventh graders, while Parrott took second place. Cantone took third place among all eighth graders. Kesner, Cantone, and Gregorio all scored perfectly in Mystery.
Pentucket finished fourth out of nine teams in their division, competing against students from Amesbury Middle School, Triton Middle School, and other public and private schools in Eastern Massachusetts.
“I believe that all of the students had rewarding experiences and I was very pleased with their performances during the meets,” Leonard said. “Our seventh graders are looking forward to competing again next year.”
“It is exciting to see the students’ hard work and perseverance pay off,” Principal Conant said. “The teamwork and skills they practiced this year will stay with them throughout their educational careers.”