Students shine at Suffolk County Math Competition
With a combination of intellect and camaraderie, Port Jefferson Middle
School students took part in the 2018 Suffolk County Elementary
Mathematics Tournament and ranked fifth overall for the sixth-grade
teams.
Michael Melikyan ranked ninth overall out of all of the individual
sixth-graders across the county who came together for the event, held at
Stony Brook University.
Port Jefferson’s team, consisting of Eric Chen, Michael Melikyan,
Pratham Sethia, Nicholas Smirnov and Carman Stanton, competed against
300 students on 60 teams from Suffolk County schools.
“The competition consists of individual and team Olympiad-style
questions that challenge the students, encourage their love of math and
foster working together,” Megan Ryan, sixth-grade math teacher said.
“They had a blast!”