There was a great turnout for Loomis' first round of Interstellar Math Madness, an online academic competition, this week. Math Madness is a League Play event, which opens with round robin competitions organized across the country based primarily on skill level. The Loomis math competitors defeated Tabor Academy in this first round. Way to go!

Junior Ilya Yudkovsky plays violin in the Loomis Chaffee Orchestra and Chamber Music program and was accepted this fall to the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. The BPYO is an all-scholarship, professional-level elite group of musicians aged 21 or younger. The orchestra performs in Boston Symphony Hall and Sanders Theater. Ilya, who has been playing violin since the age of 3, is excited about the BPYO's upcoming concert on November 2. He is also looking forward to touring with the orchestra in Brazil next summer.