PRIME ADDITION DESERT, TROPICO STUDENTS TAKE TOP HONORS AT MATH COMPETITION.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - Eighth-graders from Desert Junior-Senior High and Tropico Middle School took top honors at the 13th annual Junior Mathletes mathematics competition at Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School . Desert's eighth-grade team won among the small schools, while Tropico's eighth-grade team was the large-school winner and set a new record by scoring 212 points out of a possible 300. Tropico eighth-grader Sean Fernandez was the winner of the Chuck Stoll Award, which goes to the student with the best cumulative score over three years of competition, 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. . ``I studied a lot,'' said Fernandez, who hopes to become a physicist after college. ``We were always getting packets from my coach that probably helped a lot. If I got one (problem) wrong I would just go over it and study it so I could get the question right next time I had something like it.'' More than 635 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from 25 middle schools participated in the Mathletes competition, which was held over three days in the Palmdale High gymnasium. Students competed in teams by grade level and individually. Math problems consisted of geometry, algebra and probability and statistical problems. In the seventh-grade competition, Tropico Middle School teams won first and second place among large schools. Desert won the seventh-grade small school competition. Sacred Heart School Sacred Heart School may refer to one of these schools: In the United States
The large-school eighth-grade individual winner was Jay DeSantiago of New Vista Middle School. The small-school eighth-grade individual winner was Kaitlin Kirk of Desert. Other individual winners were Andrew Parrish from Buena Vista School for small-school sixth-graders; Sarah Berg from Forbes Elementary School for large-school sixth-graders; Brian Castillo Brian Castillo (born November 22, 1968) is an American musician/producer, and photographer born in Tacoma, Washington. Best known for his work with The Living Jarboe and In Gowan Ring, sometimes in a musician role and sometimes as a producer/engineer. of Tropico for large-school seventh-graders, and Katie Shanks of Desert for small-school seventh-graders. This year's results were the best ever for Desert, coach Jackie Payne said. ``We work hard and just try our best,'' said Desert team member Laura Berg Laura Kay Berg (born January 6, 1975 in Whittier, California) is an American softball player. She graduated from Fresno State in 1998. She has a rare distinction of having won three gold medals in the Summer Olympics. . Payne, a Desert math teacher, tries to help her teams understand math concepts by translating math problems into stories involving fantasy characters. To graph a slope they used Cinderella trying to find her Prince Charming Prince Charming handsome suitor fulfills a maiden’s dreams. [Fr. Fairy Tale: Cinderella] See : Love, Victorious . For conjugation conjugation, in genetics conjugation, in genetics: see recombination. conjugation, in grammar conjugation: see inflection. problems, she used the Psycho Twins. ``I just try to show them unusual problems,'' said Payne. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Raquel Patin pat·in n. Variant of paten. , left, and Stephanie Autry work on a problem at the 13th Annual Junior Mathlete competition. (2 -- 3 -- color) At the 13th Annual Junior Mathlete competition, the Desert Junior-Senior High School team, above, took top small-school honors, while Tropico Middle School student Sean Fernandez, below left, won the Chuck Stoll Award. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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