by Dennis Dalman
A four-member team of Sartell Middle School students will compete March 11-12 in the statewide MATHCOUNTS competition in Plymouth.
The students are Janagan Ramanathan, Luc Westling, Jacob Wieland and David Zhang.
The winners of the state contest will get the chance to compete nationally in May in Washington, D.C.
MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide program that heightens student interest in math by challenging them to excel while they are in grades 6-8. Teachers and volunteers use 300 problems and activities to coach students as part of in-class instruction or in extracurricular math clubs. After several months of coaching, schools selected students to compete individually or as part of a team in written and oral competitions.