The University of Akron will host the 27th annual MATHCOUNTS Competition for local middle school students from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the UA Student Union, third-floor ballrooms.
More than 100 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 12 area middle schools in Summit, Portage and Medina counties will tackle timed written and oral tests, hoping to advance to the state and national levels of the competition.
MATHCOUNTS is a national program dedicated to increasing mathematics achievement and prestige among students, in anticipation that they will select and prepare themselves for future careers in science and engineering.
For more information, call Akron area MATHCOUNTS Chair Brent Sisler at 330-836-9238.