Middle School Math, Art and Literary Standouts Recognized for Successes

The Math team took first place in the Math Counts Bergen County Competition last weekend, school officials said. 

The team consists of eighth-graders Michelle Kim, Sungbin Jeon, Jeffrey Jing, Hannah Kim, Minsung Cho, Kenny Li, Helen Kim, David Han and seventh-grader Mikako Inaba. 

Michelle Kim ranked third in all of Bergen County, according to middle school principal Rosemary Giacomelli.

In other “good news” out of the middle school this week, Columbia University’s Scholastic Press Association reviewed Intermedia, the art and literary magazine produced each year at Lewis F. Cole, with impressive results.

Columbia graded more than 1,400 submissions representing all 50 states, and Fort Lee’s publication was selected as one of the best in the country, receiving 981 points out of a possible 1,000, Giacomelli said.

In addition to garnering a Gold Medalist Award, the magazine received All Columbian Honors for organization, content and design.

The Intermedia advisers will be recognized with a Crown Award—the highest honor offered by the Scholastic Press Association—in the spring, when only four middle school publications in the country will receive the award.

“Congratulations to the advisers, Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Spahn, and all the eighth- and ninth-graders who participated in last year’s issue,” Giacomelli said.