December 9, 2019 Update to this Article. Orme Mathletes returned from their December 7th competition at Mission Heights Preparatory High School in Casa Grande with many trophies in hand. The group won 1st Place in the overall school sweepstakes, and now has 14 members qualifying for the State competition. In addition, Orme Mathletes took 1st Place in each grade category (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th) with 2nd Place in grades 9 and 11, and 3rd Place in grades 10 and 12.

The Orme Mathletes Team, coached by faculty member Alex deBeus, has competed several times this fall, and have been very successful in those Math League competitions. Their first competition was at Centennial High School in Peoria with seven other schools. Dat won 2^nd Place in the 11^th Grade Division, and Rachel 2^nd Place in the 9^th Grade Division. In addition, Rena and Selena qualified for the State Championships.

In their second competition this fall, team members once again did quite well:

Ngoc – 1^st Place 12^th Grade Division
Quan – 2^nd Place, 12^th Grade Division
Peter – 2^nd Place, 11^th Grade Division
Rachel – 3^rd Place, 9^th Grade Division

Overall, The Orme School won 2^nd Place in that second meet, with five new Orme qualifiers for State (Ngoc, Quan, Peter, Nguyen and Mia). Orme now has NINE Mathletes who have qualified to move on to the State Championships.

The Orme Mathletes Team will compete next on December 7 at Mission Heights Preparatory High School in Casa Grande. Good luck Warriors!