Students Impress at Waterloo Math Contests

On Monday, CDS Math students were recognized for their tremendous showings at the University of Waterloo’s Pascal, Cayley, and Fermat mathematic competitions. 
The Grade 12 Euclid contest is the most challenging with an average score of 52.7 out of 100. Congratulations to David DiPaolo (58) and Julia Garbe (55) for receiving the Certificates of Distinction.
 
Grade 9 students wrote the Fryer Contest on April 13th. Congratulations to Adrian Dinoiu (35), Tyler Magarelli (32), Ian (31), Justin Assing (28) and Michael Giancola (28) whose combined effort helped place CDS 34th out of 522 schools. On the same day, the Grade 11 Hypatia Contest saw Jose Torrealba (29) and Corson Panneton (28) exceed the average score of 26.4 out of 40.
 
The May 11th Grade 7 and 8 Gauss test also resulted in tremendous success for our CDS students. In Grade 8, the average score was 76 out of 150. Congratulations to Holly Nichols (118) for her Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, and to Blake Phillips (115) and Sarah Elizabeth McNeal (111) for being awarded the Certificate of Distinction. The Grade 7s also did extremely well to beat the average score of 96 with Michael Giancola (138) receiving the Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, and Eden Saley and Justin Assing both scoring 136 to receive the Certificate of Distinction.
 
The Mathematics Department also handed out its school medals to Liam Bray and Carter Moore for their high scores of 120 in the Pascal contest. Tyler Magarelli received a school medal for his 120 in the Caryley Contest, and Jose Torrealba earned the same recognition for his 112 in the Fermat contest.
 
Mr. Moorlag, Mrs. Edwards and Mr. Hosein would like to congratulate all students, especially those graduating who, for many years, showed exceptional effort in preparing for these contests with their passion and enthusiasm for Mathematics.
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Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.