2024-2025 FOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
STEM RECOGNITIONS
• Six students won first-place awards at the 2025 State Meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science: seniors Omar Al-bataineh, Anna Delale-O’ Connor, and Etash Jhanji; sophomores Heidi Stiger and Param Thawani; and eighth-grader Rishabh Krishnamurthy.
• Two Dorseyville Middle School students were named MathCON 2025 finalists. Seventh-graders Shengfeng Fei and Brian Xu each ranked in the 99th percentile. Both secured a spot in the MathCON Finals in Chicago.
• Two middle school students earned high marks in the MathWorks Math Contest. Seventh-grader Brian Xu earned recognition in the silver category, and eighth-grader Rishabh Krishnamurthy placed in the bronze category.
• Dorseyville Middle School seventh-grader Brian Xu earned a perfect score in the annual Pennsylvania Math League Contest and was awarded first place in both the state and local competitions. Shengfeng Fei placed second in the state and local contests, and eighth-graders Ario Homayoun, Rishabh Krishnamurthy, Zoe Liu, and Linden Trac all placed in the top 30 in the state.
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