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| 4th Grade Winning Team: Reha, Cameron, Oren and Sangmin |
by Evan Brown
Director of Communications and Alumni
On Monday April 30, The Elisabeth Morrow
School hosted the first-ever, elementary Math League Contest to take place in
Northern New Jersey. The contest, organized by EMS Math Chair Carol Toth
for students in grades 3 through 6, was administered by Mathleague.org and are modeled upon
the larger MathCounts National
Competitions.
The
Elisabeth Morrow Math scholars faired exceptionally well, garnering first-place, all-around trophies in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade, making a clean sweep of all
divisions. In addition, the EMS team registered two 1st place individual
winners: Peter Staphos (in grade 3) and Dylan Rhee (in grade 5). As well, Dylan was the highest individual scorer for
the entire competition. Elisabeth Morrow also had the highest overall
team score from its all-girl, sixth-grade team: Stephanie Li, Emily Yu, Kira Trout and Chrissie Anagnos. The team was coached by EMS Math teacher, Sarah Ehatamm.
MathLeague.org
competitions consist of several challenges that require a variety of
math skills and abilities. Students are tested through mental-math
problems, group problem solving, sprint rounds featuring multiple choice, and
targeted rounds that allow for the use of approved calculators. The
competition fielded teams from a number of prominent regional independent schools,
including: Princeton Academy, Solomon Schechter, The Wilson School, The Peck
School, Far Hills Country Day, Rumson Country Day and The Red Oaks School. In
all Elisabeth Morrow hosted 175 students for the afternoon competition.
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