We would like to congratulate the following students for their achievements at the State Mu Alpha Theta convention this past week.

FACTorial!
2^nd Place: Malavika Balachandran and Van Vo

Alpha Ciphering

5^th place: Raymond Jeong, Devika Balachandran, Ju Wang, and Ashley Ning

Gemini
Alpha- 9th Place: Jack Perry
Mu A- 4th Place: David Akhigbe and Daniel Sasser
Mu A- 8th Place: Van Vo and Hannah Manual

Mu B- 4^th Place: Casey Tsai and Joan Lien

Hustle
2^nd Place: Jamal Malik, Libby Ingram, Dana Trahan, Malavika Balachandran

Advanced Math X Area Test
1st Place: Devika Balachandran
5th Place: Jack Perry

Advanced Math: Trigonometry Area Test
3rd Place: Ju Wang

History of Math Area Test
4th Place: Chris Philpott

Functions Area Test
5th Place: Raymond Jeong

Alpha Individual Test
9th Place: Devika Balachandran

Mu B Individual Test
7th Place: Malavika Balachandran

Scholarship Test                                                       
9th Place: David Akhigbe                                             

Banner Contest

2nd Place

Quality
1st Place: McKinley High!

Mu Alpha Theta

Co-Sponsors:  Lindsay Smith and Bobby Stecher

McKinley High

The McKinley Mu Alpha Theta members are actively participating in math activities.  Mu Alpha Theta members volunteer their time as peer tutors after school. They also participated at the Baton Rouge High Tournament on October 7^th, 2006.

The winners were:

Alpha Area Test - 3^rd Devika Balachandran
Mu B Area Test - 3^rd Malavika Balachandran
Alpha Math Bowl - 4^th Devika Balachandran, Raymond Jeong, Jack Perry, Jue Wang
Mu A Math Bowl - 4^th David Akhigbe, Hannah Manual, Kunal Patel, Nathan Wells
Mu B Math Bowl - 3^rd Jack Martin, Joe Torres, Casey Tsai, and Daniel Kim
Lower-Level Interschool (Thetas) - 1^st Cami Johnson, Dana Trahan, and Scott Wu

            Carolyn Chun, a grad student at the Louisiana State University math department, is a practice coach for the McKinley Mu Alpha Theta club. She provides difficult problems, creative solutions for difficult problems, and helpful advice in all things math. Carolyn is a part of GK-12 program, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, which integrates graduate students into local schools.