The BEMS Math Team

At Bonny Eagle Middle School we have an elite math team, who competes in challenges in schools. The Coach is Mrs. McCarthy, the math teacher for Argyll Clan. The team is made up of 7th and 8th graders. The 7th graders who were active in the first meet are Colby Gilbert, Lauren Manson, Luke Plummer, Bella Roberts, Jack Ross, Julia Ryan, and Ben Savage. The 8th grader who competed was Macey Cabral, and two 7th graders also competed for the 8th grade: Maia Kane and Abigail Bolte.

Mrs. McCarthy describes the team as such: “Math Team is challenging but exciting. Push yourself and reach new heights!” Mrs. McCarthy became a math teacher because math was her best subject in school.

Lauren Manson says, “The Math Team is a challenge, but it’s really fun!”

The Math Team has been a team for 20+ years. Mrs. McCarthy has been running the team for 2 years. She was personally asked by the former Math Team leader, Mrs. Davis, an eighth grade teacher who retired last year. The reasons she does it is to see the perseverance in the young math enthusiasts.

The math meets are run in 15 minute increments. Arithmetic for the first 15, with no calculators. The next 15 is geometry with calculator and the 15 minutes of Team questions, split by grade, with calculators.

Luke Plummer describes, “Math meets are a lot harder than math practices.”