Math champs headed to state
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These fourth grade students will be advancing to state competition after finishing in the top five at their grade level in the 30th Annual Missouri Elementary Student Mathematics regional contest held Saturday at Northeast Nodaway R-V in Ravenwood. From left, Truett Haer, Eugene Field-Maryville, 5th place; A.J. Adwell, Northeast Nodaway R-V, 4th place; Will Bartlett, Minnie Cline-Savannah, 3rd place; Halle Wilson, Eugene Field-Maryville, 2nd place and Ethan Dudeck, Eugene Field-Maryville, 1st place.
Elementary students in grades 4-6 representing eight regional elementary schools gathered Saturday at Northeast Nodaway R-V for the 30th Annual Missouri Elementary Student Mathematics regional contest.
The competition, sponsored by the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics holds regional competitions in March and April at 20 regional sites statewide, with the top five individuals each in grades 4, 5 and 6 and the top overall team at each regional advancing to state competition, which will be held Saturday, April 25 on the campus of the University of Central Missouri. Approximately 2,500 students statewide participate in the competition.
Students representing Edison Elementary in St. Joseph, Eugene Field Elementary in Maryville, Minnie Cline Elementary in Savannah, North Andrew R-VI Elementary, North Nodaway R-VI Elementary, Northeast Nodaway R-V Elementary, Tarkio R-I Elementary and Worth County R-III Elementary took part in the regional competition.
The competition is divided into three categories: target math, sprint math and number sense math. Students at each of the three grade levels whose combined scores in the three categories rank them in the top five at their respective grade level qualify for the state competition. In addition, the team with the top combined score from the three contest categories qualifies to move on to state competition as well.
North Andrew team five, made up of Austin Brittain, Ryan Coats, Emalee Pittman and Brewer Wheeler, came up with the high team score at Saturday’s regional competition, and will be advancing to state competition.
The top five individual in sixth grade who will be advancing to state competition from the Northeast Nodaway regional include Ryan Coat, North Andrew R-VI, 1st place; Anne Schieber, Northeast Nodaway R-V, 2nd place; Emalee Pittman, North Andrew R-VI, 3rd place; Megan Cassavaugh, Worth County R-III, 4th place and Victoria Moran, Northeast Nodaway R-V, 5th place.
Advancing to the state competition from the 5th grade level are Dylan Marschel, Minnie Cline Elementary-Savannah, 1st place; Aaron Schlueter, Tarkio R-I, 2nd place, Maggie Elgert, Minnie Cline Elementary-Savannah, 3rd place; Alexis Brown, Tarkio R-I, 4th place and Christopher Castro, Minnie Cline Elementary-Savannah, 5th place.
Fourth graders who advanced to state competition by finishing in the top five at the Northeast Nodaway regional contest include Ethan Dudeck, Eugene Field Elementary, 1st place; Halle Wilson, Eugene Field Elementary, 2nd place; Will Bartlett, Minnie Cline Elementary-Savannah, 3rd place; A.J. Adwell, Northeast Nodaway R-V, 4th place and Truett Haer, Eugene Field Elementary, 5th place.
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These fifth grade students earned the right to advance to state competition by finishing in the top five at their grade level in the 30th Annual Missouri Elementary Student Mathematics regional contest held Saturday at Northeast Nodaway R-V. From left, Christopher Castro, Minnie Cline-Savannah, 5th place; Alexis Brown, Tarkio R-I, 4th place; Maggie Elgert, Minnie Cline-Savannah, 3rd place; Aaron Schlueter, Tarkio R-I, 2nd place and Dylan Marschel, Minnie Cline-Savannah, 1st place.
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These five 6th grade students will advance to state competition based on their top-five individual performances at the 30th Annual Missouri Elementary Student Mathematics regional contest held Saturday at Northeast Nodaway R-V. From left, Ryan Couts, North Andrew R-VI, 1st place; Anne Schieber, Northeast Nodaway R-V, 2nd place; Emalee Pittman, North Andrew R-VI, 3rd place; Megan Cassavaugh, Worth County R-III, 4th place and Victoria Moran, Northeast Nodaway R-V, 5th place.
