IC Catholic Prep Announces 2015 Math Contest Winners

On Saturday, November 14, close to 150 area 7th and 8th grade students tested their math skills at the annual IC Catholic Prep Math Contest. ICCP recognized the grade school with the highest scores and the grade school with the highest participation in addition to individual awards for the highest scoring students. The test is used as a tool to assess the skill levels of the area students and gives the 8th grade participants the opportunity to earn scholarship money to attend ICCP based on their performance.

Congratulations to Myles Marcinek (St. Joseph, Downers Grove) who earned the top 8th grade score of the day, and Michael Ferconio and Thomas Woods (both from St. Joseph, Downers Grove) who tied for a second place finish among 8th grade participants. Peter Eschenbach and Michael Rauch (both from St. Joseph, Downers Grove) tied with the highest score among the 7th grade participants. The award for the top scoring school overall went to St. Joseph in Downers Grove and the highest participation award went to Visitation Grade School in Elmhurst.

The grade schools that participated in recent year’s ICCP Math Contest include Immaculate Conception, Visitation, Bryan Middle School, Forest Park Middle School, Grove Junior High, Holy Family, Our Lady of Peace, St. Alexander, St. Francis Xavier, St. Isaac Jogues, St. Joan of Arc, St. John Vianney, St. Maria Goretti, St. Joseph, St. Matthew, St. Petronille’s, St. Paul Brookfield, St. Luke’s, Sandburg Middle School, St. Richard, St. Walter, Westchester Middle School, Westfield Middle School, Divine Providence, and Divine Infant.

IC Catholic Prep is the oldest Catholic, co-educational college prep high school in DuPage County. Located in Elmhurst, ICCP is a regional high school that serves students from over forty communities in the western suburbs. For more information, please visit our website at www.iccatholicprep.org.