Scarsdale Math Students Qualify for State Competition

Scarsdale High School math teacher Laura Estersohn announced that ten students from the Scarsdale High School math team qualified to participate in the New York State Math League competition to be held on Saturday, April 28. To qualify for this competition, students must show a high level of achievement on monthly Westchester county math meets. These 10 students were among the 41 Westchester students chosen to compete at the state level.

The New York State Math League (NYSML) is a math competition for teams around New York State. It is held every spring at a different location. This year the contest will be held at Susquehanna Valley High School in Conklin, New York (just outside Binghamton.) About 30 teams, consisting of 15 students each, will gather to compete in Individual, Team, Relay and Power races.

This year, the Scarsdale High School math team won first place in the Westchester County Math League in a competition among 24 teams. The teams meet monthly to solve challenging and intriguing math problems. Individuals and teams earn points based on the number of problems they solve correctly.

Although 10 Scarsdale student qualified to participate in the competition, only three will attend: The 10 Scarsdale qualifiers are:

• Rebecca Agustin
• Michael Bogaty
• Brian Chieu
• Chenyi Gong
• Andrew Guo
• Caroline Holmes
• Cherie Hu
• Evan Kratzer
• Jessica Lam
• Koji Shiromoto