Sixth grader places in top 30 at math bee
These four sixth grade Talented and Gifted students decided to spend their no-school-Monday competing at the AEA 267 math bee. Pictured are Brayton Quade, left, Jared Johnson, center, Jaycee Knutson, right and Chase Crooks sitting.
By Amie Johansen
amie@charlescitypress.com
Charles City Comets enjoyed a day off Monday for parent-teacher conferences. Four sixth grade students opted to spend their day off competing in the AEA 267 Mathematics Contest held in Clear Lake.
Jaycee Knutson, Chase Crooks, Jared Johnson and Brayton Quade are part the Charles City Middle School’s Talented and Gifted program. Talented and Gifted is a program that challenges scholastically advanced students. Attending the math bee was just one of the many opportunities TAG students receive. Unlike the geography bee, the math bee participants elected to compete and was not based on test scores.
“We put our name on the sheet and (TAG teacher, Ann Prichard) took us,” Quade said.
The sixth grade students competed against 30 other teams and roughly 140 other students.
Students competed by taking six rounds of tests. The first five tests were completed individually. Teams were allowed to work together for the sixth test. According to Prichard, the top nine teams and the top 30 students would advance to next round. Quade’s test scores placed him in the top 30 students.
“It was fun,” he said. Since math is his favorite subject and a skillset he is confident in, Quade was not surprised to learn he would advance to the next round.
All four students agreed the math bee was an enjoyable way to spend their day off. They even went as far to say they’d do it again.
Quade will compete at an upcoming math bee held May 12 in Cedar Falls.
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