BASIS Tucson North

ο»ΏClassmates Niven Francis, left, Aaron Hamburger, Giyeth Mahdi and James Parisi go over calculus problems at BASIS Tucson North, 5740 E. River Road. The school is No. 5 among high schools nationwide in the 2014 U.S. News and World Report rankings.

A team of students from Basis Tucson North is preparing to test its skills in the state MathCounts competition next month.

The team of Tom George, Michael Zhang, Joseph Wang, Emmanuel Zerefa, Aravind Ramaswami, Dakota Koukhamsay, William Allen, Michael Wang and Anunth Ramaswami took first place in the Southern Arizona chapter contest Feb. 6.

MathCounts is a national middle school program that promotes math achievement through a series β€œbee” style contests.


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