AEP Student, Davis Glen Ellis, Qualifies for National MathCounts Competition

Davis Glen Ellis, an A.E. Phillips Laboratory School eighth-grader, is one of the four students who will represent Louisiana at the MathCounts National Competition in Boston, May 7-10. Jayaditya Deep of Northwestern State University Laboratory School, Neelambar Mondal and Suraj Zaveri of Haynes Academy in Metarie are also on the team that will represent Louisiana, according to the National MathCounts website. The team will be coached by Karen Impastato of Haynes Academy for the national competition.

The A.E.P. MathCounts team won second place during the state competition held in Pineville, La on March 27, 2015. This team included Davis Glen Ellis, David Griffin, Sarah Ann Hegab and Amanda Meng. Besides Davis Glen Ellis, Amanda Meng finished 12^th overall. They both qualified for the Count Down round. The other students competed individually were Graham DeForest and Nicholas Derosa.  The team was coached by Drs. Beth Hegab and Dave Meng.

MathCounts is a nonprofit organization “that strives to engage middle school students of all ability and interest levels in fun, challenging math programs, in order to expand their academic and professional opportunities,” states the national MathCounts website. The organization’s competition series has competitions that take place in over 500 local chapters. Students compete at the school, chapter, state and national level, according to the website.

Article written by Ashley Ellis and submitted by Beth Hegab.