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By Joanna DelBuono
Brooklyn Daily
Midwood
‘Einstein’ Akiva
Standing O is shouting out to Akiva Weinberger, a math whiz from the Yeshiva of Flatbush.
Our pal won first place in a state math competition for seventh graders — no mean feat, considering the size and breadth of the Empire State.
Akiva buried the competition, but then again the Brooklyn Heights academician is no ordinary kid, according to his mom Naomi Weinberger, who bragged — deservedly so! — that when Akiva was 8 years old, he took the Scholastic Aptitude Test and scored an 800 on the math part.
“Akiva would rather be working on theoretical math problems and reading about math, than do anything else,” she told Standing O. “Even at camp, you can find Akiva with a math workbook.”
Naomi added that her husband is always giving Akiva math texts to study. Needless to say, both parents are extremely proud of their son’s accomplishments.
Akiva’s school was also in a class of its own. It came in 10th out of 76 competing schools, according to the principal, Rabbi Lawrence Schwed.
“I am very proud of Akiva’s accomplishment, as well as that of the school,” he said. “Our students and faculty are devoted to strengthening math proficiency.”
Akiva’s private tutor, Dr. Robert Goldberg, disclosed his own thoughts about the remarkable fourth grader.
“Akiva has a deep insight and a wide ranging curiosity that touches all aspects of mathematics, coupled with the intellect to really understand the material,” Dr. Goldberg told Standing O. “It has been a joy to work with him.”
The stellar student plans to attend high school at the Ramaz Yeshiva in Manhattan, following in the footsteps of his siblings.
Standing O congratulates Akiva on his academic triumph, and hopes to give him a Standing O upon his graduation.
Who knows, maybe this wunderkid will come up with his own mathematical theorem, and become another trailblazing Pythagoras, Euclid, or Einstein!
Yeshiva of Flatbush [919 E. 10th Street in Midwood, (718) 377–4466].
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