Mission
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
What’s New?
posted 10/7/19
posted 5/30/19
Weston’s Perfect Team Score Takes 1st Place in New England Math League
Weston’s perfect team score of 180 points secured the team a 1st 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 1st place, 5 points ahead of 2nd 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
Highest Scores
1) | 36 points | Grace Huckins ’12
Akiva Gordon ’16 Andrew Li ’16 |
2010-11
2013-14 2013-14 |
4) | 35 points | Matt Spencer ’01
William Kretschmer ’14 |
1999-00
2013-14 |
6) | 34 points | Grace Huckins ’12
Grace Huckins ’12 |
2008-09
2011-12 |
8) | 33 points | Ernest Zeidman ’10 | 2008-09 |
9) | 32 points | Matt Spencer ’01
Chris Ecker ’04 Alona Birjiniuk ’05 Teddy Pendergast ’12 Kenz Kallai ’17 |
2000-01
2003-04 2004-05 2008-09 2013-14 |
14) | 31 points | Michael Posa ’03
Kelly Pendergast ’07 Jeffrey Stix ’08 Stephanie Palocz ’12 Alex Bruce ’09 Jonathan Birjiniuk ’11 William Kretschmer ’14 |
2002-03
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2008-09 2010-11 2012-13 |
21) | 30 points | Michael Posa ’03
Parker Oliver-Li ’02 Byron Ho ’08 Marco Alagna ’10 Pravina Samaratunga ’14 |
2000-01
2001-02 2005-06 2008-09 2013-14 |