(L-R) Waldorf Math Teacher, Rebecca Soloway and Eighth Grader, Olivia Paone, at the Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair. On April 27, over 600 students from the Long Island area made presentations at the final round of the Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair held at Hofstra University. Olivia Paone, an eighth grader at the Waldorf School of Garden City, won a gold medal for her presentation on the history, properties and mathematics of the Fibonacci sequence.

"Olivia provided numerous examples of where the sequence appears in the human form, nature, architecture, music, and surprisingly, in charting the movement of the stock market. We are all proud of her hard work and fine achievement!" said Waldorf's math teacher, Rebecca Soloway.

The Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair is an annual competition sponsored by the Nassau and Suffolk County Math Teachers' Association as well as the New York Metropolitan Section of the Mathematical Association of America. The competition invites nearly 1100 students in grades 7 through 12 from Nassau and Suffolk counties to conduct independent research on a math topic that interests them. Once a paper is accepted by the review committee the students make a 15 minute preliminary round presentation to the judges. Students who make a successful presentation are invited to participate in the final round.

Chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and Association of Waldorf Schools of North America, the Waldorf School of Garden City is a coeducational day school with classes from nursery through twelfth grade. For more information, contact the Office of Admissions at (516) 742-3434, ext. 129 or proctorc@waldorfgarden.org.