Lee Burneson Math Club Takes 2nd In National Competition

WESTLAKE, OH — The Lee Burneson Middle School Math Club took second place in a national competition. The squad was part of AreteLabs Math Madness, which includes participants from 700 U.S. schools.

During the competition, students are given eight math problems. Students answer each question. The top five responses are then added together to create the team score. Teams compete against one another and the highest score advances. The tournament takes place over 10 weeks.

"Math Madness challenges students to use higher level thinking skills to solve problems that have real world application. It was wonderful to see these students encourage each other and problem solve throughout the competition. Their success was very much deserved, I am so proud of them!" said Lisa Zollos, the adviser for the club and an eighth grade math teacher at Lee Burneson.

This year's Math Club members are Anna Zhang, Judi Elmallah, Austin Schneidler, Hamza Said, Nicholas Steffas, Owen Shultz, Rishabh Ranjan, Shreya Bangalore, Manya Tandon, Evan Hargett, Connor Tian, Allan Xiao, Xander Jhaveri, Ava Kennedy and Ethan Kanderski.

During their run through Math Madness, Lee Burneson's team competed against 22 schools from New York, Pennsylvania, California, Wisconsin and North Carolina.