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Episcopal's Mu Alpha Theta Team Takes 2nd at Recent Tournament
January 17th, 2025

On Saturday, January 11th Episcopal placed 2nd overall at the Baton Rouge High Mu Alpha Theta math tournament. The tournament was attended by 370 students from 20 schools. Episcopal brought 44 students in grades 6th – 12th that competed in subjects from Algebra 1 to Calculus BC.
Individual Tests
Algebra 1
1st place – Sylvia Weng
Algebra 2
Honorable Mention – Evan Sanders and Laton Weng
Trigonometry
1st place – Darren Weng
2nd place – Lauren Bradford
3rd place – Andrew Richard
Calculus BC
2nd place – Nate McLean



Team Tests
2nd place Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Matteo Runge, Evan Sanders, Maoya Nakahara, Laton Weng
3rd place Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Natalie Reimann, Diya Kankar, Leo Abraham, Lila Awad
3rd place Precalculus Math Bowl – Andrew Richard, Oscar Fenske, Darren Weng, Rik Chigurupati
1st place Comp. Math 1 – Amaya Patel, Jillian LeBlanc, Lee Busekist, Sylvia Weng
3rd place Comp. Math 2 – Sadie Brien, Caldwell Carter, Lauren Bradford
3rd place Calculus A – Miniya Malone, Julia Brinker, Foster Lambert
3rd place Lower Interschool
3rd place Upper Interschool
2nd place in Sweepstakes




Joan Moroney began teaching in 2007. She has taught Honors Geometry, Algebra II, and Honors Algebra II at Episcopal and is a co-sponsor of the Mu Alpha Theta math competition team. Before coming to Episcopal in 2014, Joan taught high school credit math courses to gifted students at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge. She has a Bachelor of Science in secondary mathematics education from North Carolina State University and a master’s degree in education from Louisiana State University in gifted education.
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