Horizon teams place first, third and fifth in regional math tournament
March 30, 2017
Several Horizon Middle School students received individual awards, and Moorhead teams placed first, third and fifth in the Grade 6 Regional Math Masters Tournament held in Moorhead on March 17. Fourteen teams from the area participated in individual and team rounds.
Horizon Middle School House 6C Team placed first in the Math Masters Tournament. Team members are Carter Andreasen, Miles Giddings, Brooklyn Johnson, Katelyn Schwantz and Cooper Sorby. Their math teacher is Barb Stack.
The Horizon House 6A Team placed third in the tournament. Team members are Giancarlo D’Agostino, Laiken Hall, Ethan Larson, Theo Lecuyer and Chase Schmidt. Their math teacher is Chelsea Keller.
The Horizon House 6B Team placed fifth in the tournament. Team members are Faith Altepeter, Cole Darling, Tim Foster, Yahye Hashim and Brandon Obowa. Their math teacher is Diana Anderson.
Individual medals went to Horizon students Giancarlo D’Agostino, first place, and Cooper Sorby, third place. Individual ribbons went to Carter Andreasen, sixth place, Yayhe Hashim, seventh place, and Katelynn Schwantz, ninth place. Cooper Sorby and Laiken Hall earned ribbons for sixth place (tie) in Fact Drill.
Leigh Dornfeld is the Math Masters coordinator.
Math Masters of Minnesota is a statewide competition that challenges students to use higher-order thinking skills and problem-solving abilities in mathematics and recognizes academic effort and achievement.
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