Mu Alpha Done
Although the infinite sign goes on forever, Mu Alpha Theta’s season comes to an end.
From the first general meeting of the year, many people have joined Palm Harbor University High School’s club; Mu Alpha Theta. Mu Alpha Theta has become an well known club in PHU. The club is full of bright and intelligent students who are ready to show their passion for Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, and Statistics. Whether it’s competing with other schools or just doing math, the students are eager to teach and learn.
The club consists of numerous people who attend the competitions to compete and show off their skills in math. Throughout the year, members attended competitions from the start of January to mid April. This year, around 50 people went to compete in cities such as Vero Beach and Cape Coral.
2015-16 Competitions and attendees
Vero Beach Statewide (January 16th, 2016):
Thomas Pepas, Kyle Nguyen, Riya Patel, Akash Ram, Kevin Nguyen, Colette Kania, Anuj Som, Keyur Patel, Kendall Mackin, Sofia Chen, Yasmine Pang, Salaar Khan, Hailey Batista, Shady Mina, Chase Fagan, Jerome David, Ashley Kelly, Selena Tian, Augustus Deschler, Christina Brown, Tiffany Nguyen, Molly Durnas, Bofei Wang, Kirsten Hugh, Amit Sagar, Jay Mithani, Veer Choudhry, Denis Golub, Edin Haveric, Dylan Alvarez, Brian Price, Willy Deng, Taha Huda, Viraj Mithani, Pooja Patel, Kenna Gabrielli, Aravind Thota, Courtney McBeth, Michael Lee, Malery Nguyen, Grant Konger, Jacob Denning, Sami Solomon
Palm Harbor University Regional (January 31st, 2016):
Anna Wojnar, Shady Mina, Kyle Nguyen, Sofia Chen, Anuj Som, RIya Patel, Akash Ram, Keyur Patel, Thomas Pepas, Kevin Nguyen, Yasmine Pang, Kendall Mackin, Stuart Case, Shafiq Bharwani, Jonathan Lin, Matthew Hansen, Jonah Gordon, Ashley Kelly, Bofei Wang, Augustus Deschler, Christina Brown, Molly Durnas, Mikhail Bagadion, Hunter Long, Melinda Westfall, Jay Mithani, Haha Huda, Amit Sagar, Arjun Srinivasan, Denis Golub, Viraj Mithani, Edin Haveric, Serena Moseley, Natasha Ram, Pooja Patel, Christina Huang, Nicholas Athanasantos, Kenna Gabrielli, Malery Nguyen, Courtney McBeth, Michael Lee, Christopher Echler, Jakub Pepas, Sami Solomon, Grant Konger
Wharton Regional (February 13th, 2016):
Akashi Ram, Kyle Nguyen, Riya Patel, Thomas Pepas, Shafiq Bharwani, Colette Kania, Kevin Nguyen, Jerome David, Ashley Kelly, Christina Brown, Jay Mithani, Amit Sagar, Taha Huda, Arjun Srinivasan, Serena Moseley, Nicholas Athanasantos, Viraj Mithani, Pooja Patel, Kenna Gabrielli, Courtney McBeth, Michael Lee, Jakub Pepas
Sickles Statewide (February 27th, 2016):
Hailey Batista, Anuj Som, Kyle Nguyen, Keyur Patel, Akash Ram, Thomas Pepas, Riya Patel, Shafiq Bharwani, Salaar Khan, Eva Wiercioch, Matthew Hansen, Jerome David, Chase Fagan, Augustus Deschler, Christina Brown, Mikhail Bagadion, Ashley Kelly, Jenna Stannard, Arshad Mandani, Agnieszka Tomasik, Melinda Westfall, Shayna Gilberg, Jay Mithani, Amit Sagar, Arjun Srinivasan, Pooja Patel, Tomasz Wiercioch, Nhi Pham, Veer Choudhry, Viraj Mithani, Kenna Gabrielli, Malery Nguyen, Courtney McBeth, Michael Lee, Jakub Pepas, Grant Konger, Jacob Denning
Cape Coral Regional (March 12th, 2016):
Anuj Som, Keyur Patel, Salaar Khan, Sommer Mack, Jerome David, Agnieszka Tomasik, Jenna Stannard, Molly Durnas, Jonathan Lin, Melinda Westfall, Amit Sagar, Jay Mithani, Taha Huda, Viraj Mithani, Kenna Gabrielli, Courtney McBeth, Michael Lee, Christopher Eschler
A major event for the members was the State’s Competition. This year, Mu Alpha Theta went to States in Orlando on April 15- 17As students go head to head to prove their skills, they all did amazing in the competition..The club members who attended States were able to place in the top 20 spots in their division.
Amit Sagar 19th place in Limits and Derivatives
Kyle Nguyen 16th place in Functions
Chris Eschler 15th place in Statistics
Anuj Som 14th place in Logarithms and Exponents
Jakub Pepas 12th place in Probability
Akash Ram 11th place in Logarithms and Exponents
Taha Huda 10th place Sequences and Series
Jay Mithani 9th place in Sequences and Series
Jakub Pepas 8th place in Statistics
As their season come to a close, new officials have been elected for the Mu Alpha Theta Council as they say goodbye to their seniors.
2015-16 Mu Alpha Theta Officers
Co-presidents: Pooja Patel and Amit Sagar
Vice Presidents: Arjun Srinivasan and Jay Mithani
Secretary: Natasha Ram
Treasurer: Jakub Pepas
Historian: Courtney McBeth
Tech Coordinators: Malery Nguyen and Taha Huda
Sergeants: Ashley Kelly and Grant Konger
Congratulations to the new Technology Director: Michael Lee, new Historian: Tiffany Nguyen, new Sergeants at arms: Akash Ram and Anuj Som. Another successful year of Mu Alpha Theta has finished, and another year is to come.