Vol73-3 March 2023
Member newsletter for Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
SMECO sponsors MATHCOUNTS competition
More than 150 middle schoolers from 17 schools throughout Southern Maryland enjoyed a fast-paced challenge of their math skills at the 29th annual regional MATHCOUNTS competition, hosted by Calvert High School on Saturday, February 4, 2023.
The local MATHCOUNTS competition features rounds of mathematics problems to challenge students one-on-one in sprint and target rounds, and as teams over the course of the three-hour event.
In the individual competition, which is based on combined scores in the sprint and target rounds, Alexander Luc from Chesapeake Public Charter School finished first and Mason Hall from Leonardtown Middle School finished second—both from St. Mary’s County.
The top 12 scorers finish the competition by facing each other in the countdown round, a single-elimination bracket-based tournament in which students must respond verbally to questions in a matter of seconds. Asher Popernack from The Calverton School placed first and Everett Thompson from Leonardtown Middle School placed second.
Winners of the Southern Maryland chapter competition will go on to compete in the statewide contest at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The top four individuals from each state will compete at the national level in Orlando, Florida, in May.
Read more at smeco.coop/newsreleases.
