Shoreline Schools student results from Math Olympiad

By Craig Degginger, PIO, Shoreline Schools

The 12th annual Shoreline Math Olympiad was held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at Shorecrest High School. More than 670 public, private and home-schooled students participated in the competition testing their math skills as teams and individuals.

Awards for participation were given to Briarcrest, Highland Terrace and Room Nine Community School.

The coaches from Highland Terrace, Briarcrest and Room Nine Community School holding the awards for participation.

Results for the top three places among Shoreline Schools students:

Individual Results

4th Grade

First Place

Meridian Park: Leah Deobald, Spencer Lu, Grant Hugh

Ridgecrest: Kaitlyn Paulsen

Second Place

Briarcrest: Nicholas Park, Isabella Wilder

Brookside: Bryan Zhu

Meridian Park: Anna Tinoco, Byrne Crandell, Nathanial Poole, Olga Cherepakhin

Ridgecrest: Alex Liu, Brennan Colberg, Ben Gardiner

Highland Terrace: Matthew McMillan

Third Place

Highland Terrace: Carly Krantz

Lake Forest Park: Quinn Willman

Meridian Park: Michelle Wang, Ellie Shoop, Ardelle Ning

Ridgecrest: Matthew Walton

5th Grade

First Place

Meridian Park: Loren Stephens, Wing-Yee Law, Stephen Huchala, Henry Krider, Isaac Pang, Sasha Gordin

Second Place

Ridgecrest: Charles Dailey

Second Place

Meridian Park: Christina Li, Nora Petersen, Anthony Tran, Jacob Delaney, Jon Timbrook, Daniel Wang

Ridgecrest: Daniel Zevenbergen

Syre: Thomas Neufeldt

Third Place

Briarcrest: Jeffrey Lebo

Brookside: Robert Shoemaker, Abigail Knowles

Lake Forest Park: Jay Harris

Meridian Park: Ryan Farley

Ridgecrest: Kasey Shibayama, Zane Smith

6th Grade

First Place

Briarcrest: Patrick Cunningham

Meridian Park: Connor Goldstick

Highland Terrace: Connor Austin

Ridgecrest: Shannon Collier, Elizabeth Holmdahl, Kent Preston

Second Place

Home Education Exchange: Ian Orcutt

Meridian Park: Case Macklin, Yann Dardonville

Third Place

Highland Terrace: Kate Parkinson

Echo Lake: Lucas Kim

Meridian Park: Sara Tieu, Emily Pacunski

Ridgecrest: Tobyn Lawson, Noah Ziegenhagel, Ethan Pyper

7th Grade

First Place

Einstein: Dylan Austin, Amy Buswell

Second Place

Einstein: Josh Hickman

Kellogg: Amanda Shu, Yuan Lee

Third Place

Einstein: Sam Ricord, Teddy Timbrook

Kellogg: Naphtali Maulton

Team Results

4th Grade

First place: Meridian Park (two teams), Ridgecrest

Second place: Brookside (two teams), Briarcrest, Ridgecrest, Meridian Park

Third Place: Briarcrest, Highland Terrace (three teams), Meridian Park, Ridgecrest

5th Grade

First Place: Meridian Park (two teams), Ridgecrest (two teams), Briarcrest

Second Place: Meridian Park, Ridgecrest, Syre

Third Place: Brookside (two teams), Echo Lake, Home Education Exchange, Ridgecrest

6th Grade

First place: Meridian Park, Ridgecrest

Second place: Highland Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Ridgecrest, Syre

Third place: Highland Terrace (two teams), Syre (two teams), Meridian Park

7th Grade

First Place: Einstein

Second Place: Kellogg (two teams)

Third Place: Einstein

8th Grade

Second Place: Einstein

Third Place: Kellogg

Shoreline schools use parents or teachers to work in small groups with students to have individually appropriate math problems that challenge each grade level. Non-profit Math Olympiad groups create the problems.

Most programs start meeting in the fall and conclude at the competitions held in the spring. Most programs give homework to the “mathletes” during the week. Typically programs have a quiz day at the end of each month to give the kids a chance to use their skills to see how they stand amongst their peers.

The Shoreline Math Olympiad brings together all the District teams for competition, and some students will also participate in the Washington State Math Championships held in Blaine later in the spring.

Photos courtesy Shoreline Schools