Middle school math team advances to state competition

On Feb. 4, Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School hosted the annual MathCounts competition. More than 200 middle school students from Greater Boston to Melrose to compete.

Out of the 28 teams that participated, MVMMS’s team of 10 students came in ninth, placing Melrose in the top third.

This year, MVMMS advanced to the MathCounts state competition, which was planned for March3 at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. Four of the math team members will represent MVMMS.

MVMMS’s math team, headed by teachers Dana Fowler and Laurie Pereira, also competes in the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts (IMLEM) where it has placed first in its division and has won its cluster. The team has one final meet for the year in March, on March 29 in Reading at Austin Prep.

According to the MathCounts website, the program is “a national enrichment club and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement through grassroots involvement in every U.S. state and territory.”

IMLEM has been organizing math contests for middle-school age students since 1965. More information can be found at imlem.org.

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