Greenwood Students Excel in Math and Computing Contests

Andrea McGavin
The Waterloo Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computer Science contests in math and computing are intended to help students hone their problem-solving skills while inspiring an interest in and love for math and computer science.

In February this year, 142 Greenwood students in Grades 7-12 participated in the Waterloo math contests. The top-scoring Greenwood students were:
  • Grade 12 Euclid: Shaelynn Laurie (’15)
  • Grade 11 Fermat: Wil Trimble (’16)
  • Grade 11 Hypatia: Michael Genova (’16) and Wil Trimble (’16)
  • Grade 10 Cayley: Sam Senko (’18)
  • Grade 10 Galois: Sam Senko (’18)
  • Grade 9 Pascal: Ben Tigert (’18) and Connor Sinclair (’19)
  • Grade 9 Fryer: Margot Ferguson (’18) and JJ Fisman-Guarascio (’18)
  • Grade 8 Gauss: Emily Johnson (’19)
  • Grade 7 Gauss: Alex Dart (’20)
Students who placed in the top twenty-five percent of contest participants also received a Certificate of Distinction. These students included:

Grade 7:
  • Alex Dart
  • CJ MacMillan
  • Liam Snyder
  • John Naprawa
  • Andrew Poltoranos
  • Annabelle MacDonald
Grade 8:
  • Emily Johnson
  • Evelyn Mang
  • Lachlan Macdonald
  • Michael Sellery
  • Connor Sinclair
  • Riley Wolfe
  • Alex Main
  • Estella Lamarche-Dykeman
  • James Southey
  • Lauren Kennedy
  • Olivia Stein
  • Molly Trachuk
  • Rachel Lissaman
  • Marshall Leishman
Grade 10:
  • Sam Senko
  • Quinten Arrizza
Grade 11:
  • Wil Trimble
  • Brody Zukerman-Schure
In April, Grade 11 students Brendan Kellam , Cam Khalili, Tom Canham, Ben Mitchell, Jacob Denyes and Grade 9 student Sam Senko also participated in the Canadian Team Mathematics Contest. Students compete in teams of six to solve mathematical problems, in individual, team and relay events. Thirty-three teams participated in total. 

Three Greenwood students also competed in the Canadian Computing Challenge in February, an opportunity for students interested in programming to test to their ability in designing, understanding and implementing algorithms. It is an extremely difficult competition in which contestants attempt to write up to five programs in three hours. Brendan Kellam, Cam Khalili and Ciaran Farah participated , with Brendan earning to the top score amongst the Greenwood competitors.

Congratulations to all the mathematics and computer science students who competed in these challenging contests!
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