Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Grades 2 & 3 Math Bowl

2nd and 3rd graders working hard on problem solving!
Zach Hardway (Wylandville), Anna Shepard (Borland Manor) and Dylan Miller (South Central) scored the highest points in the problem solving and 24 rounds.

Grade 4 Math Bowl

4th Grade SCOPE students participated in a math competition that tested their creative problem-solving skills as well as mastery of basic operations. The first part of the tournament was independent problem solving. Students had 4 minutes per-question to solve the problem and record their answer. Borland Manor's Brady Rotello and Wylandville's Nathan Hartmann tied for first place!

Logan wore his lucky hat.

Students answered questions on their answer sheets. 6th grade proctors monitored student performance and collected answer sheets.

4th Grade Winners: Anshu Nunemunthala (South Central), Abby Thornburry (South Central), Caroline McCaffrey (Hills) , Nathan Hartmann (Wylandville) and Brady Rotello(Borland Manor). Also pictured are the 6th grade proctors: Jerry Varghese, Matt Sarver, and Matthew Liberatore.





 
The second part of the competition involved playing the math game 24.  Points were awarded for the fastest student to correctly make 24 with the given digits.Anshu Nunemunthala, Abby Thornburry, Caroline McCaffrey and Nathan Hartmann were made it to the final round. Nathan Hartmann was our 24 champion!

Young Writers Institute





The Young Writers Institute is for students, grades 4-8 and grades 9-12, who like to write and want to develop their talent.
 
Location: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust,  805 Liberty Avenue (Downtown)
Dates: Saturdays, January 26 – March 2, 2013 
Times: Grades 4-8, 10:00AM -1:00PM; Grades 9-12, 12:00PM-3:00PM
 
REGISTER for the 2013 Winter Young Writers Institute at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust