Did anyone notice the results of the math contest out at the old building of indoctrination? There were a bunch of kids doing arithmetic. The parking lot was full of all these out of county buses from other school of indoctrination. They were all here to arithmetic together. The results were quite enjoyable unless that is if you had a long school bus ride back to home.
This is not part of a nationally mandated federally funded no math left behind school subject. This is an after hours above and beyond the demands of the regular classroom activity that area schools do for the pure cerebral stimulus.
Congratulations to all the super achievers that conquered yet another contest. How many years of being undefeated in a event does it take to be noticed? I know for a challenge next time we should take all the tests left handed(opposite hand for you pc police). That will make it a much leveler playing field.
Swanson, it's not just a frozen dinner anymore.
WOW !!!!
How wonderful is that ?? !!
We are delighted to hear of the successes of the Math students. It is also nice to be able to host these events and show pride in sharing the WE facilities. The entire district should be proud of these students' achievements, plus appreciative of the sponsors who spend their "off hours" coordinating and encouraging. These activities build confidence and pride among the students and also help prepare them for competing in all phases of their educational futures. Great Job, West Elk!!!!!
They did awesome! It is so great to see the school spirit and pride in themselves for accomplishing something academically. It's really cool.
Congratulations to West Elk students. :)
Congratulations to all of the students at WE and especially those who were in the math contests. They have done very well for several years!!!!
Frank & myrna
Kind of ironic, as I was following the thread on home schooling one of the first things that popped into my mind was that very few parents were capable,qualified or knwowlegable enough to home school their kids in Math and the Sciences. On that subject I also noted that not one person that was advocating home schooling and that was putting down the "Government Controlled" or "Public" schooling attended the Howard School system. My memories of my 12 years in the Howard school system are really great, warm memories of super teachers, good friends and lots of comaradery. Howard had absolutely super teachers, 1st grade, Crystal Finley and Hazel Moore, 2nd, Margaret Gragg, 3rd Agnes Miller, 4th, Louise Clubine and Emaline Leonard, 5th Winifred Van Buskirk, 6th, Veda Staley, High School, English Lillian Erickson and Helen Vinette, Math and Sciemces, Richard Schmidt and Louis Fuerstch, the list goes on and on all were good teachers and all took a personal interest in each and every student. My education in the Howard schools and the confidence the teachers, family and friends gave me, enabled me to go on and finish my College Degree, get some hours towards my Masters and above all they gave me the confidence that I could accomplish anything I wanted to work hard enough to do so.
Howard was agreat place to go to school, live and growup in. I have stayed in touch with many of my teachers over the years and also I have stayed in touch with many of my classmates and schoolmates, that have remained life long friends.
I think kids that are homeschooled miss out on the friends, the interaction with other students and the teaching from good teachers that care.
Quote from: frawin on October 28, 2009, 10:53:10 AM
Kind of ironic, as I was following the thread on home schooling one of the first things that popped into my mind was that very few parents were capable,qualified or knwowlegable enough to home school their kids in Math and the Sciences. On that subject I also noted that not one person that was advocating home schooling and that was putting down the "Government Controlled" or "Public" schooling attended the Howard School system. My memories of my 12 years in the Howard school system are really great, warm memories of super teachers, good friends and lots of comaradery. Howard had absolutely super teachers, 1st grade, Crystal Finley and Hazel Moore, 2nd, Margaret Gragg, 3rd Agnes Miller, 4th, Louise Clubine and Emaline Leonard, 5th Winifred Van Buskirk, 6th, Veda Staley, High School, English Lillian Erickson and Helen Vinette, Math and Sciemces, Richard Schmidt and Louis Fuerstch, the list goes on and on all were good teachers and all took a personal interest in each and every student. My education in the Howard schools and the confidence the teachers, family and friends gave me, enabled me to go on and finish my College Degree, get some hours towards my Masters and above all they gave me the confidence that I could accomplish anything I wanted to work hard enough to do so.
Howard was agreat place to go to school, live and growup in. I have stayed in touch with many of my teachers over the years and also I have stayed in touch with many of my classmates and schoolmates, that have remained life long friends.
I think kids that are homeschooled miss out on the friends, the interaction with other students and the teaching from good teachers that care.
I'm happy that you have such fond childhood memories. I really am. But if you want a "progressive" community, town, county, then you (and talking to a lot of the people in this county that don't care too much for outsiders) are going to have to live with people coming in from other areas with ideas foreign from your own, especially those that come from larger cities whose ideas are usually vastly different.........like Steve. :angel:
I personally like new people in town!! It's been my pleasure to meet you Sarah and your husband and children!! Glad to have them in our 4-H club and Girl and boy scouts!!!
Congrats to those" well indoctrinated" math students. Some icky socialist math teacher and some super impressionable kids must have done a great job. Some may put it down, but I for one will raise my class of milk in a toast to a job very well done. ;) :laugh:
Quote from: angtown3 on October 28, 2009, 02:18:10 PM
I personally like new people in town!! It's been my pleasure to meet you Sarah and your husband and children!! Glad to have them in our 4-H club and Girl and boy scouts!!!
Thank you! ;D
We've met some awesome wonderful people in Elk county including you and Bill and Kate Rader, JoAnna and her husband and Teresa and Cookson's who I see a lot because it seems we're always having to fix something and our neighbors and Dean Ward and the people that helped when we lost Ember and on and on it goes. I was amazed how people helped us, even those that didn't know us. Too many to list on here and I am forever in their debt for the wonderful friendship they've shown us. And I was very impressed with the 4-H group of kids!! I haven't gotten to meet the girlscout girls or the cub scout boys, but the kids can't say enough about them. I'm very happy that we're involved in these groups and hope to help more! Although, I must admit that week of running to this meeting and that meeting wore me out!
Quote from: Diane Amberg on October 28, 2009, 02:31:26 PM
Congrats to those" well indoctrinated" math students. Some icky socialist math teacher and some super impressionable kids must have done a great job. Some may put it down, but I for one will raise my class of milk in a toast to a job very well done. ;) :laugh:
Where's that straight, not amused smilie? Oh well, I guess this will work.... ::)
That's Ok. Now that everyone hates me, it doesn't matter what I say. The local indoctrination is complete.
Quote from: Diane Amberg on October 28, 2009, 02:31:26 PM
Congrats to those" well indoctrinated" math students. Some icky socialist math teacher and some super impressionable kids must have done a great job. Some may put it down, but I for one will raise my class of milk in a toast to a job very well done. ;) :laugh:
Hey now that glass of milk, is it a government subsidized glass of milk or is it a glass of milk that was produced by a capitalistic, entrepanuer that produced said milk from his own pocket instead of someone elses pocket that the government took from?
I for one want to say congrats to the kids, too!! It's a big thing to accomplish this!! Also to the teachers who take the time and do this for the kids. Way to go!!!
Quote from: srkruzich on October 28, 2009, 02:48:21 PM
Quote from: Diane Amberg on October 28, 2009, 02:31:26 PM
Congrats to those" well indoctrinated" math students. Some icky socialist math teacher and some super impressionable kids must have done a great job. Some may put it down, but I for one will raise my class of milk in a toast to a job very well done. ;) :laugh:
Hey now that glass of milk, is it a government subsidized glass of milk or is it a glass of milk that was produced by a capitalistic, entrepanuer that produced said milk from his own pocket instead of someone elses pocket that the government took from?
I have a comment on this little snide reply to a snide remark, but I will move it over to Politics where it belongs.
Charles
This old mathlete would like to extend his congratulations to the current team. I remember beating up on the rest of the SCBL in math competitions alongside the likes of Patrick, Kate, Liz and others. Keep up the good work.
Charles
Aha! Well then, it's second generation congratulations to you all! Well done! :-*
By Bradley Linder
The West Elk Jr. High math students won again Thursday at Junior High Math Relays held at WEHS.
In the 6th grade division West Elk took third place with a total of three medals. The 7th grade division West Elk took first place with a total of seven medals. West Elk also won the 8th grade division with a total of fifteen medals, and they won the team division with a total of five medals.
6th grade division
Kyle Coffman 2nd place integers, Ryan Mackey 6th place integers, Cameron Russell 1st place percents, Derek Reese 5th place percents, Rachel Bellar 5th place potpourri, Cameron Russell 2nd place fractions, Kyle Coffman 5th decimals, Kyle Coffman 4th mental math, Isaiahh Loudermilk 5th place mental math
7th grade division
Tristen Wilson 1st place order of operations, Emily Perkins 1st place geometry, Kylie Bannister 5th place graphs and charts, Tristen Wilson 4th place Ratio/proportions, Emily Perkins 1st place fractions, Brandon Wolfe 2nd place fractions, Brandon Wolfe 3rd place probability and statistics, Brandon Wolfe 1st place potpourri, Tristen Wilson 2nd place potpourri, Brandon Wolfe 4th place mental math
8th grade division
Carson Jennings 1st place order of operations, Ashley Harrod 1st place geometry, Broker Whittaker 3rd place geometry, Aaron Miller 2nd place word problems, Abbie McAlister 4th place word problems, Aaron miller 1st place linear equations, Eli Smith 3rd place linear equations, Paxton Noll 1st place ratio/proportions, Courtney Hunter 2nd place ratio/proportions, Taylor Coble 2nd place fractions, Abbie McAlister 3rd place fractions, Courtney Hunter 1st place probability and statistics, Emily Smith 5th place probability and statistics, Taylor Coble 1st place polynomials, Eli Smith 2nd place polynomials, Carson Jennings 1st place mental math, Jasmine Coble 2nd place mental math
Team Division
6th grade team 2nd place
7th grade team 3rd place
8th grade team 1st place
medley team 1st place
algebra 1 team 1st place
I stole this off the indoctrination web site.
:) :) :) Hooray for them all! :) :) :)
Always nice to hear good news about the kids. Great work! Congrats' to the kids, their teachers and their parents!
Argonia hosted a math relay for jr high today. At least ten other schools were represented. There were at least three private schools fielding teams.
The results were the same. West Elk Jr High Math has no equal.
I know the medal count doesn't mean anything but it wasn't even close.
GREAT NEWS! The entire West Elk Community should be so proud of the students and their coaches/sponsors!
I hope there is a big splash in the paper about them. This is something Elk County can really be proud of. Who is responsible for this?