Farmingdale Students Compete in National MathCON Competition

The Farmingdale School District recently celebrated the accomplishments of two Farmingdale High School students and one Howitt Middle School student who were invited to participate in MathCON, a nation-wide mathematics competition held in Chicago. The students were selected among 573 students from across the United States who were selected to compete, representing the top one percent of close to 50,000 students who participated nationwide. The Farmingdale students selected were senior Hamza Malick, junior Aidan Piranino and seventh grader Amanda Treulich.

Four additional Farmingdale students received an honorable mention for their performance, including Farmingdale High School juniors Andrew Divittorio and Brittany Pham, as well as seniors Samuel Croes and Trevor Clark,

MathCON is an online math competition for students in grades five through twelve with grade-level specific timed tests of 45 multiple-choice questions in 45 minutes. MathCON’s goal is to engage students in STEM outside of the classroom and encourage more students to enter the STEM fields, which are currently some of the fastest-growing industries in the United States. Students from all types of schools, including home-schools students, can take the test at their own schools under the supervision of their own teachers.

For more information about the Farmingdale School District and its exciting programs throughout the year, visit the District’s website www.farmingdaleschools.org.

Photo 1 (3): (L-R) Howitt Middle School 7th grader Amanda Treulich and Farmingdale High School 12th grader Hamza Malick stand for a photograph at MathCON in Chicago. They were among the three Farmingdale students who placed in the top one percent of more than 50,000 applicants to compete nationwide. The third Farmingdale student who qualified, Farmingdale High School 11th grader Aidan Piranino, was unable to attend.