Chana Schwartz and Adina Strong, seniors at Bruriah, advanced to the final round of the Michlala College Ulpaniada Mathematics Competition. Girls from Orthodox high schools worldwide were invited to participate. Schwartz and Strong are among hundreds of students who participated in the second round. Ulpaniada is a problem-solving competition for Orthodox girls, based on math skills and logical reasoning. Schwartz and Strong “entered this competition because of our love of math, and the Ulpaniada challenges sounded like they would be challenging and enjoyable. Now, we are both so excited for the opportunity to advance to the third round!” Junior Rina Finkelstein advanced, as well. An ulpana is a high school for girls and olympiada in Hebrew are the Olympic Games. The two words were merged to form Ulpaniada, The Olympic problem-solving game competition for Orthodox high- school girls! Qualifiers for the final round are invited to Jerusalem to compete against other finalists from around the world and will receive a certificate of participation from the Israeli minister of education. In addition, the top contestants will receive a partial scholarship for the Michlalah Jerusalem College or other valuable prizes!