By Cynthia Chin
East High School
The 25th Annual Pi-Mile is coming soon. This year’s 3.14-mile run/walk will be held Saturday, May 24, at Warner Park. Registration begins at 9 am, the run/walk starts at 10 am, and yes, there will be pie. There is also a virtual pick-your-own-time option available. For more information, contact Phillip Galarowicz (pgalarowicz@madison.k12.wi.us). Funds raised will pay for student access to graphing calculators, as well as entry fees for math competitions. Thanks in advance for your support.
Math Club reports a solid individual 4th place finish by Atticus Curwen at the recent county math meet. The club is gearing up for the Annual Wisconsin State Mathematics Meet and the Purple Comet collaborative online challenge.
M3 Math Modeling Challenge teams examined data and created three interrelated models for use by a civic governing body. The topic was local policy around summer heat emergencies. Congratulations to our participants, who spent 14 consecutive hours researching the questions, developing relevant mathematics, and writing a technical report explaining their results: Megan Carpenter, Atticus Curwen, Chidinma Oguejiofor, and Lillian Sather-Goldman.
Good Cents for Good Causes: The annual penny drive by the Engineering Club raised nearly $850 for Engineers Without Borders, UW-Madison Chapter. These monies also support field trips and travel by the East High Engineering Club.
We are grateful to have received support for the First Tech Challenge (robotics) and National Society of Black Engineers National Convention from Madison East Investment Group, Purgolder Boosters, Rubin for Kids, private citizen donors Jan Axelson and Mark Ptak, and our own intrepid club members/chocolate sellers. Student Chris Teggatz and FTC Coach Chris Meyer also worked on grant applications.
On March 6, three East students headed to the National Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers in Chicago. The event is attended annually by professional engineers, graduate and undergraduate engineering students, and K-12 students from around the country. East representatives were Eva Tiako, Kelvin Hobenu, and Ibrahim Danioko.
The First Tech Challenge robotics team competed at the Wisconsin qualifiers in Brookfield. The group’s robot placed 13th overall, but 6th by points scored in the active challenge phase. East’s robot was chosen to compete in tandem during final round partner trials and was part of a third-place team.
The following students are to be commended for their dedicated work on designing, 3-D printing, building, programming and troubleshooting: Grimm Bennett, Atticus Curwen, Daniel Her, Christopher Teggatz, Cooper Van Horn, Jenkin Yang. Special thanks to Sector 67 coaches Bill Mania, Chris Meyer and Sean Size for enabling these students to aim and score high.
Engineering Club members participated in Family Science Night at Marquette/Lapham and are scheduled to present again for Hawthorne and Sandburg groups. Kudos to Josemaria Barut, Sam Brunner, Chidinma Oguejiofor, Henry Plautz, and Odin Pourchot.
Cue the Olympic Fanfare! Biology teacher Mary Bridget Nowicki has taken a small but enthusiastic squad to several meets in the Science Olympiad program, and is looking forward to seeing these students compete at State: Izzy Ayres-Wilhelm, Lukas Bardsley, Abbot Carlson, Aleezay Khan, Sonya Larson, Serafina Monat, Danny Monreal Martinez, Chidinma Oguejiofor, Lillian Sather Goldman, Amina Shahid, and Lamine Traore.
Think ahead to Summer2026! Students have the opportunity to go on a group tour to Belize for marine and environmental conservation in the summer of 2026. Contact AP Environmental Science teacher Jacob Greshik for more information at jgreshik@madison.k12.wi.us.
