Middle school students place in math competitions

Six Dorseyville Middle School (DMS) students placed in the Allegheny Intermediate Unit CalcuSolve tournament.  A team of DMS students placed first: eighth-graders Rishabh Krishnamurthy and Linden Trac, and seventh-graders Shengfeng Fei and Brian Xu. In the individual portion of the contest, all four of these students also won first-place awards by earning perfect scores of 35. Additionally, DMS eighth-graders Delaney Liu and Zoey Liu each scored 33 points, earning them second place in the individual portion of the contest.

CalcuSolve is a competition that tests students’ problem-solving skills related to mathematics. Students compete as part of a team, as well as individually. The tournament was sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and was held in December 2024.

In addition, two Dorseyville Middle School students earned high marks in the Mathworks Math Contest (MMC), which they took in November 2024. Seventh grader Brian Xu earned recognition in the silver category, and eighth-grader Rishabh Krishnamurthy placed in the bronze category. These results have qualified them to attend the residential Mathworks Junior Summer Math Camp (JSMC) this summer.

The MMC is a free two-hour test open to middle school students. The test covers a range of topics, including geometry, algebra, combinatorics, logic and number theory. A total of 814 students took the test.