Team members are listed from left to right. Front Row: Gabe Meyer, Sylas Carpenter, and Terrence Thurmon Jr. Back Row: Mrs. Cathy Novak, Harshal Shah, Dylan Owen, Ella Whitmer, and Jacob Hubscher.
LEONARDTOWN, Md. – The annual Elementary Mathematics Challenge Competition, co-sponsored by Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO), for fourth and fifth-grade students, was held from school sites on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Seventeen elementary schools participated, with a total of 31 teams and 214 mathletes in attendance. The competition consisted of an individual challenge and a team challenge. During the Individual challenge, each team member took a test consisting of multiple-choice questions. During the Team challenge, team members collaborated to answer five multiple-step mathematics problems. The scores of the top five finishers on the individual tests from each school were averaged to make the individual school total. The individual school total was combined with the team score to make the final school team score.
Below are the school team results for the first five places in each grade level:
| Place | Grade 4 | Place | Grade 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Evergreen Elementary School | 1st | C.W.F. Duke Elementary School |
| 2nd | Leonardtown Elementary School | 2nd | Evergreen Elementary School |
| 3rd | Benjamin Banneker Elementary School | 3rd | Hollywood Elementary School |
| 4th | C.W.F. Duke Elementary School | 4th | Dynard Elementary School |
| 5th | Piney Point Elementary School | 5th | Leonardtown Elementary School |
Below are school individual results for the first five places in each grade level:
| Place | Grade 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gabriel Meyer | Evergreen Elementary School |
| 2nd | Alexander Guzman | Piney Point Elementary School |
| 3rd | Ivan Huang | C.W.F. Duke Elementary School |
| Place | Grade 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex Vo | Hollywood Elementary School |
| 2nd | Joseph Ross | Evergreen Elementary School |
| 3rd | Elliot Orthner (tie) | C.W.F. Duke Elementary School |
| 3rd | Seamus Troutman (tie) | C.W.F. Duke Elementary School |
Congratulations to all participants. If you have questions, please contact Rebekah Loker at
301-475-5511, ext. 32105, or by e-mail at rbloker@smcps.org.
