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Student Accomplishments in Mathematics, 7-12

As we approach the end of the school year, we also wrap up all of the many mathematics competitions that LPS students in grades 7-12 participated in this year. These talented and gifted mathematics students accomplished many great feats this year!
 
"I continued to be impressed year after year by the talent and hard work of our students and mathematics department teaching staff!" said Antonio Matheus, 7-12 Mathematics Supervisor. "None of this would be possible without a supportive district curriculum leadership team and without the mentorship, instruction, and guidance of some of the most amazing mathematics educators who help to inspire our students every day! Congratulations to teachers and students on another fantastic year for math competitions!"
 
Read on for a recap of the district's 7-12 math achievements for the 2024-2025 school year!

 

 

 

essex math league students

Essex County Math League Team

 

ESSEX COUNTY MATH LEAGUE (Overall - 2nd Place)

 

Algebra 1 (Tied First overall) - Zhiyan Ding, Justin Dong, Patrick Gao, Advait Joshi, Aaryash Sujit

**Tied For First Individual

*Second Individual

 

Geometry (Second overall) - Dhrish Viswanath, Raj Dholakia, Cooper Mandala, Katelyn Wang, Avni Dusak

**Second Individual 

 

Algebra 2 (Second overall) - Atiksh Akunuri, Jessica Hao, Andrew Zhou, Anubhav Dey, Eric Wang

**Second Individual 

 

Advanced  Math (First overall) Kailin Kang, Aidan Lee, Benjamin Sun, Aditya Mrichandani, Jennifer Nam

**Tied For First Individual

**Second Individual 

 

Calculus (Third Overall) Fiona Chen, Harish Lolla, Parth Jain, Aarav George, Aryan Shah

**Third Individual

 

Statistics (Tied First overall) Mattan Stitelman, Kevin Zhang, Aaryaman Jha, Swetan Sinha, Robert Wang

**Tied Second Overall

 

 

NEW JERSEY MATH LEAGUE

 

LHS earned 9th place overall in NJ; Akshay Gupta - High Scoring Student

 

HMS

Grade 7 - 1st place in the league (out of 78 schools) and 1st place in the region

Grade 7 - individual student rankings: Patrick Gao and Advait Joshi (3rd place tie), Jessica Liu (10th place tie), Zhiyan Ding and Kevin Rao (14th place tie)

Grade 8 - 6th place in the league (out of 71 schools) and 2nd place in the region

Grade 8 - individual student rankings: Drish Viswanath (1st place tie)

 

MATHCOUNTS

Advait Joshi - 3rd place MATHCOUNTS National - $3000 Scholarship

HMS MathCounts Team - 3rd Place in the state - Advait Joshi, Dhrish Viswanath, Patrick Gao and Zhiyan Ding

 

CONTINENTAL MATH LEAGUE

 

Grade 7 - National Winner; national student winners: Tsz Ho Cheung, Patrick Gao, Saanvi Garg, Advait Joshi, Jessica Liu, Jingchuan Xiong, Ethan Wu

Grade 8 - National Winner; national student winner: Dhrish Viswanath 

 

MAA, AMC/AIME

Advait Joshi - AMC 8 perfect score

AIME Qualifiers - Atiksh Akunuri, Charlie Chen, Fiona Chen, Akshay Gupta, Annie Jiang, Advait Joshi

Mia Jin - 2025 Young Women in Mathematics Award/Certificate recipient

 

UNITED STATES MATH OLYMPICS

Advait Joshi, grade 7 - Bronze Medal (Please note that only a handful of students in the country get to this level of the Mathematics Association of America/American Mathematics Competitions!)

 

winners of mc challenge standing together

MC Challenge Teams

 

MC CHALLENGE

This year, Livingston High School had six teams of five students enter the M3 Math Modeling Competition, sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). 794 teams from across the US and UK participated in the competition, working to harness their math, research, and teamwork skills to analyze temperature trends, predict power demand, and identify the populations most at risk. This year's real world program was to help governments and communities strategically allocate resources to effectively manage heat waves and avoid power outages. SIAM turned to participating students for insight, looking for answers to questions such as: How can we predict the indoor temperature of non-air-conditioned urban dwellings during a heat wave? How much demand should a power grid be prepared to handle during the summer months? Will this demand change over time? Can cities minimize the effects of a heat wave or a power grid failure?

Two teams, coached by Ms. Cheryl Coursen, made it into the top 30 with Honorable Mention and an award of $1000. Congratulations to Team 17622, comprised of Samay Malde, Riddhi Shah, Suraj Nistala, Mayank Tiku, and Aayan Shah, and Team 17595, comprised of Ethan Liu, Aarav George, Gavin Lo, Aahaan Rathi, and Roger Zhang for their exceptional efforts!