Awaiting the Awards Assembly
Saturday was the first Math League competition for Cecil Floyd's 2013 team. Students boarded the yellow Joplin Eagles school bus, early Saturday morning for the trek to Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri.
After only a handful of coaching sessions, students faced this experience with gusto and dignity. Once on campus, students were escorted to a nearby little-theater classroom, where they answered questions on two tests, the first in Math Concepts and the second in Problem Solving.
While Mr. Culbertson and I were proud of BRENDEN who received Honorable Mention for his performance on the Concepts test, we were especially impressed with the attitudes and behavior or all of Joplin's competitors.
After only a handful of coaching sessions, students faced this experience with gusto and dignity. Once on campus, students were escorted to a nearby little-theater classroom, where they answered questions on two tests, the first in Math Concepts and the second in Problem Solving.
While Mr. Culbertson and I were proud of BRENDEN who received Honorable Mention for his performance on the Concepts test, we were especially impressed with the attitudes and behavior or all of Joplin's competitors.
Parental Support Appreciated
Joining us on our journey were students from Stapleton Elementary School and South Middle School. We rode together, waited and tested together, ate breakfast and lunch with each other, and cheered for each other when the awards were issued.
It makes me proud to see our students know how to represent our school district with decorum and sportsmanship. I watched our students as they cleaned up after themselves, treated one another with respect, and accepted each other as peers (and I can't say the same for some other schools). Among some 375 competitors, our mathletes put forth a noble effort (All scored reasonably on the tests.) and made the day pleasant.
Our appreciation is extended to the parents who supported their children by attending the competition with them. Your involvement does not go unnoticed!
Now we look forward to our regional contest in the spring. Weekly tutoring continues, this Monday and Tuesday.
It makes me proud to see our students know how to represent our school district with decorum and sportsmanship. I watched our students as they cleaned up after themselves, treated one another with respect, and accepted each other as peers (and I can't say the same for some other schools). Among some 375 competitors, our mathletes put forth a noble effort (All scored reasonably on the tests.) and made the day pleasant.
Our appreciation is extended to the parents who supported their children by attending the competition with them. Your involvement does not go unnoticed!
Now we look forward to our regional contest in the spring. Weekly tutoring continues, this Monday and Tuesday.
In addition to the fourth graders, we also took a fifth grade team to this contest. They competed in Concepts and Problem Solving, as well as a team round. Also (Proud Dad Alert!), if you will indulge me for a moment, my own daughter, independently representing herself, brought home an eighth place ribbon in Concepts and a third place trophy for Problem Solving in the third grade division.
