RE LOG - Spring 2017

38 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2017 Student News More than 120,000 students took the AP Calculus BC exam in 2016. Only 11 worldwide – 0.009 percent – answered every question correctly. John Mistele ’17 was one of them. Mistele received a perfect score on the three- hour, 15-minute exam, which includes 45 multiple choice questions as well as six free-response questions. He received a standing ovation from his peers during an assembly an- nouncing the news in October. “I’ve worked in independent schools for 36 years, and I’ve never seen an achievement like Bigger and Better Math team re-writes record books in 2016-17 Ransom Everglades math team has set records in participation and success during a year that’s been as bright as the club’s distinctive pink T-shirts. Led by math teacher Karen Key, the team posted a host of top-five team finishes in both individual subject areas and com- bined sweepstakes results at regional or state events in Tallahassee, Boca Raton and Naples as it worked towards the April FAMAT State Championships. At the midseason mark of 2016-17, the calculus Perfect Score Mistele ’17 one of 11 in world to ace Calculus BC exam this,” Head of School Penny Townsend said. “We are so proud of John, who works very hard to make the most of his exceptional gifts, and we are also grateful to our outstanding teachers. All of us share in his joy.” Mistele, a math student of Henry Stavisky ’85 , finished ranked No. 1 in Florida last year in statistics, and earned a perfect score at the Mu Alpha Theta State Championship Conference in Orlando in April. His current courseload: AP Physics, AP French Language and Culture, AP U.S. Government, AP English Literature, Linear Algebra and Photography. “Every year, I tell my students that I’ve heard of these letters that go out to different people when they get a perfect score, but I’ve never received one,” Stavisky said. “That accomplishment was one of my dreams – and he did it.” team of John Mistele ’17 , Joon Kim ’17 , Eric Cai ’17 , Timmy O’Brien ’17 and Thor Andreassen ’17 was ranked fourth in the state (Mistele stands first overall); the statistics team of Guillermo Wenrich ’17 , Pancho Cabrera ’17 , Ryan Tie Shue ’18 and Patrick Visan ’17 was ranked fifth; and overall the team was ranked ninth – its first ever top-10 ranking.