Nine D15 students top Math Kangaroo's national rankings

Posted July 25, 2011 11:00 pm

Tim Waldorf

Six students from Frank C. Whiteley School and three students from Central Road School received national rankings this year in Math Kangaroo competitions.

From Whiteley, Arnav Batta ranked fourth in the nation at the fourth-grade level, while Yansong Tang ranked ninth, Anthony Mu ranked 12th, and Grace Downing ranked 13th. At the fifth-grade level, Kevin Wu ranked 17th.*

From Central Road, Anish Pokharkar ranked sixth in the nation at the second-grade level, and Quinn Booker and Hannah Chen ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, at the fourth-grade level.

Math Kangaroo competitions build students' confidence in their mathematical abilities by helping them understand how math applies to nature's laws and human activities. The competitions encourage students to expand their knowledge and comprehension of mathematical concepts and master their math skills by developing their abilities to derive pleasure and satisfaction from intellectual pursuits and by showing them that mathematical education is significant in every part of life.

*Some names withheld due to requests for privacy.

-Story Submitted by Community Consolidated School District 15

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