Monday, December 29, 2003
Rosters for the January meet, 2004, are posted outside room 241.
Tuesday, October, 2002
Copies of the four preparation packets for the month of October are stoill available in coach Mosca's room, 244.
Students may attend this week's tryout on either Thursday or Friday after school.
Schedules of the year's practices, tryouts, and competitions are available in Mr. Mosca's room, 244.
Because the first competiton of the year will be held on our "home turf" at Diamond, ANY STUDENT WHO ATTENDS THIS WEEK'S TRYOUT IS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND NEXT WEEK'S COMPETITION!
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Are you ready for another humdinger of a year with the Diamond Math Team? Can you stand yet another state championship?
Activity will get under way in two weeks, when Mr. Mosca will attend the annual fall coach's meeting. At that meeting, the schedule for the year's five competitions will be decided. Mr. Mosca will then create a schedule of practices and tryouts for the entire year. The schedule will be available as a handout after school near the end of September. Listen for morning or afternoon announcements for details.
Sunday, April 21, 2002
Wow - yet another state championship! Despite losing a squeaker to Clarke on Thursday, April 11, our math team continued its domination by earning Diamond's fifth state title in the last six years - a new league record!
Leading the team for the final time this year were Malcolm Campbell, Aurelia Chaudhury, Sam Dillavou, Daniel Fudenberg, Alina Griner, D. J. Johnston, Boping Lai, Peter Kim, Jenny Lin, and David Wen.
Monday, December 3, 2001
The second math team tryout has been postponed. Students may try out on either Wednesday, December 12 or Friday, December 14 after school in room 244. The meet will be held on Thursday, December 20 at Clarke Middle School in Lexington.
Thursday, October 25, 2001
The Diamond Math Team played host to teams from Belmont, Carlisle, Concord, and Clarke. A record 67 Diamond students enjoyed an amazing victory, compiling 198 out of a possible 216 points for the second highest team score in a 40-year history.
Leading the way with perfect scores were Aurelia Chaudhury, Alina Griner, Boping Lai, Kevin Qi, and David Wen. Rounding out the team of regulars were Malcolm Campbell, Samina Hossain, Jenny Lin, Arjun Ramamurti, and Jason Zhou.
Congratulations to the Diamond Math Team on their outstanding victory!
Saturday, February 10, 2001
Here are some pictures from the January, 2001 meet held at Diamond:
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The final Math Team tryout of the year will be held this Thursday AND Friday, March 30 and 31, after school in room 101. As always, all students are invited to attend.
Sunday, March 26
The final Math Team tryout of the year will be held this Thursday AND Friday, March 30 and 31, after school in room 101. As always, all students are invited to attend.
Sunday, March 5, 2000
Diamond MathCounts team, 2000, from left to right: Jonathon Poage, David Iba, Ben Croes, Mr. Mosca (coach), Li-Mei Lim, Tsubasa Takizawa
The Mathcounts State Finals were held this past Saturday, March 4, and the Diamond MATHCOUNTS team of David Iba, Li-Mei Lim, Jonathon Poage, Ben Croes, and Tsubasa Takizawa finished a respectable seventh place among the 90 teams in Massachusetts who participated this year.
Approximately 8000 students in Massachusetts participated in Mathcounts this year. Individually, out of the 100 finalists at the state finals, all of the Diamond students finished in the top 50. Li-Mei Lim competed in the final countdown round, and won two rounds, finishing in 7th place. Tsubasa Takizawa set another new state record for the highest score ever achieved by an alternate, and would have finished in sixth place if his score had been allowed to count.
Congratulations to our Diamond Mathcounts team for another strong finish!
Monday, February 7
Mathcounts teams from Clarke and Diamond Middle Schools will advance to the state competition in March, having accomplished an amazing 1-2 finish at the regional Chapter competition, which was held at the Williams Middle School in Chelsea. Twenty-five teams from around the Greater Boston area competed, with each school sending its top four competitors and an alternate.
The Clarke team finished in first place with 52.5 points out of a possible 66, while Diamond was runner-up with 47.5 points. This is the first time in the 18 years of Massachusetts' participation that two schools from the same town finished 1-2.
Individually, Clarke's Adam Rosenfield came in first place, while Diamond's Li-Mei Lim finished in a tie for 2nd. Diamond's Tsubasa Takizawa set a new state record, posting the highest score ever among alternates. David Iba from Diamond received an award as the highest-scoring 7th grader, finishing in 6th place overall. Rounding out the Clarke roster were Adam Fried (10th), Ben Guth (18th), and Yuen-Joyce Liu (24th). Albert Chen was Clarke's alternate. Diamond's complement included Ben Croes (14th) and Jonathon Poage (20th). Clarke is coached by Ms. Michelle Wetter, who teaches grade 6 mathematics at Clarke, and coaches the Clarke math team. Diamond's coach is Mr. Evagrio Mosca, who teaches grade 8 mathematics at Diamond, and coaches the Diamond math team.
The next phase of the MathCounts competitions
is the state competition, which will be held on Saturday, March 6 at
Wentworth Institute. The top four teams from each of the regional
competitions will participate. Each of the top four students from
that competition will win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington,
D.C. to compete at the national finals. Last year, it was two Diamond
students - Mark Lipson and Liz Marcil - who comprised half of the
Massachusetts state team which won the United States championship
under the leadership of the Diamond coach, Evagrio Mosca. Liz and
Mark each won $2000, a laptop computer, a graphing calculator, and a
week at Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.
January 24, 2000
Congratulations to this year's Diamond MathCounts team, chosen last week at the annual Countdown competition which was held in the auditorium on Thursday morning. Team members, who will compete on Saturday, February 5 at the Metropolitan Chapter competition, are:
Tsubasa Takizawa, the team alternate
Ben Croes, who finished 4th
Li-Mei Lim, who finished 3rd
Jonathan Poage, who finished 2nd, and
David Iba, Diamond's year 2000 champion!
Good luck to our MathCounts team!
January 14, 2000
The final preparation packet of the month can be picked up after school on Friday, January 14. Tryouts will be held next Thursday, January 20 in room 101.
The MathCounts "Countdown" competition will be
held in the auditorium on Thursday, January 20 during A & B
blocks. See your math teacher for details.
November 21, 1999
Congratulations to the Diamond team on its first victory of the year, coming in first place among all 49 teams in the league!! The "regulars" for October were Bobby, Elaine, Geoff, Hannah, David, Li-Mei, Catherine, Andrew, Sidd, and Tsubasa. Great job!!!!!!!
September 10, 1999
The first newsletter of the year should be
ready by Thursday, September 16. It will contain information for
students who are new to the math team experience.
The schedule of practices, tryouts, and competitions will be ready
following the meeting of the league's coaches, which will be held on
Wednesday, September 29.
April 27, 1999
For an unprecedented second straight year, Diamond has won the league championship! It is rare enough to post a single championship, but our team remained exceptionally strong through two seasons, and broke the all-time season scoring record with a whopping
We will be planning an end-of-the-year celebration to take place in early June. Students who would like to organize this event should see Mr. Mosca as soon as possible.
Congratulations, Diamond, on another spectacular championship season!
April 2, 1999
The results of last week's tryouts are posted
outside room 101. If you forgot your secret code number, please ask
Mr. Mosca. Tryout exams may be picked up on Monday, April 5.
Permission slips are due no later than Tuesday, April 6 at 3:00
P.M.
Remember that Thursday is an early-release day. Students are
dismissed at 11:45 A.M. Math team members must return to school for
the math meet. Students should meet at 2:45 P.M. on the office side
of the building to await bus transportation to Carlisle.
Good luck, as we pursue the league championship!!!
March 24, 1999
The fourth (and final!) preparation packet, Algebra, will be available this Thursday, March 25 outside room 101 at 2:45 P.M. As always, students are welcome to work together inside room 101, and Mr. Mosca will be available for assistance.
The tryout will be next Thursday in room 101.
We still maintain a slim lead (24 points) over Clarke. No other team is even close. However, 24 points is not much. We still need to work hard in order to insure our second consecutive league championship!
February 19, 1999
The rosters for this Thursday's (February 25) meet at Clarke are posted outside room 101, along with the results of last week's tryout.
Permission slips must be passed in no later
than Wednesday by 3:00 P.M. Only those students who have passed in
permission slips by the deadline are eligible to participate in
Thursday's meet.
January 6, 1999
Tryouts will be held on TWO different days (Take your pick!) - Wednesday, January 6 and Thursday, January 7. This should help students who want to participate in the Geography Bee on Thursday.
December 12, 1998
Last week, the Diamond Math Team scored another
amazing victory, compiling 192 out of a possible 216 points.
Contributing to the victory were David Iba, Jennifer Kan, Catherine
Lin, Frank Lo, Tsubasa Takizawa, Laura Wang, Bo Zhu, and perfect
scorers Mark Lipson, Liz Marcil, and Ben Niu. Congratulations to the
Diamond Math Team!
December 10, 1998
This week, you should have picked up two packets - Geometry and Number Theory.
If you are interested in preparing for this
year's MATHCOUNTS competition, you may pick up practice materials in
room 101. The test to determine the Diamond MATHCOUNTS team will be
held during math classes during the week of January 11. If you have
questions, then ask me or your math teacher.
December 1, 1998
The results of last week's tryout are posted outside room 101. Tryout exams should be picked up this week.
Permission slips should be given to Mr. Mosca no later than This Thursday, December 3 at 3:00 P.M.
Students attending Friday's competition in
Belmont should meet at the office at 2:45 P.M. sharp. Good luck to
all who will be attending!
October 26, 1998
Congratulations to our math team for the
tremendous performance last Thursday, becoming only the seventh team
in the 34-year history of the league to score at least 200 points!
The score of 202 points is the fourth highest ever recorded.
Here are the ten who made it all possible: Steve Johnson, Jennifer
Kan, Mark Lipson, Frank Lo, Liz Marcil, Symon Shim, Sidd Singhal,
Tsubasa Takizawa, Laura Wang, and Bo Zhu.
The next preparation packet will be available
this Thursday, October 29, and may be picked up after school in room
101. Let's keep the spirit high,and the victories frequent!
October 21, 1998
Remember that tomorrow, October 22, is a half
day of school. Students atending the first competition of the year
should come back to school at 3:00 P.M., and report immediately to
the
cafeteria.
October 7, 1998
The fourth preparation packet will be available
on Thursday, October 8. Students may stay after school until 3:30
P.M. to work in room 101 with other students. Mr. Mosca will be
available for help.
September 29, 1998
The coaches' meeting was held on Wednesday, September 23 at the Doherty Middle School in Andover. The schedule for this year's competitions was finalized. See eith Mr. Mosca or your math teacher for a copy. Click on the blue words to see the schedule of practices, tryouts, and meets for this year.
See you this Thursday. This week's topic is
Number Theory. You may stay in room 101 from 2:45 - 3:30 to practice
with other students, or you may pick up a packet of practice
materials to take home. Any questions? See Mr. Mosca in room 101, or
email
him.
September 17, 1998
The coaches' meeting will be held on September 23. That is when the schedule of five competitions for the year is decided.
However, we can get things started even sooner. Let's plan to have our opening meeting on Thursday, September 17 in room 101. Students who are new to the experience will be able to get information about the activity and ask questions.
The packet of practice materials will be available at 2:45 P.M., and will cover GEOMETRY. Students who would like to get together and work on the problems may do so in room 101 from 2:45 P.M. until 3:35 P.M., and I will be available as a resource. Others may simply pick up the packet outside room 101, then take it home to work on it at their leisure.
I hope to see you then! Let's make it a second consecutive CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR!!
