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On Saturday, January 31st placed 3rd at the Catholic High Mu Alpha Theta math tournament. The tournament was attended by 829 students from 30 schools. Episcopal brought 64 students that competed in subjects from Prealgebra to Calculus BC.

Individual Results:  

Pre-Algebra 

1st place – Alec Finan  

2nd place – Benjamin Kantrow

5th place – Yuri Homma

Algebra 1

6th place – Brodie Linford

Algebra 2

1st place – Dafi Weng

5th place – Rowen Berry

7th place – Lee Busekist

Honorable Mention – Jillian LeBlanc   

Individual Results:  

Trigonometry

4th place – Evan Sanders

Calculus A

3rd place – Andrew Richard

5th place – Elizabeth Odom 

 Calculus B 

4th place – Nate McLean

6th place – Autumn Baldridge

Honorable Mention – Darren Weng

Team Results: 

 1st place Prealgebra – Alec Finan, Eric Hyde, David Dampf and Benjamin Kantrow

 2nd place Prealgebra – Yuri Homma, Benson Gustin, and Aarin Amin

 3rd place Geometry – Haleigh Banks, Callie Ghere, Elizabeth Chu, and Trace Flugence

 2nd place Potpourri – Autumn Baldridge, Nate McLean, Aiden Grassmann, and Airi Homma  

 3rd place Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Dafi Weng, Christian Tucker, Lee Busekist, and Rowen Berry  

 3rd Place Calculus A Math Bowl – Andrew Richard, Jordan Harvey, Rik Chigurupati, Grace Waguespack

 Calculus A Top Cipherer – Andrew Richard

 3rd Middle School Interschool  

 2nd  Upper Interschool 

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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