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updated February 8, 2010
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Valley Middle School Students to Showcase
Math Skills in MATHCOUNTS
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Mathematics problem solving will take center stage on Saturday, February 13,
when students from eight Wabash Valley middle schools compete for team and
individual recognition in the regional MATHCOUNTS competition at Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology.
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Quick Problem Solvers: The top 24 middle school
students will showcase their mathematics problem-solving skills in the
Countdown Round of the Wabash Valley MATHCOUNTS competition in Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology's Hatfield Hall Theater. |
The competition will have students participating in three rounds: Sprint,
testing quickness to solve problems; Target, testing problem-solving skills;
and Team, testing teamwork abilities. The top 24 student scorers will
advance to the game show-type Countdown Round contest.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with final instructions following at 9
a.m. in Rose-Hulman’s Hulman Union. The Countdown Round, open to the public,
is scheduled to begin at noon in the Hatfield Hall Theater.
The regional MATHCOUNTS event culminates months of early morning and late
afternoon practice sessions by hundreds of area teenagers from schools in
Vigo and Putnam counties. Each school can have up to two teams, which each
consist of four students. Approximately 60 other students will participate
as alternates, but won’t be eligible for individual honors.
Honey Creek Middle School will be going for its 14th straight team title,
and should have another strong team under Coach Bob Fischer. Eighth grader
Krishan Kumar placed third in last year’s individual competition.
Other schools competing include Chauncey Rose, Otter Creek, St. Patrick’s,
Sarah Scott, West Vigo and Woodrow Wilson, from Vigo County; and Greencastle
Junior High School, from Putnam County.
The top two school teams and two individuals other teams will qualify for
the Indiana MATHCOUNTS competition, being conducted at Rose-Hulman on March
13.
MATHCOUNTS, one of the nation's largest and most successful education
partnerships, is organized by Rose-Hulman Mathematics Professor Elton
Graves. He was assisted by Rose-Hulman colleagues Cara Brooks, Bill Eccles,
Steve Galinaitis and John Rickert; local engineers Denis Radecki and Jim
Baker; and more than 20 Rose-Hulman students. Local companies supporting the
event include Baesler's Market, Digital Audio Disc Corporation, Terre Haute
Savings Bank, Pfizer, the Francis Vigo chapter of the Indiana Society of
Professional Engineers, Commonwealth Constructors and Bemis Company.
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