NUMBER CRUNCHERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS COMPETE IN PALMDALE'S YEARLY MATH CONTEST.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - Eighth-graders from Sacred Heart School Sacred Heart School may refer to one of these schools: In the United States
'''Palmdale High School . Edwards Middle School eighth-grader Stephen Recker won the Chuck Stoll Award trophy and a $500 savings bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. as the student with the best cumulative score over three years of competition. He placed first individually in large schools for the past three years. ``I wasn't sure who was going to get it but I didn't think I would,'' said Stephen. ``I hadn't practiced at all this year.'' Stephen said he prefers math problems that require more than one method to solve and believes that his past two years of competition helped with his win this year. He uses his math skills at home to help his younger siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) . ``I'll just help if they ask. And if they just want answers, I won't help,'' said Stephen. ``I knew he had a really good chance at it. He's just an incredibly bright student. He's very well rounded,'' said Edwards coach Jason Burden, who co-coaches with Steve Stukas. Winning the eighth-grade large school individual competition this year was Amber Archambo of New Vista Middle School. She plans on competing in the math team at 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). next year. ``I really didn't think that I was even going to be in the top three,'' said a surprised Amber. Mother Della Archambo was ecstatic. ``I new she had it in her,'' said Della. ``She loves math.'' The competition, drawing 122 teams from 26 middle schools, is held over three days for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in the Palmdale High School gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. . Students compete by grade level individually and in teams in math problems that include geometry, algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as , probability and statistics See the separate articles on probability or the article on statistics. Statistical analysis depends on the characteristics of particular probability distributions, and the two topics are normally studied together. . The competitors do math problems interspersed with games for 2 1/2 hours. The Chuck Stoll Award began in 1997, named for the math teacher who founded the competition. Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. eighth-grade teams came in first and sixth among the small schools, while New Vista eighth-grade teams took first and fourth places among the large schools. Joe Walker Middle School finished second in the eighth-grade competition for large schools and Challenger finished third. Edwards placed second and Ana Verde third for eighth grades from small schools. In the seventh-grade competition, Amargosa Creek took first and third places and Ana Verde took second place among large schools. Sacred Heart took first, Edwards took second and Buena Vista took third place for the seventh-grade small-school competition. Quail quail, common name for a variety of small game birds related to the partridge, pheasant, and more distantly to the grouse. There are three subfamilies in the quail family: the New World quails; the Old World quails and partridges; and the true pheasants and seafowls. Valley won the small schools' sixth-grade competition with Sacred Heart taking second and Cimarron third place. Joshua Hills Joshua Hill can refer to several people:
Other individual winners were Carissa Hayes of Sacred Heart for small schools' sixth-graders; Freeman Butler of Joshua Hills for large schools' sixth-graders; C.T. Barnum of Edwards for small schools' seventh-graders; and Corinne Brierley of Amargosa Creek for large schools' seventh-graders. Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Above, eighth-grader Samantha Matheson gets ready to try for a basket during a break in the contest at Palmdale High School on Thursday. Below, eighth-grader Amber Archambo of New Vista Middle School competes before taking first place for individuals from large schools. (3) Lauren Martini, 13, of Sacred Heart School works on a problem at the Mathletes competition on Thursday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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