(West Plains) – On Saturday February 9, 33 fifth through eighth grade students from West Plains Middle School participated in the MESCM Math Relays at the MSU-WP campus. There were 7 schools competing. The competition is broken into individual rounds and a team round with 4 students working together. Team points were awarded to the top five individuals in each division and the top 3 teams. The questions are very challenging and the students must not only be accurate, but fast.
Here is the list of individual awards:
Arithmetic Skills:
5th Grade: 1st—Jordan Johnson, 3rd—Hannah Collins, 4th—Mason Cochran
6th Grade: 3rd—Christain Martin, 4th—Caitlin Jedlicka
Fractions:
5th Grade: 1st—Wesley Laughary, 4th—Mason Cochran
6th Grade: 4th—Shaelyn Thompson
Arithmetic Skills/Fractions:
7th Grade: 3rd—Suzanna Grills, 4th—Matthew Harris
8th Grade: 1st—John David Mulford, 2nd—Makayla Chen
Graphs/Geometry:
5th Grade: 2nd—Miriam Mattsfield
6th Grade: 1st—Christain Martin, 4th—Carolina Fleming
Geometry:
7th Grade: 1st—Jolee Laughary, 2nd—Clay Richards, 3rd—Nicole Whitsel
8th Grade: 2nd—Sierra Halstead, 4th—Kayla Stadler, 5th—Connor Cochran
Number Theory:
5th Grade: 1st—Jordan Johnson, 3rd—Morgan Spratley, 5th—Hannah Collins
6th Grade: 3rd—Shaelyn Thompson
7th Grade: 2nd—Hayley Hershenson, 3rd—Nicole Whitsell, 5th—Matthew Harris
8th Grade: 1st—Kayla Stadler, 3rd—Tamika Kincaid, 4th—Bo Drown
Problem Solving:
5th Grade: 1st—Morgan Spratley, 2nd—Samson Hershenson
6th Grade: 3rd—Claire Kimball, 5th—Caitlin Jedlicka
7th Grade: 2nd—Suzanna Grills, 5th—SaraJean Darschewski
8th Grade: 3rd—Michelle Chen
Pre-Algebra:
7th Grade: 2nd—SaraJean Darchewski, 5th—Jolee Laughary
Algebra:
8th Grade: 3rd—JohnDavid Mulford, 4th—Makayla Chen
Team Division (includes questions from all rounds above):
5th/6th Grade: 3rd–Team B: Masynn Baldwin, Caitlin Jedlicka, Claire Kimball, Shaelyn Thompson