Sunshine Math Results; Bratt’s Van Pelt Takes First

May 3, 2016

The Escambia County Elementary Sunshine Math Competition was held Saturday at Booker T. Washington High School. Teams of third, fourth and fifth grade students competed as individuals and as teams.

The individual round challenged students to answer 38 math problems in 40 minutes, while the team competitions involved 10 rounds of questions. This year’s event involved 29 elementary schools and over 630 students. Coordinating all of this involved the use of the high school’s auditorium, gymnasium and cafeteria.

The results were:

Individual Competition Winners:

3rd Grade:

1st Place–Beatrice Bunnell   McArthur

2nd Place–Alex Young          Pine Meadow

3rd Place–Brody Hills           Pensacola Beach

4th Grade:

1st Place–Bentley Van Pelt    Bratt

2nd Place–Davis Sherman     Cordova Park

3rd Place–Logan Weeks        Helen Caro

5th Grade:

1st Place–Soloman Burt        Brentwood

2nd Place–Roman Bassett     A.K. Suter

3rd Place–Drake Salter          N.B. Cook

Team Competition Winners:

3rd Grade:

1st Place–Helen Caro Team 1——–Eli Meyer, Hadley Chardon, Connor Mathews, Colin Rhodes

2nd Place–Jim Allen   Team 1——–Leslee Brooks, Harlie Davidson, Kyleigh Soto, Desmond Tucker

3rd Place–A.K. Suter  Team 1——–Reid Bassett, Olivia Rabby, Carey Vinson, Annabelle Apel

4th Grade:

1st Place–Bellview Team 2———Kara Gilmore, Kailey Vogt, Carlos Herrington, Marissa Balkum

2nd Place–Helen Caro Team 2——Luke Nichols, Rachel Hall, D.J. Gerhardt, Kaiden Foree

3rd Place–Jim Allen Team 1——–Abigail Arnette, Damian Cullen, Grayson Jackson, Audrey Rudd

5th Grade:

1st Place–A.K. Suter Team 2—–Jade Alonzo, Sarah Noeth, Julianna Landers, Madison Brown

2nd Place–A.K. Suter Team 1—-Roman Bassett, Tori Vinson, Alyx Zapatka, Ameila Crawford

3rd Place–Pine Meadow Team 1—-Ian Delay, Max Fina, Audra Davis, Jessica Stabler

Pictured top: The Bratt Elementary School Sunshine Math Team. Pictured below (top to bottom): The third, fourth and fifth grade Bratt Elementary Sunshine Math teams. Pictured inset: Superintendent Malcolm Thomas with first place fourth grade student Bentley Van Pelt of Bratt Elementary School. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “Sunshine Math Results; Bratt’s Van Pelt Takes First”

  1. anne on May 3rd, 2016 6:33 pm

    Look at those proud and smiling faces! Treating math as a contest makes it fun too. I hope they keep up and always have a good time with math. congratulations to all of you.

  2. Jackie Johnson on May 3rd, 2016 7:29 am

    Congratulations to the teams and their participation and to Bentley for winning 1st place with individual scoring.

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