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On November 14, 200 students from the Locke and the Marshall Middle Schools (100 from each) were chosen to compete in the AMC8, a national math competition given annually to middle school students. These students were chosen from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades from each school, and their scores will be used in a competition between the two middle schools. The format that will be used to judge the winner between the Locke and the Marshall is as follows: · The top ten scorers from each school, regardless of grade level, will count towards the team score. · Once the top ten scorers from each school have been identified, the next three top scorers from each grade level will count towards the team score. · Each school’s score will be determined by adding the scores of the nineteen students that count for that school. · The school with the highest score wins the competition. And the results are in!
The winner of the inaugural AMC8 Math Challenge is the…
MARSHALL
The Marshall Middle School narrowly defeated the Locke Middle School by a total score of 243-242. However, the Locke can take solace in the fact that they had the top scorer overall in Mark Pagkaliwangan, a 7th grader on Team 7B, who answered 19 of 25 questions correctly.
There were a total of four students that made the honor roll for scoring 17 points or more on the test:
Mark Pagkaliwangan, Grade 7, Locke, 19 points Joseph Maccini, Grade 8, Marshall, 17 points Travis Overton, Grade 8, Locke, 17 points Jevon Yu, Grade 8, Marshall, 17 points
There was also one student that received a spot on the merit roll for scoring at least 15 points while being a Grade 6 student:
Emma Healey, Grade 6, Marshall, 15 points.
Congratulations to all the participants, and click here for a further breakdown of the team results and individual top scorers by school.
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This page last updated on 1/24/2007 |
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