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Falcon Cove Math Club Counts Numerous Victories By Stacey Bomser
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his has been a highly successful year for the Falcon Cove
petition focuses on a different skill such as speed or teamwork. We use controllers to plug in answers to develop our speed. We work in a variety of different teams to develop our teamwork and learn new strategies.â Their training definitely paid off at the Broward County Math Counts Competition. Falcon Cove was the 1st place Team and won 1st place in Cyphering. In addition, three students were ranked among the top ten of over 200 student participants. The team of Adam Abdalla, Abhitya Krishnaraj, Viraj Maddur and Daniel Xie qualified for the State Competition, where they placed third out of approximately 50 teams. According to Ms. McLaughlin, eighth grader Viraj Maddur came in fourth place individually and will now compete on the Florida team at Nationals this month in Boston. âViraj has worked so hard to make it to Nationals,â notes Ms. McLaughlin. âHe has set new records for Falcon Cove for the last two years. He was the first one to make it to the top ten at the State last year and now he is Falcon Coveâs first student to make it to Nationals. We are all very proud of his achievements. He is an inspiration to all of us.â Viraj is not the only one representing Falcon Cove Middle School at the Math Counts National Competition. Ms. McLaughlin was selected to coach the Florida team. Viraj Maddur accepting his Coach Kami McLaughlin and team members Adam Abdalla, Other math team accomplishments this year include participating 4th place individual award Viraj Maddur, Abhitya Krishnaraj, and Daniel Xie accepting in five Mu Alpha Theta competitions, these are for high school level at the 2015 Math Counts their 3rd place award at the State competition. Florida State Competition. mathematics. The Falcon Cove Math Club earned 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th place trophies in Algebra and 3rd and 4th place team trophies in The math club is one of the most popular student clubs at Falcon Cove Middle Geometry. In addition, team members earned 41 individual trophies. School. It boasts 92 members, who compete in various competitions such as AMC Ms. McLaughlin says this would not have been possible without the coopera8, BCCTM, Math Counts, Math Olympiad and Math Madness. tion and dedication of all club members. âThe students have a lot of fun and learn âWe train by practicing material from old competitions,â explains Kami a lot from each other. The members motivate each other to work hard.â McLaughlin, Math Club Advisor and 7th Grade Mathematics Teacher. âEach comMath Club, with numerous competition wins and one member representing Florida at the National Math Counts Competition this month.
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