Moore Places Second at Regional Math Meet
Portland’s three public middle schools - Lincoln, King and Moore - all sent teams to the MATHCOUNTS 2008 competition on February 9 at the University of Southern Maine. Each team included four official members and other mathletes competing individually.
Lyman Moore Middle School’s team placed second overall at the meet. The team members, all eighth graders, are Ellen Jewett, Sean Perry, Courtney McGorrill and Julie Kang. The Moore team will compete in the state meet at Colby College on March 15.
Jewett finished first in the meet’s countdown round. Perry came in fifth in that round and McGorrill placed sixth.
Four eighth graders competed as individuals on the Moore team: William (Sam) Hamilton, Peter Huynh, Kyle Lebourgne and Lars Murphy. Julie Myers and parent Kathy Jewett coached the Moore team.
Lincoln Middle School competed in the competition for the second year. Members of the official Lincoln team are: Ngan Dao, sixth grade; Zachary DuPerry, sixth grade; Sam Dodge, eighth grade, and Kelsey Foster, eighth grade. Evan Moore, a sixth grader, competed as an individual. Holly Towns and Zachary Brown coach Lincoln’s team.
King Middle School, also in its second year of competition, had the following eighth graders on its official team: Jacob Bigelow, Noah Lupica-Nowlin, Hugh Carroll and Isaac Jaegerman. Competing as individuals were: Dylan Bruce, eighth grade; Benjamin Day, eighth grade, and Kiril Slussky, sixth grade. King’s team is coached by Deborah Treadwell.
