Stoneleigh-Burnham School rising senior lands Rensselaer Medal, scholarship >Amherst resident McKenna Goodson, a rising senior at Stoneleigh-Burnham School, is seen launching a rocket that she created in her sophomore year physics class. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 7/29/2021 4:16:44 PM
GREENFIELD McKenna Goodson has always enjoyed math and science. As a tenth-grader at Stoneleigh-Burnham School, she worked with the head of the math department to research discrete math and combinatorics advanced concepts that the school doesn’t cover in its curriculum. She also built a Rube Goldberg machine, a contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an extravagant way, and she is president of the Math Club.
Amherst math, science whiz lands annual $30K scholarship
McKenna Goodson is seen here launching a bottle rocket that she created in her sophomore year physics class. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Published: 6/28/2021 2:34:30 PM
McKenna Goodson has always been interested in math and science. As a tenth grader at Stoneleigh-Burnham School, she worked with the head of the math department to create her own independent study to research discrete math and combinatorics, advanced mathematical concepts that the school does not cover in their curriculum. She also built a Rube Goldberg Machine, a contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an extravagant way, and she is the president of the Math Club.