Sixth-grade students in the STEM Early High School again entered the N.C. Sumdog online competition in math and again came away with first-place honors.
Lynn Conlee, their math teacher, assisted the students during the competition. They competed online in mid-February with students from across the state. STEM students finished first as a group from among 30 schools, 292 students, 35,992 questions answered and 29,136 correct answers to math problems.
STEM students entered Sumdog math contests each day during the week they competed, with between 15 and 23 sixth graders from the school in each contest.
Students who placed among the highest finishers in the competitions were presented certificates of achievement by the N.C. Sumdog Contest.
Conlee noted that her students worked very hard and took the math competition seriously as they competed each day with hundreds of students in schools throughout North Carolina. The contest displays the students’ considerable talents.
Six of the students placed among the top 20 students throughout the state in the week-long competition. They are shown in the accompanying photo on the front row holding their certificates of achievement. They include, from left, Jessica Zunigga-Trejo, overall fourth-place finisher; Stephanie Raines, 20th-place finisher; Maria Rodriguez-Martines, seventh-place finisher; Jesus Rodriguez-Martines 13th-place finisher; Luke Woltz, second-place finisher; and Adrian Durham Thomas, third-place finisher.
They are joined in the photo by 30 more STEM sixth graders who completed the team winning top honors in the state.