More than 140 of Nevada County’s top mathematic students from 16 local public, private and charter schools recently competed in the countywide Mathematics Tournament coordinated by the Nevada County Superintendent of Schools’ office. The two-day event, held at Miners Foundry Cultural Center, was sponsored by Telestream, Inc. and Miner Moe’s Pizza provided gift certificates for all participants. Joe Crain from ClientWorks, a previous participant in the Math Tournament, served as emcee.
Competition consisted of Problem Solving, Geometry and Computation for grades 5 through 8 with Special Topics added for seventh- and eighth-graders.
After spending the morning testing their abilities, the following students got overall high scores:
Sweepstakes winners
Grade 5: Kelly Muir – Grass Valley Charter
Grade 6: Grace Suenram – Grass Valley Charter
Grade 7: Celeste Picone – Pleasant Valley
Grade 8: Teddy Hill-Weld – Seven Hills
Other First Place Winners
Problem Solving
Grade 5: Kelly Muir, Grass Valley Charter
Grade 6: Grace Suenram, Grass Valley Charter
Grade 7: Harrison Costantino, Magnolia
Grade 8: Teddy Hill-Weld, Seven Hills
Geometry
Grade 5: Kelly Muir, Grass Valley Charter
Grade 6: Grace Suenram, Grass Valley Charter
Grade 7:
Justin Gallupe, Magnolia; Leo Zlimen, Seven Hills
Grade 8:
Megan Andya, Seven Hills; Joe Fenner, Seven Hills; Ian McDonald, Chicago Park, Brandon Stubbs, Lyman Gilmore
Computation
Grade 5:
Kelly Muir, Grass Valley Charter
Grade 6:
Michael Huetter, Magnolia; Christopher Tice–Raskin, Magnolia
Grade 7:
Justin Gallupe, Magnolia; Celeste Picone, Pleasant Valley
Grade 8:
Megan Andya, Seven Hills; Teddy Hill-Weld, Seven Hills
Special Topics
Grade 7: Celeste Picone, Pleasant Valley
Grade 8: Megan Andya, Seven Hills; Joe Fenner, Seven Hills
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