RyeCity THE REVIEW Eastchester students qualify for statewide competition

Three Eastchester first graders will head to the state capital to represent Eastchester next month, as Sameer Kanwar, Joe Mimatsu and Nathan McCarthy qualified to participate in the New York Statewide Elementary Mathematics Tournament Championship Finals.

The event, which will be held on the SUNY Albany campus, is sponsored by the New York State Education Department and FirstInMath.com—an educational company whose math-related materials have been a big hit in Eastchester’s elementary schools over the last two months.

The three students, who attend the Waverly School earned the right to compete at the state championships with their strong showings at a First in Math virtual regional event on March 30, and will be the only first-grade students hailing from Westchester County to be selected for the statewide competition.