2025 Essay Contest Winners

(To view the winning essays, click on the author's name.)

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Tied for First Prize:

Agastya Chakrabarti (Richmond Middle School)
Always Grow the Tower (Interviewee: Robyn Millan)

Ayla Guryel (Hartford Memorial Middle School)
Unsung Heroes of the Math World (Interviewee: Rebecca Kaplan)

Honorable Mentions:

Aarik Chakrabarty (Richmond Middle School)
Connecting the sciences to the arts: Sarah Hart (Interviewee: Sarah Hart)

Alan Zhang (Richmond Middle School)
Bridging Worlds Through Mathematics (Interviewee: Alena Erchenko)

DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATE

First Prize:
Azaire Staceymary Andre
The Mathematician Who Made Me Feel Like I Belong (Interviewee: Anne Gelb)

NATIONAL CONTEST

Two of our local contestants won national prizes ⇗ at the middle school level!
Congratulations to Alan Zhang for winning national first place
and Peter Holman (also a student at the Richmond Middle School) for winning national honorable mention!