NEWHALL MATH STARS SHINE TEAMS PILE UP COUNTY AWARDS.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Students from the Newhall School District The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County. joined the top math students from 19 districts across Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County on June 1 in Montebello to compete in 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. , and by the end of the day, the Newhall teams had garnered more awards than any other district represented. The teams, coached by teacher Amy Dobry, competed in four math categories: number sense, algebra, geometry, and statistics and probability. Newhall's fourth-grade team took second place in Geometry, fifth place in statistics and probability, and sixth place in number sense. The team was made up of Sam Fleischer of Valencia Valley School, Hunter Jones from Meadows School Several schools use similar names to the name Meadows School:
Newhall's fifth-grade team took first place in number sense and fourth place in both the geometry and statistics and probability competition. The fifth-grade team included Ahmad El-Arabi, an independent study student, Matthew Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
The sixth-grade team consisted of Steven Hoffman and Glen Olila from Meadows, Kevin Bellows from Valencia Valley and Reese Barbour from Stevenson Ranch. They took third place in geometry, fourth place in algebra and fifth place in statistics and probability. Math Field Day is designed as a culminating activity of a program to promote problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. , to develop mathematical concepts and to reinforce basic skills as stated in the California Mathematics Content Standards. Students first compete in a districtwide event, and the ``best of the best'' are then selected to represent the district at the county competition. |
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