DMS, O'Hara Students Place in Regional CalcuSolve Tournament

Eight Fox Chapel Area School District students placed in the 2025 regional CalcuSolve tournament.

Individually, Dorseyville Middle School eighth-graders Shengfeng Fei and Brian Xu tied for first place. The DMS eighth-grade team of Catherine Carlson, Shengfeng Fei, Akhil Muvvala, and Brian Xu placed second overall among the 70 teams competing countywide. From O’Hara Elementary School, Chelsea Butzke, Chia-Yi Lin, and Asher Tobe tied for third place in the individual part of the competition, and the O’Hara Elementary team of fifth-graders Chelsea Butzke, Chia-Yi Lin, Will McKenzie, and Asher Tobe placed third in the competition.

Hundreds of students from across Allegheny County and surrounding areas participated in the contest. The tournament was held virtually in December and was sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

CalcuSolve is a competition that tests students’ problem-solving skills related to mathematics. Students compete both as part of a team and individually.