The Annual Math Field Day Competition took place at Concord University on Saturday, April 20th.
The event is sponsored by The West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
59 News reported, “224 students from across West Virginia in grades 4-12 will be at Concord University to compete during West Virginia State Math Field Day. The students were winners at one of eight regional events.
The students in grades 4-9 who get the highest scores in each grade level, and collectively in grades 10-12 will receive awards, and 15 of the 10-12 grade students will go on to the West Virginia American Regions Math League team.”
Grant Kenamond’s division had 80 participants with ten from each region. Two individual and three team events were held. Individual events entail both short answer questions and a written exam. Team events entail relays, team questions, and a team power question.
The math faculty at Concord University plays a large role in the event, preparing the questions based on The American Regions Mathematics League (ARML).
The competition series began in 1975, and this is the first time an Ohio County Schools student is bringing home a 1st place win.
Senior Kathryn Prather took home 12th place, freshman Alexei Zhao snagged 4th place in his division, 7th grader at Triadelphia Middle School Peilin Yu was awarded 2nd place in her division, and 6th grader, also at TMS, Hudson Bradshaw, was awarded 3rd place in his division.
