March 5, 2009 - The Shaker Junior High School Math Club is headed to the Math Counts state championship after an impressive finish at the regional competition, held Saturday, Feb. 28 at the General Electric Research and Development Center in Niskayuna.

The eight-member team placed third out of 20 area teams, and team member Greg Hickey was the tournament's top individual scorer out of about 120 students who participated. Hickey's teammates were Youssef Elasser, Mauj Goyal, Arun Job, Samad Khan, Mina Kodsi, Gili Rusak and Katie Yan.

The team's third-place finish qualifies them to advance to the state competition, which will be held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy on Saturday, March 14.

Teams can send four students and two alternates to the state tournament. Representing Shaker Junior High will be Greg Hickey, Gili Rusak, Youssef Elasser and Arun Job. The two alternates have not yet been chosen.

The team's advisors are Mr. Mike Moffre, Ms. Teresa Peters and Ms. Debbie Howard.
 

Congratulations to each of the students for a job well done and good luck at the next level!