Math students at Shenendehowa annually compete in the American Mathematics Contest (AMC). There are two levels of competition: the AMC 12 for 11^th and 12^th graders and the AMC 10 for grades 10 and under. The highest score by a Shenendehowa student on the AMC 12 was Nathan Schmaling with a 117. He was followed by Michael Kurland (106.5) and Dan Kimball (100.5). The average Shenendehowa score was 68.3. These three scores placed our Shenendehowa students in the prestigious American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). The highest score on the AMC 10 was 106.5 by Jiakun Cheng.

The highest score on the AIME (100) was scored by Nathan Schamling. The highest combined two test score was 217 scored by Nathan Schamling. This made Nathan eligible for the prestigious United States Mathematics Olympiad. This was a two day test examination consisting of six challenging questions. The student addressed three questions each day. The time allotment for each session was 3 ½ hours. Only 500 students nationwide were eligible to participate in the Olympiad. Nathan’s results are pending.

The math club at Shenendehowa High School competes in two math leagues. They are the American Scholastic Mathematics Association and the New York Mathematics League. The competitions are conducted under the guidance of Mr. Glen Clements, advisor of the High School Math Club. Students meet routinely to tackle creative problems published by the two contest leaders. The club placed 13th out of 153 competing schools in the A.S.M.A. contests. They finished second in competition with Capital District schools. The highest point achiever for the Shenendehowa Math Team on both contests was Michael Kurland.

This year the high school held the Third Annual Pi Day math celebration. Each year the festival’s insignia comes from student submissions. A special committee selects the design from the submissions. This year’s design winner was Niki Sauter from West High School.

Two special contests were held on Pi day day: the PI Digit recitation Contest and a Rubric Cube contest. The champion of the Pi Digit Recitation contest was Liam Morris.

The finalists for the Rubric Cube Contest were Will Cheuk, Andy Ferlo and Dan Kimball. The contestants had to solve the cube three times. Will Cheuk won the contest with an average time of 1 minute and 15 seconds.