San Andreas, CA…The Calaveras County Office of Education held its 36th Annual Math Mini-Bowl competition at Calaveras River Academy/Mountain Oaks School in San Andreas on Thursday, May 26, 2016. Approximately 120 fifth and sixth grade students from Calaveras County Schools put their math skills to the test. The following schools were represented: Albert Michelson Elementary, Avery Middle School, Christian Family Learning Center, Hazel Fischer Elementary, Jenny Lind Elementary, Mark Twain Elementary, Rail Road Flat Elementary, San Andreas Elementary, Valley Springs Elementary, West Point Elementary

James Pryor, a 6th grader from Avery Middle School , won 1st place in the Blitz, tied for 2nd place in the Huddle, and was part of the 2nd place Bomb team. Kierian O’Donnell, a 5th grader from Hazel Fischer Elementary, took 2nd place in the Blitz, 1st place in the Huddle, and was part of the 1st place Bomb team.

Students work in pairs to compete in the Huddle, part of the Calaveras County Math Mini Bowl.
New to the competition was the addition of Google Chromebooks. Students had to think quickly and develop new, on-the-spot strategies for the Blitz, an individual test, and the Huddle, a pairs test. Tests were created on Google Forms where students were tested on a variety of math problems aligned to the New California Common Core Standards. The Bomb, a 5-person-team test, remained a written test.

The online administration of tests proved to be a faster, more efficient option, reducing paper waste and increasing accuracy in the grading of tests.

Math Mini Bowl results are listed below:

5th Grade BLITZ – 50 Problems/ 45 minutes

1st Place Medal (90% correct) Tanner Wright, San Andreas Elementary

2nd Place Medal (88% correct) Kierian O’Donnell, Hazel Fischer Elementary

3rd Place Medal (86% correct) Kenna Williams, Hazel Fischer Elementary

4th Place Medal (86% correct) Emerson Dufloth, Hazel Fischer Elementary

5th Place Medal (84% correct) Kyla Kirk, Albert Michelson Elementary

5th Grade HUDDLE (2 Person Team) – 25 Problems/ 40 minutes

1st Place Medal (100% correct) Dakota Stephens, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Kierian O’Donnell, Hazel Fischer Elementary

2nd Place Medal (96% correct)-TIE Wyatt Johnson, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Adan Mendoza, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Cooper Oliver, Albert Michelson Elementary
Kyla Kirk, Albert Michelson Elementary

3rd Place Medal (92%) Emerson Dufloth, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Kenna Williams, Hazel Fischer Elementary

5th Grade BOMB (5 Person Team) – 25 Problems (Order of Finish Counts)

1st Place Medal (80 % correct) Emerson Dufloth, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Kenna Williams, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Kierian O’Donnell, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Jasmine Harker, Hazel Fischer Elementary
Dakota Stephens, Hazel Fischer Elementary

2nd Place Medal (64% correct) Elijah Malamed, Valley Springs Elementary
Cassie Black, Valley Springs Elementary
Caden Jones, Valley Springs Elementary
Laney Koepp, Valley Springs Elementary
Jamie Piper, Valley Springs Elementary

3rd Place Medal (60% correct) Aariah Fox, Albert Michelson Elementary
Cooper Oliver, Albert Michelson Elementary
Rubi Rodriquez, Albert Michelson Elementary
Kyla Kirk, Albert Michelson Elementary
Carly Hickman, Albert Michelson Elementary

6th Grade BLITZ – 50 Problems/ 45 minutes

1st Place Medal (86% correct) James Pryor, Avery Middle School

2nd Place Medal (82% correct) Sophie Shaw, Avery Middle School

3rd Place Medal (82% correct) Luke McCamey, Mark Twain Elementary

4th Place Medal (82% correct) Brooke Wagner, Avery Middle School

5th Place Medal (82% correct) Alexander Buteau, Avery Middle School

6th Grade HUDDLE (2 Person Team)- 25 Problems/ 40 minutes

1st Place Medal (96% correct) Gracie Shaw, Avery Middle School
Jaycee Davey, Avery Middle School

2nd Place Medal (92% correct)-TIE Avery Strauch, Mark Twain Elementary
Luke McCamey, Mark Twain Elementary
Trianna Jordan, Avery Middle School
Jordan Smith, Avery Middle School
Sophie Shaw, Avery Middle School
Zoe Day, Avery Middle School
Alexander Buteau, Avery Middle School
Brooke Wagner, Avery Middle School
Rowan Gouveia, Avery Middle School
James Pryor, Avery Middle School

3rd Place Medal (84% correct)-TIE Taylor Horn, Valley Springs Elementary
Bridgette Boriolo, Valley Springs Elementary
Colby Hanshaw, Avery Middle School
Matthew Barajas, Avery Middle School

6th Grade BOMB (5 Person Team) – 25 Problems (Order of Finish Counts)

1st Place Medal (80% correct) Trianna Jordan, Avery Middle School
Jordan Smith, Avery Middle School
Alexander Buteau, Avery Middle School
Jaycee Davey, Avery Middle School
Brooke Wagner, Avery Middle School

2nd Place Medal (72% correct) James Pryor, Avery Middle School
Gracie Shaw, Avery Middle School
Rowan Gouveia, Avery Middle School
Zoe Day, Avery Middle School
Sophie Shaw, Avery Middle School

3rd Place Medal (68% correct) Matthew Barajas, Avery Middle School
Morgan Fischer, Avery Middle School
Samantha McClelland, Avery Middle School
Colby Hanshaw, Avery Middle School
Siera Brown, Avery Middle School

This event is sponsored by the Calaveras County Office of Education and the Teichert Foundation.