Above: Some of the participants in the 2020 AMC 8 Mathematics Competition.

In November, 20 PT Middle School students participated in the 2020 AMC 8 Mathematics Competition. The AMC 8 is a middle school math contest that is designed to promote the development of problem-solving skills and analytical thinking.

Congratulations to all of the participants:

First Place

Shreya Mallela

Turner Schaming

Second Place

Owen Warner

Third Place

Maddie Xu

Participation Certificate: Luke Aikin, Sreehemant Atluri, Navraj Brar, Amy Chen, Lindsey Effland, Evan Francis, Sahan Gangireddy, Zara Hamza, Alexandra Hoskin, Keshav Krishnan, Lauren Lo, Qasid Mian, Dhruv Nair, Anjali Pai, Khushi Shah, Stacy Xu

MathCounts

Several MS students will be representing PT in the 2021 MathCounts Online Chapter Competition on February 5 and 6. MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition program that builds problem solving skills. Due to COVID-19, all levels of the competition have been reformatted to be conducted online and focus on the individual components of the competition.

Qualifying Competitors

Hemant Atluri

Amy Chen

Qasid Mian

Shreya Mallela

Turner Schaming

Andyson Shao

Owen Warner

Stacy Xu

Alternates

First: Alexandra Hoskin

Second: Khushi Shah

Third: Navraj Brar

Above: Qualifiers in the 2021 MatchCounts Online Chapter Competition.