Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Montgomery Catholic Inducts New Members to Mu Alpha Theta

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory inducted the first members to the Montgomery Catholic Chapter of Mu Alpha Theta. Mu Alpha Theta is a national honorary for students who distinguish themselves in Mathematics. The inductees were honored at the first Chapter meeting held in the MCPS Library on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 6:00 PM. The members are: Seulle Baek, Paige Barranco, Andrew Ellis, Ann Faulkner, Brianna Foley, Lindsey Guin, Derek Kelly, Ashley Kim, Mary McLaughlin and Leo Peters. The founding members and officers are Ann Faulkner, Paige Barranco, Derek Kelly and Leo Peters.

The group was presented with their certificates by High School Math Teacher Mrs. Terrica Carlisle after an induction ceremony. John Peters, a Montgomery Catholic Class of 2010 Alumni, was the guest speaker and gave a presentation to the group entitled “Geometric Construction of Regular Polygons”. Peters is President of Kappa Mu Epsilon at Montevallo University.  The evening ended with the new members and their parents enjoying dinner with the Montgomery Catholic Math Department.