Middle School Students Earn National Honors in Math

Boyce Middle School students Richard Yi and Keerthan Inampudi along with Fort Couch Middle School students Mateo Lin and Brayden Wong finished in the top 10% of students nationwide.

The NLMC is a leading national competition for elementary and middle school students in grades 2 through 8. Offered twice each year, the competition challenges students to think critically, explore the beauty of mathematics, and build a strong foundation for advanced STEM learning.

The students were led by gifted/enrichment resource teachers Lydia Herman, at Boyce, and Emma McDonnell at Fort Couch.

“We are proud of all of the students who took on this rigorous challenge and demonstrated perseverance, critical thinking, and a strong commitment to academic excellence,” Ms. Herman said.

In addition to the National Honor Roll honorees, the highest-scoring student on each school-based team earned a Team Winner medal. Team Winners by level include:

• Fifth-grade level: Aria Sharma, grade 5
• Sixth-grade level: Richard Yi, grade 5
• Seventh-grade level: Keerthan Inampudi, grade 6
• Eighth-grade level: Mateo Lin and Brayden Wong, grade 8

Students who finished in the top 50 percent of participants at each grade level earned National Honorable Mention recognition. Honorees include:

• Fifth-grade level: Aria Sharma, Lipi Kairi
• Sixth-grade level: Austin Fang, Sam Chapagai, Cody Schroeck, Cooper Andreen, Andrew Yu, Barrett Dearolf, Matthew Blessing and Vian Mistry
• Seventh-grade level: Boyce Middle School – Charlie Galardini, Grace Li, Seetha Muthiah, Declan Wong, Alexander Li, Kiyaan Mendhi, Calum Gordon, Eli Karambelkar, Sahn-Barni Poczos, Simon Chapagai, Pragnya Chetlur and Wyatt Workman; Fort Couch Middle School – Inara Maria Joseph, Naisha Agarwal, Sailee Kumar and Viktor Misic
• Eighth-grade level: Kenzie Petrick

“Congratulations to all our mathematicians on their hard work and achievements,” Ms. Herman said.