Middle school math teacher Vandana Kadam was named the Mathcounts Coach of the Week on Nov. 8. She was featured in a Q&A interview on the Mathcounts website, where she mentioned that she has been a Mathcounts coach for 10 years and has coached teams to the Mathcounts National Competition three times, including the most recent championship in May 2011.

Founded nearly 30 years ago, Mathcounts is an organization that fosters the education of middle school math students nationwide by holding competitions at local and national levels. Through written and oral exercises in both individual and team competitions, students learn essential critical thinking and problem-solving skills.