ADDING UP ANOTHER WIN AREA TEAMS CAPTURE MATH PRIZES.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). and Desert High School captured the top awards Thursday in the 21st annual Math Field Day Math Field Day is an individual mathematics competition ranging from grades 4-12 held in West Virginia. In 4th-9th grade, students compete within their own grade. In 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, students must compete within all of the grades mentioned. at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . Desert's first place in the small schools' junior-senior contest was the Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. school's eighth consecutive win. Teammates Jason Payne, Debbie Berg, and Matilda Beadling gave most of the credit to coach Jackie Payne - Jason's mother - and past coach Rich Hertle. ``Rich Hertle has done a good job for years and I'm just carrying on the tradition,'' said Jackie Payne. ``I've been teaching at Desert since the '80s. This is the first year I've been the official coach.'' ``We're always asking questions and trying to figure out different ways to do things.'' Quartz Hill High School took first place in the large school junior-senior competition, with team members Nick Walton, Jason Wolfe, and Robert Chang compiling 217 points. The competition drew teams from 15 public and private high schools from as far away as Valencia and Ridgecrest. They competed for individual and team honors by solving math problems devised by Antelope Valley College instructor Richard Sieger. The competition is split into divisions for large and small schools. Each school was represented by a two-member team of freshmen and sophomores, and a three-member team of juniors and seniors. ``I took an informal poll and discovered students thought the junior-senior (test) was a little harder and the freshman-sophomore was a little easier,'' Sieger said. Quartz Hill's Walton agreed. ``They were all harder than the ones we do at the normal competition,'' he said. In the junior-senior team competition, each member completed a 100-point exam for a 300-point maximum. The two-member freshmen and sophomore teams each handled 17 questions in a ``leap-frog relay,'' for a 110-point maximum score. Partners traded papers during the test, allowing each student to finish a partner's work or correct mistakes. Burroughs High School team members Christa Horne, Dirk Spoons and Russell Ricks took second with 192 points in the large school junior-senior competition. Second place in small schools junior-senior competition went to Paraclete High School Paraclete High School is a Catholic High School in Lancaster, CA operated independently of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 186 seniors graduated in the 2006-2007 school year. , with team members Jungi Kim, Nancy McKeown and Travis Sharp earning 136 points. Paraclete's Kim scored the highest test mark with 85 points. Other individual winners were Walton from Quartz Hill High School with a score of 83 and Patrick Robins from Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
``It is harder than last year,'' Kim said. ``I knew I was going to get something.'' In the freshman and sophomore competition, Lancaster High School's Jeff Walsh and John Zweck Branner finished first in the large school competition. Highland High School's Brandon Bernstein and Mario Saleuero took second place. Small-school freshman-sophomore first place went to John Thorpe and Patrick Noonan from Tehachapi High School with 63 points. Second place went to Desert High School's Megan Grant and Jennifer Pawlik with 62 points. Other schools competing included Antelope Valley Christian, Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. , Bethel Christian, Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. High School, Desert Christian High School Christian High School, also known as CHS, is in O'Fallon, Missouri. The school mascot is the Eagle and the school colors are teal and black. Their women's soccer team has won many state championships. , William S. Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
'''Palmdale High School and Rosamond High School. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in AV edition only) Quartz Hill's team, from left, Jason Wolfe, Robert Chang and Nick Walton smile after winning first place for large schools in the junior-senior event at the 21st annual Math Field Day on Thursday. (2 -- color in AV edition only) Desert High School's team, from left, Matilda Beadling, Debbie Berg and Jason Payne pose after capturing first place for small schools in the junior-senior event Thursday at the 21st annual Math Field Day. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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