001for the Maple Math team to come up to the stage right now. All of our math team students, come on up. All of my math students, come stand right here because your parents are going to want to take lots of pictures, but we're going to stand here while I talk about you. Come to this side. Come to this side. Ready? And then I have to say some really nice things about you, so you have to stand quietly, okay? Deal? Okay. Under the keen coaching of Mr. Aaron and Ms. Korver, our math athletes, our mathletes, have represented Maple well. Tonight, we recognize Maple Math team for their outstanding performance this season. The students being acknowledged here tonight have gone above and beyond during practices, scored exceptionally well on the AMC 8 of the Math Counts competition,
002and put in an extraordinary effort into advancing their logic and problem-solving skills. The Maple Math team participated in the AMC 8, where students scored in the top 5% nationally. 14 students also represented Maple in the Math Counts Chapter Competition at Oakton Community College and as a team finished in second place. Based on their performance in the Math Counts Chapter Competition, a record-breaking number of students qualified to compete compete at the state level among the brightest middle school students in all of Illinois. Those students were Elaine Stella, Devin, Joseph, Lincoln, Shreya, Brighton, and Robert. Congratulations At the state competition, they finished together as a team in ninth place and eighth grader Elaine May finished 16th overall across the entire state and advanced to the countdown round. We are incredibly proud of this team and our coaches,
003Ms. Aarons and Ms. Byrne. We are proud of their accomplishment and are honored to recognize them this evening. Let's give them a big round of applause. Sarah and Laura, may I have you come stand by President Brisky and help with the distribution of So, all right. Math Counts team, I mean, I know the cookies are the highlight tonight. But, let's talk about something right here right now. When This is great practice for those of you who are doing graduation next week. When you get a certificate, you take the certificate and shake. Got it? Don't forget the shake. So, when I call your name, you're going to take your certificate and shake President Bristow's hand. Got it? Are we good, parents? Do you have enough for all? Okay. You can walk right behind me. First up,
004we're going to hold applause to the end if that's okay. First up, Elaine May. Next up, Shreya Sharma. Okay, we can clap. Next up, Brighton Key. Robert Tang. Alonzo Amora. Devon Foote. Stella Huang. Alexander Zhang. Joshua Jen. Chiho Jen. >> William Poe Lincoln Tang Joseph Hong And last but certainly not least, Caleb Tang. Now, here's the part of the night that we also see how well these incredibly bright math students can come together for a photo.