Knightly News

On Saturday, January 25th Episcopal's Mu Alpha Theta team placed 1st at the Catholic High Mu Alpha Theta math tournament! The tournament was attended by 497 students from 30 schools. Episcopal brought 49 students that competed in subjects from Prealgebra to Calculus BC.

Individual Results: 

Pre-Algebra 

2nd place – Kate Reeves
3rd place – August Cloud
4th place – Devin Weldon

Algebra 1

1st place – Sylvia Weng
2nd place – Dafi Weng

Geometry

3rd place – Rowen Berry

Trigonometry

1st place – Andrew Richard
2nd place – Darren Weng
5th place – Rik Chigurupati 

Calculus A

5th place – Miniya Malone 

Calculus B 

4th place – Nate McLean

Team Results: 

2nd place Pre-algebra – Kate Reeves, Vivian Silva, Matthew Zhang, and Jack Runge

3rd place Pre-algebra – Ashton Fain, Syuya Cui, August Cloud, and Devin Weldon

1st place Algebra I – Dafi Weng, Katherine Johnson, and Sylvia Weng

2nd place Calculus A – Miniya Malone, Foster Lambert, Airi Homma, and Michael Zhang 

1st place Potpourri – Autumn Baldridge and Nate McLean

2nd place Algebra 2 Math Bowl – Matteo Runge, Evan Sanders, Stella Silva, and Laton Weng

3rd Place Pre-calculus Math Bowl – Andrew Richard, Darren Weng, Rik Chigurupati, Grace Waguespack

Algebra 2 Top Cipherer – Evan Sanders

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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