Severn School Takes Second Place in County Math Competition

More than 120 students from both private and public schools participated in the Anne Arundel County High School Mathematics Competition held at (AACC) on Oct. 15.

was one of 14 schools competing and captured second place in the annual competition where Chesapeake Science Point Charter School took first place, and won third place.

Organized by AACC, the competition has five matches and each match is divided into two phases. First, students worked individually to answer six questions during a 30-minute period. Jun Lee from achieved a perfect score in this first phase, according to a release from AACC.

Then, students worked in teams to answer another set of six questions in 30 minutes during the second phase of the competition. According to a release from AACC, three teams achieved a perfect score on this part of the competition: Broadneck High, and .

AACC said school scores are computed by adding the best team score to the average of the top three individuals’ scores.

The next math competition will be held Nov. 5 in the Careers Center Building at AACC. For more information, contact Evie Robbins, AACC associate professor of mathematics and the competition director, at 410-777-2556 or ebrobbins@aacc.edu.