Lake Tahoe School placed 6th in the Math League 2018-2019 eighth-grade contest, and placed 8th in the sixth-grade contest, in the 21-state Math League Press division.

For 8th grade, Sean Kirkland led the way with a #10 finish. His 8th-grade teammates were Quinn Cafferata-Jenkins, Kylie Reeth, and Carly Weinberger.

Aiden Vieara-McCarthy placed #4 in the Regional Standings and #14 in the overall division in the 6th grade Contest. The other sixth grade team members were Madeleine Patrick, Noah and Jake Keil, Grace Berry, Sophia Rauenhorst, Olive Hamner-Jillson, Madison Vieara-McCarthy, and Christian Busse.

7th grade team members were Sabrina Ottaway, Evee Propst, Keenan Artle, and Orrin Drescher.

The LTS math program is extremely proud of the school’s mathletes. Middle school math teacher Patrick Fleming remarks, “first and foremost, the students willingly put in extra time and effort to improve their problem-solving skills. The fact that our middle school of 41 students was able to place in the top ten while competing with schools 20 times our size is a testament to the quality of student and the K – 8 math program that we have here at Lake Tahoe School.”

The Math League Contests (www.mathleague.com) are designed to build student interest and confidence in mathematics through solving worthwhile problems. Over one million students around the world participate in Math League Contests each year. Every contest has questions from different areas of mathematics, suitable for the grade level indicated. The questions range in difficulty from straightforward through moderate to challenging.