Math Team

The Weston High Math Team competes in two leagues. As a member of the Massachusetts Math League, Weston sends a 10-member team to monthly competitions; at least two members of the team must be sophomores or freshmen. Strong teams may be invited to compete in state or New England championships. As a member of the New England Math League, the team participates in written competitions

at Weston High School. The team’s weekly practices offer students an opportunity to strengthen and expand their math skills.

Club Advisors: Mary Fierabend and  Alison Langsdorf

Co-Captains: Ezra Gordon and Andrew Yao

posted 5/30/19

Weston’s Perfect Team Score Takes 1^st Place in New England Math League

Weston’s perfect team score of 180 points secured the team a 1^st place finish in the New England Math League.  The team score is the combined total of the top 5 performers over 6 competitions.  Weston’s score put them in sole possession of 1^st place, 5 points ahead of 2^nd place Phillips Academy.

Below are the top 11 schools in New England:

Weston HS, MA 180

Phillips Academy, MA 175

Nashua HS South, NH 171

Hotchkiss School, CT 167

Barrington HS, RI 166

Brooks School, MA 165

Maine Sch. of Sci./Math, ME 163

Wheeler School, RI 163

Cheshire Academy, CT 162

Noble & Greenough Sch, MA 161

Buckingham Browne & Nichols Upper Sch., MA 159

In addition to the perfect team score, two of the three perfect individual scores over the 6 competitions were from Weston.  They were Juniors Ezra Gordon and Andrew Yao.  Sophomore Ben Chen’s near perfect score of 34 also puts him in the top 10 mathletes in New England.

Complete results can be found below:

https://www.mathleague.com/downloads/hs1819/ne-hs6-1819.pdf

posted 5/29/19