February 28, 2014

Hinds CC announces middle school math contest winners

  The Hinds Community College Raymond Campus Mathematics Department hosted the district seventh and eighth grade mathematics competition, sponsored by the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics, on Feb. 28.…
BY: Cathy Hayden
Individual winners in seventh grade include, from left, first place, Clark Hensley, Clinton Junior High; second place, Becca Irwin, Clinton Junior High; third place, Victoria Gong, St. Aloysius, Vicksburg; fourth place, Shivani Patel, Northwest Rankin.

Individual winners in seventh grade include, from left, first place, Clark Hensley, Clinton Junior High; second place, Becca Irwin, Clinton Junior High; third place, Victoria Gong, St. Aloysius, Vicksburg; fourth place, Shivani Patel, Northwest Rankin.

Individual winners in eighth grade include, from left, first place, Tanner DeYoung, Clinton Junior High; second place, Jay Lemon, Northwest Rankin Middle School; third place, Brent Styles, Warren Central Junior High; fourth place, Michael Franks, Clinton Junior High.

Individual winners in eighth grade include, from left, first place, Tanner DeYoung, Clinton Junior High; second place, Jay Lemon, Northwest Rankin Middle School; third place, Brent Styles, Warren Central Junior High; fourth place, Michael Franks, Clinton Junior High.

Seventh grade bronze winners are, from left, Shivoni Patel, adviser Marisa Farr, Kaelon McNeece, Northwest Rankin Middle School.

Seventh grade bronze winners are, from left, Shivoni Patel, adviser Marisa Farr, Kaelon McNeece, Northwest Rankin Middle School.

Seventh grade silver winners are, from left, Victoria Gong, adviser Laura Bunch, Greyson Parham, St. Aloysius.

Seventh grade silver winners are, from left, Victoria Gong, adviser Laura Bunch, Greyson Parham, St. Aloysius.

Seventh grade gold winners are, from left, Becca Irwin, adviser Justin Odom, Clark Hensley, Clinton Junior High.

Seventh grade gold winners are, from left, Becca Irwin, adviser Justin Odom, Clark Hensley, Clinton Junior High.

Eighth grade bronze winners are, from left, Brent Styles, adviser Valerie Gatewood, Andrew Hood, Warren Central Junior High.

Eighth grade bronze winners are, from left, Brent Styles, adviser Valerie Gatewood, Andrew Hood, Warren Central Junior High.

Eighth grade silver winners are, from left, adviser Marisa Farr, Kailey Clinton, Jay Lemon, Northwest Rankin Middle School.

Eighth grade silver winners are, from left, adviser Marisa Farr, Kailey Clinton, Jay Lemon, Northwest Rankin Middle School.

Eighth grade gold winners are, from left, Tanner DeYoung, adviser Justin Odom and Michael Franks, Clinton Junior High.

Eighth grade gold winners are, from left, Tanner DeYoung, adviser Justin Odom and Michael Franks, Clinton Junior High.

 

The Hinds Community College Raymond Campus Mathematics Department hosted the district seventh and eighth grade mathematics competition, sponsored by the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics, on Feb. 28.

Each year the middle schools and junior high schools in the Hinds district are invited to send their top two seventh grade mathematics students and their top two eighth grade mathematics students to this competition. These participants take a written, standardized test.

The first and second place winners in each grade qualify for the state competition on March 23 at Jackson Preparatory School in Flowood.

Team trophies of gold, bronze and silver are also awarded to the teams that amass the most total points on the exams.

Winners include:

Individual awards: Seventh grade: First place, Clark Hensley, Clinton Junior High; second place, Becca Irwin, Clinton Junior High; third place, Victoria Gong, St. Aloysius, Vicksburg; fourth place, Shivani Patel, Northwest Rankin Middle School.

Eighth grade: First place, Tanner DeYoung, Clinton Junior High; second place, Jay Lemon, Northwest Rankin Middle School; third place, Brent Styles, Warren Central Junior High; fourth place, Michael Franks, Clinton Junior High.

Team awards: Seventh grade: Gold, Clinton Junior High; Silver, St. Aloysius; Bronze, Northwest Rankin Middle School

Eighth grade: Gold, Clinton Junior High; Silver, Northwest Rankin; Bronze, Warren Central Junior High.

For more information about Hinds, see www.hindscc.edu.