Math Counts is a national competition sponsored by engineers.  The Texas Society of Professional Engineers holds a Regional Competition at Southern Methodist University in Dallas each year to increase enthusiasm for achievement in middle school math.  Students in grades 6-8 participated in four parts of this competition.  The final round in the count down is where the top ten students compete in pairs for the top 4 individual school winners.

Canterbury Episcopal School had the top four winners in grades 7 & 8: 

1^st place            Samantha Leonard – grade 7 (winner of TI 84+  calculator valued at $115)

2^nd place           Andrew Burchell – grade 8 winner of $25 cash

3^rd place            Michael Martin – grade 8 winner of $20 cash

4^th place           Alex Powers- grade 8 winner of $15 cash

Grade 6 Math Counts winners were announced by Hazel Wiley, Canterbury Math Teacher:

^1st place          Rachel Donovan, Mallory Khouw, Caleb Shepherd, and Micah Hays

2^nd place       Aria Biehl, Kim Vu, Ronise Miller, Tamara Martin, Madeline   Bixel, Trevor Howard, Joseph Bryce, Evan Conrad, Cameron Maxwell,       Clayton Foster, Rylan Brown, Dylan Sills

6^th grade winning teams were:

^1st place       Rachel Donovan, Mallory Khouw, Ronise Miller, and Kim Vu

2^nd place     Micah Hays, Trevor Howard, Joshua Perkins, Dalton Dismore

Eight middle school students will travel to SMU on February 16 and represent Canterbury in the Math Counts Regional Competition.  Canterbury will be sending Michael Martin 8^th grade, Timothy Khouw 8^th grade, Caitlin Lewis 8^th grade, Ciara Hackman 7^th grade, Matthew James 7^th grade, Olivia Piwetz 7^th grade, Mallory Khouw 6^th grade, and Micah Hays 6^th grade.