Whitcomb students capture third place at state competition
Three Whitcomb Middle School eighth-graders won third place March 23 at the state Future Problem Solvers competition at the Maritime Academy on Cape Cod.

Whitcomb fielded two student teams for the state contest, competing against other Massachusetts teams selected in the qualifying competition in January. The teams of Kim Konar, Julia Smolowitz and Kenny Lee and Cyra Katoch, Katie Walsh, Maria Stefanova and Violet Woundy researched the state competition topic, Ocean Soup, prior to the competition. At the competition, the teams used the Future Problem Solvers six-step process to work through issues presented in a future scenario on this topic. Then they created and presented a skit to sell their best solution.

Congratulations to the team of Konar, Smolowitz and Lee (pictured below), who captured third place in the state contest!

Sixth-graders participate in math and science conference
On Saturday, March 9, six girls from Whitcomb Middle School’s sixth-grade Team B participated in the Northborough Junior Women's Club Women in Science & Math Conference. The girls attended workshops on topics such as DNA technology, environmental health and safety, banking, architecture, and much more. Pictured below at the conference are (back row) Meaghan McCabe, (front row, from left) Jaelyn Kassoy, Alanna McCarthy, Jennicha Pierre, Christiana Kearns and Inez Arellano.