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BASIS Independent McLean Earns First Place at MATHCOUNTS State Competition; Heads to Florida’s National Competition
First Time Participants Earn Top Spot in Statewide Math Competition; Winners to Travel to Orlando's National Competition
The BASIS Independent McLean MATHCOUNTS team placed first in the MATHCOUNTS state championships in Richmond, Va.; its first time participating in the annual statewide MATHCOUNTS competition. BASIS Independent McLean MATHCOUNTS members include: Austin Feng (8th grade), Joshua Fu (8th grade), Pravalika Putalapattu, (7th grade) and Ethan Zhou (6th grade), and are led by Coaches Tyler Sullivan and Rikki McCullough, s BASIS Independent McLean math teacher. MATHCOUNTS state champions head to the 2017 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition in Orlando, Florida in May. For more information on BASIS Independent McLean, go to http://mclean.basisindependent.com.
In the individual MATHCOUNTS competitions, BASIS Independent McLean students Putalapattu and Zhou placed first and second, respectively, which places them on the four-person Virginia state team. Both were awarded a Disney Hopper Pass award and will be flown, with a parent, to the 2017 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition in Orlando, Florida in May. As coach of the winning MATHCOUNTS team, McCullough will also be flown to Orlando to coach the Virginia state team.
“As first-time competitors, we were thrilled to see our school win our regional MATHCOUNTS championship, but to see them succeed at the state level and have the opportunity to compete nationally is truly an outstanding achievement, and we’re so proud of our student-teacher team that made this possible,” said Sean Aiken, head of school of BASIS Independent McLean of McLean, Va.
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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 6 million students across the U.S. have participated in MATHCOUNTS programs. For more information, go to www.mathcounts.org.
