WCS students advance to Area Math Olympics competition

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Shown are the Weatherford Christian School winners in the recent District ASCI Math Olympics. In all five WCS students qualified to advance to the Area Math Olympics competition. Courtesy
Shown are the Weatherford Christian School winners in the recent District ASCI Math Olympics and the secondary math olympics qualifiers. In all five WCS students qualified to advance to the Area Math Olympics competition. Courtesy Photo

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January 20, 2013

WCS students advance to Area Math Olympics competition

Anonymous Weatherford Democrat The Weatherford Democrat Sun Jan 20, 2013, 02:50 AM CST

Selected Weatherford Christian Schol elementary and junior high students competed in the District ASCI Math Olympics before the Christmas holidays.

All of these students did really well and are to be commended for their work in both computation and in reasoning.

Nine students received a “good” rating; 16 students received an “excellent” rating; and 3 students received a “superior” rating.

Five of these students qualified to compete in the Area Math Olympics. Fifth grader Sarah Tanner received a superior rating and took fourth place overall in the district reasoning competition. Sixth grader Jade Hebbert received a superior rating and took second place overall in the District Reasoning competition. Eighth grader Scotlyn Ogle received an excellent rating in the District Computation competition. Eighth grader Joseph Shinsky received an excellent rating and took fourth place overall in the District Computation competition. Eighth grader Ethan Plevak received a superior rating and took third place overall in the Computation competition.

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