Published February 24. 2015 11:00PM
Three East Penn School District students are among the top 10 finshers in the 31st annual Lehigh Valley MATHCOUNTS competition held Feb. 7 at Springhouse Middle School, Allentown.
Ishaan Lal, a seventh grade student at Eyer Middle School, won first place. Geoffrey Kleinberg, a sixth grade student at Lower Macungie Middle School, placed fifth and James Wang, an eighth grade student at Eyer Middle School, placed eighth.
Students from Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe and Carbon counties participated in the regional competition.
The event is organized by the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers.
Lal will be among students competing in the state competition March 27 and 28 in Harrisburg. The top four state winners will compete in the 2015 National MATHCOUNTS competition in Boston scheduled May 8.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS The Eyer Middle School team, coached by Julie Hummell, places third. Kevin Campbell, PE, LEED AP, rear left, president of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the PA Society of Professional Engineers, awards the prize.
