Hidden Valley Middle "Math Counts" Team Headed to Statewide Competition
The Hidden Valley Middle School (HVMS) “Math Counts” team participated in the regional Math Counts competition at Virginia Tech Saturday morning. The following students competed: Sachith Gullapalli, Arsalan Khan, Shreyas Hirway, J.P. Stewart, Chandan Reddy, Howard Huang, Drew Luther, and Taylor Norman. This is the third year of competition for the HVMS Math Counts team.
The Hidden Valley Middle team won the following awards:
- Second place team (missed first place by a narrow margin): Sachith Gullapalli, Arsalan Khan, Shreyas Hirway, and J.P. Stewart.
- First place individual: Sachith Gullapalli (second year in a row) - highest score ever in our region
“These students are dedicated ‘mathletes’ who work well on a team as well as individually. We practice after school whenever we can and they work on practice problems at home as well. I am very proud of their success,” said coach Renee Munsey, a math teacher at HVMS.
These students will be competing in Richmond on March 28 in the state competition.
The Math Counts competition is a national middle school coaching and competitive mathematics program that promotes mathematics achievement through a series of fun and engaging "bee" style contests. The program exists in all 50 states plus 5 U.S. territories.
Consisting of fun and creative problems, the Math Counts competitions have written and oral rounds, as well as individual and team components. Though challenging and non-routine, the competition problems focus on the 6th through 8th grade standards of the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics.