Wentao Zou Contributes To Worcester Academy Math Team Championship Win #STEM #WorcesterAcdmy

2014 Mar 28

Wentao Zou, Grade 12, of Worcester, contributed to the success of the Worcester Academy Upper School Math Team, one of the country's best. The Math Team, of which Wentao is a member, recently won its sixth Worcester County Math League (WOCOMAL) Championship in nine years, and its eighth WOCOMAL championship overall, to advance to the state championship on April 4.

The team beat numerous public, independent, and charter schools to secure the title in convincing fashion and defend its 2013 WOCOMAL title.

The win builds on the astonishing successes of the team over the last decade - successes that have cemented Worcester Academy's reputation as a math powerhouse nationally, with students excelling in competitions at the local, state, regional, and national levels.

• The Worcester Academy Math Team has won seven of the last eight Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues (MAML) State Championships and four of the last eight New England Championships.

• On March 6, the team won its 9th straight Massachusetts Math League (MML) small-school title and extended its small-school-division winning streak within MML to 54 meets.

• In December, the Math Team a Second Place finish nationwide in the 2013 AMC/Interstellar High School Mathematics National Championship. More than 500 school and 13,000 students participated in the contest.

• The WA team also finished 20th place in the 2014 Four-by-Four Competition, a national mathematics contest administered by National Assessment & Testing.

WA math team advisor Richard Yanco notes that Worcester Academy placed 15 students within WOCOMAL's Top 40.

Complete WOCOMAL league results can be found at: http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/201314/201314v_team.html

ADDITIONAL MATH SUCCESS

In December 2012, Worcester Academy math students were counted among the best in the nation, finishing 11th in the Ciphering Time Trials administered by National Assessment & Testing.

Additionally, Worcester Academy is regularly ranked among top teams at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Invitational Math Meet, and Academy students frequently outpace its peers in Massachusetts Math Olympiad competitions, and on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) Test, the most rigorous high school test in the nation, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America.

In 2006, Worcester Academy's exceptional math program was recognized by Boston Magazine as "Best Math School" for the Academy's outstanding ability to foster a student's math talents.

Recently, the Worcester Academy Middle School Math Team, coached by WA's Gilles Legault, placed First at the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts meet. Worcester Academy students also picked up all three top scorer awards, including the only perfect score.

ABOUT WORCESTER ACADEMY

Worcester Academy is a co-ed day and boarding school for grades 6 to 12 and postgraduates that is committed to innovative teaching and learning, urban leadership, making a global impact, and achieving the honorable everyday. Find us on the web at www.worcesteracademy.org

To learn more, contact Neil Isakson, director of external communications, at 508-754-5302 x135, or at neil.isakson@worcesteracademy.org