IT ALL ADDS UP

RIT has announced the winners of its MATHCOUNTS® mini‑math competition for deaf and hard-of-hearing middle-school students. The event was the first time this national competition had been made available to deaf and HoH students.

First place in the 2006 mini-math competition went to Mac Romal, an eighth-grader from Rochester, New York; second place to Colin Lemen, a seventh-grader from Victor, New York; and third place to Blaine Kaplan, an eighth-grader from West Henrietta, New York.

The 2006 mini‑math competition served as a preview of RIT's first annual MATHCOUNTS competition for deaf and hard‑of‑hearing students, scheduled for March 24, 2007.

The mission of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation is to increase enthusiasm for and enhance achievement in middle-school mathematics throughout the United States. Every year, teachers use problems in the annual MATHCOUNTS School Handbook, meeting National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards for grades 6-8, with more than 500,000 students. The MATHCOUNTS materials and competitions series challenge students’ math skills, develop their self confidence and reward them or their achievements.

Dateline: November 14, 2006