Twenty-nine juniors were inducted into Mu Alpha Theta on April 9, becoming the new members for 2024-2025 school year.
The induction ceremony began at 6:00 p.m. and they were sworn in by the President Daniel Karcheuski at the end of the night. All the inductees had to do was say “I do” and then proceed out the door for the reception that had cupcakes (blue or yellow) and lemonade.
They were also greeted by past, current, or future math teachers the students had or will have that congratulated the students on this very achievement.
The speaker at the induction was Dr. Robert Phillips III, who was a former Mu Alpha Theta member, Stephen Decatur graduate, and works at John Hopkins University for brain development.
Mu Alpha Theta – made out of the Greek letters m, a, and th that creates the word math – is also known as the Math Honor Society and it is a huge accomplishment for the new inductees because not everyone gets in, for some people do not take an AP math. The co-advisors of the honor society are Ms. Candeloro and Mr. Greenwood.
One of the inductees, Shohag Sen who is a junior and is currently taking AP Calc AB, is very excited to be a member of Mu Alpha Theta.
She has been working towards this since freshman year and feels that she is being recognized academically. She said she nervous at first but realizing that she had her friends around her, she felt much better.
Her parents’ support is everything because it made the whole event better since she had her support system there who have seen how hard she has worked for this milestone that makes her extremely happy! She has known that she has wanted to be an architect from such a young age and in order to make her dreams come true, she has been at WTHS doing the four-year engineering program.
Ted Donahue, another inductee of Mu Alpha Theta and also a junior taking AP Calculus AB, was extremely excited to join the Math Honor Society.
He has been looking forward to this honor society since freshman year. Ted is commonly known around the school playing the trumpet during home football games and his constant love for math for people that know him. His love for math has carved the way for this very moment and cannot wait to begin.
Having supportive parents who care not only about his education, but about how he succeeds has really shaped his life in a positive way. Even though he doesn’t know what he wants to be, he knows that math will follow him when he chooses his path.
Elliot Dansberger is also inducted in the Math Honor Society, a junior, and taking AP Calculus AB. He was nervous that he would be rejected from this society, but when he was accepted he was excited to be a part of this. He cannot wait to be a part of this great opportunity during his junior to senior year. When Elliot grows up he wants to be an applied physicist where the job requires math in every task.
