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It's been a busy month for members of Episcopal's Mu Alpha Theta team. Upper School math teacher Joan Moroney shares competition results. Congratulations!

Brother Martin Mu Alpha Theta Tournament Results 2023

On Saturday, January 14th Episcopal competed at the Brother Martin Mu Alpha Theta math tournament. The tournament was attended by 528 students from 26 schools. Episcopal brought 19 students in grades 8th – 12th that competed in subjects from Algebra 1 to Calculus BC.

Episcopal placed 3rd overall in Division 1.

Individual Tests

Algebra 1 - 1st Oscar Fenske   
Algebra 2 - 1st Nate McLean
Honorable Mention – Airi Homma and Miniya Malone
Calculus A - Honorable Mention – Lauren McGrath and Hayden Singh  

Team Tests

2nd Calculus A Math Bowl – Nathan Gibson, Hayden Singh, Shreya Kamath, Rebekah Reid
1st Comprehensive Math 1.5 – Nate McLean, Miniya Malone, Julia Brinker, Megan Gibson
1st Lower Interschool 

Catholic High School Mu Alpha Theta Competition Results 2023

 On Saturday, January 21st Episcopal competed at the Catholic High Mu Alpha Theta math tournament. The tournament was attended by 515 students from 24 schools. Episcopal brought 47 students that competed in subjects from Prealgebra to Calculus BC.

Individual Results: 

Pre-Algebra
3rd Place - Tarik Avci 

Algebra I 
1st Place - David Gboloo 
2nd Place - James Gawronski 
4th Place - Eli Gray Bennett 

Algebra II
2nd Place - Nate McLean 
Honorable Mention - Autumn Baldridge and Meg Kantrow

Calculus A
2nd Place - Hayden Singh 
4th Place - Ahebwa Muhumuza 

Calculus B 
2nd Place - Kathy Hu 
Honorable Mention - Carter McLean 

Team Results: 

1st Place Algebra I  - Eli Gray Bennett, Oscar Fenske, and James Gawronski 

1st Place Calculus A – Glynes Hill, Laura Jane Kirkpatrick, Ella Chapman, and Hayden Willett 

1st Algebra 2 Math Bowl - Nate McLean, Meg Kantrow, Autumn Baldridge, Airi Homma

Baton Rouge High Mu Alpha Theta Tournament Results 2023

On Saturday, January 28th Episcopal placed 1st in Division 1 at the Baton Rouge High Mu Alpha Theta math tournament. The tournament was attended by 273 students from 22 schools. Episcopal brought 39 students that competed in subjects from Algebra 1 to Calculus BC.

Individual Tests

Algebra 1
2nd Eli Gray Bennett 
3rd David Gboloo
Honorable Mention – Andrew Richard  

Geometry              
3rd Lauren Bradford 
Honorable Mention  – Jordan Harvey

Algebra 2     
1st Nate McLean
Honorable Mention  –Meg Kantrow

Calculus AB - Honorable Mention – Hayden Willett  

Calculus BC 
2nd Kathy Hu 
3rd Joey Roth
Honorable Mention  – Reed McMains

Team Tests

1st  Algebra 1 – Oscar Fenske, Andrew Richard, Matteo Runge, James Gawronski

3rd Comprehensive Math 1 – Lauren Bradford, Elizabeth Odom, Reece Hinton

1st  Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Nate McLean, Meg Kantrow, Timothy Namikas, Aahan Narayanan

3rd Calculus A – Glynes Hill, Margaret Harrell, Trey Lambert, Hayden Willet

2nd Calculus A Math Bowl – Rebekah Reid, Ahebwa Muhumuza, Hayden Singh, Shreya Kamath

2nd Calculus B – Ivy Jiang, Kathy Hu, Reed McMains, Joey Roth

1st Potpourri – Thomas O’Connor, Carter McLean, Akshay Basireddy  

1st Lower Interschool

3rd 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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