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Portola Students in Top 5 at MathCounts Competition

The middle school team placed fourth in Saturday's competition at UC Berkeley.

A Portola Middle School team placed among the top five area schools in the annual MathCounts competition at UC Berkeley Saturday, according to an article on the Go Portola website.

Portola student Gwennie Gilbert-Snyder also finished in the top five among individual competitors, which qualifies her to represent Portola Middle School at the California State MathCounts Competition in March, the article says.

Nineteen area middle schools took part in the competition.

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