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BASIS Ind. McLean Wins First Place at MATHCOUNTS Contest;3rd Time
Two McLean Students to Head to Orlando, Fla. for National Math Contest
The BASIS Independent McLean (BIM) MATHCOUNTS team placed first in the MATHCOUNTS state championships in Richmond, Va. recently; this is BIM’s third time participating and winning in the annual statewide MATHCOUNTS competition. BASIS Independent McLean MATHCOUNTS winners include, Sam Wang (grade 8) in first place and Ethan Zhou (grade 8) in second place; and were joined by teammates Brian Lai (8th grade) and Max Yan (7th grade). The team is trained by Coach Tyler Sullivan. MATHCOUNTS state champions head to the 2019 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition in Orlando, Fla. on May 11 to May 14, 2019. For more information on BASIS Independent McLean, go to http://mclean.basisindependent.com.
The Virginia State MATHCOUNTS team heading to the National MATHCOUNTS Competition in Orlando, Fla. will be composed of the top four state individual winners and will be coached by BIM’s Tyler Sullivan.
“Sam and Ethan continually go above and beyond with MATHCOUNTS, and our school is rallying behind them as they move on to the national competition,” said Tiffany Conroy, head of school at BASIS Independent McLean. “They are exceptional students and we’re thrilled to see them excel for the third year in a row,” said Conroy.
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ABOUT MATHCOUNTS: MATHCOUNTS was founded in 1983 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Foundation. MATHCOUNTS is a national middle school math enrichment program offering competition and club activities designed to foster appreciation of math among U.S. students so as to prepare students for future career opportunities and success. More than six million students across the U.S. have participated in MATHCOUNTS programs. For more information, go to www.mathcounts.org.
ABOUT BASIS INDEPENDENT MCLEAN, VA: BASIS Independent Schools are a part of the BASIS Curriculum Schools network, which was founded in 1998 and educates Pre-K to grade 12 students at the highest international levels, preparing them to be participants, not spectators, in the 21st-century global workforce of commerce and innovation. In this 2018-2019 academic year, there are 37 schools in the network, including five independent schools in California, New York, and Northern Virginia; 27 public charter schools in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C.; four international schools in China; and one school for Pre-K and Kindergarten early learners in the Czech Republic. For more information, please visit basisindependent.com or basiscurriculumschools.com.
