St. Gregory’s students advance in Mathcounts
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St. Gregory’s seventh and eighth graders participating in the recent Mathcounts regional competition in St. Joseph included, from left, Kenzie Martin, Sadie Schaefer, Addison Hall, Laney Graham, Caitlyn Burke, Tori Allen, Marcello Brownsberger, and Gunnar Grispino. Shown at far right is Mathcounts coach and St. Gregory’s math teacher Betsy Nielson.
Seventh and eighth graders from St. Gregory’s School in Maryville recently participated in the regional Mathcounts competition in St. Joseph.
Members of the St. Gregory’s team included Kenzie Martin, Sadie Schaefer, Addison Hall, Laney Graham, Caitlyn Burke, Tori Allen, Marcello Brownsberger, and Gunnar Grispino. The contingent was led by Mathcounts coach and St. Gregory’s math teacher Betsy Nielson.
Following the contest, St. Gregory’s was named Most Improved Team. In addition, eighth grader Marcello Brownsberger placed sixth overall, and Gunnar Grispino, seventh grade, placed eighth.
The two boys will now participate in state-level competition March 12 in Columbia.
Mathcounts is a nationwide middle school mathematics competition sponsored by the CNA Foundation, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Questions and problems addressed by contestants embrace geometry, combinatorics (the study of finite or countable discrete structures), counting, number theory, and algebra.
St. Gregory’s is a K-8 Catholic school operated by Maryville’s St. Gregory Barbarigo Parish.
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Two St. Gregory School students, Gunnar Grispino, left, and Marcello Brownsburger, have qualified for the state Mathcounts contest next month in Columbia. Brownsburger placed sixth in regional competition in St. Joseph, and Grispino placed eighth.
