Local students score well in regional math contest
Sam Engellant, a sixth-grader at Kalispell Middle School, competes in the Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics math contest March 12, at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. Engellant is enrolled in Algebra 1, typically a class for eighth-graders. For full results see page A8. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Overview of the middle school students competing in the Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics math contest on Tuesday, March 12, at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. About 350 middle school and high school students participated. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
About 350 students from 14 schools picked up pencils and hit the calculators to compete in the Northwest regional Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics math contest on March 12.
Participating schools brought high school and middle school students who took a combination of individual and team tests during the annual competition held at Flathead Valley Community College.
With these mathletes, the difference between first and second place is typically a matter of a few points and ties are not unusual.
Schools with the most top scorers were recognized at the middle school and high school levels. This recognition went to — Kalispell Middle School and Columbia Falls Jr. High and to Glacier High School and Whitefish High School. Two $200 scholarships were awarded at the high school level to the top male and female. Scholarships went to Flathead High School’s Tanis Hadwin and Whitefish High School’s Regan Tintzman.
Graphing calculators were awarded to the eighth- and 11th-grader with the highest percentage of correct answers, which was Ethan Bay of Kalispell Middle School and Jessica Henson of Whitefish High School.
Following are top individual and team results by grade level. Ties are reflected.
Top-scoring individuals
Seventh grade: Ilah McKenzie of Columbia Falls Jr. High
Eighth grade: Ethan Bay of Kalispell Middle School
Ninth grade: Mason Fauth of Glacier High School
10th grade: Colter Girardot of Flathead High School
11th grade: Jessica Henson of Whitefish High School
11/12th: Allison Miller of Whitefish High School
Top-scoring teams
Seventh and eighth grade
1. Kalispell Middle School’s Neila Lyngholm, Emily Mitchell, Ethan Bay, Sam Engellant and Simon Gugler.
2. Columbia Falls Junior High’s Eric Sullivan, Ethan Austin and Dale Blickhan.
2. Whitefish Middle School’s Ethan Schott, Lauren Ramsey, Maggie Pulsifer and Johnny Nix.
Ninth and 10th
1. Whitefish High School’s Grayson Butler, Scott Bowden, Chaz Gillette, Braeden Miller, and Danika Tintzman.
2. Glacier High School’s Mason Fauth, Alexandra Houseworth, Mandy Ly, Thomas Putnam and Henry Smith.
3. Flathead High School’s Gabe Adams, Wyatt Freund, Colter Girardot and Jordan Zarich.
3. Glacier High School’s Isabelle Johnson, Lennox Niece, Simon Roston and Joe Schlegel.
11th and 12th
1. Glacier High School’s Drew Fitzgerald, Caitlyn Franke, Tyler Galbraith, Nick Leopold and Lucas Ritzdorf.
2. Glacier High School’s Jack Corriveau, Jonathan Gardner, Evan Kohler, Kim Liles and Galvin Ness.
3. Flathead High School’s Dawson Cooper, Barrett Fox, Natasha Gesker, Tanis Hadwin and Jacob Ort.
3. Glacier High School’s Alex Durado, Drew Engellant, Keigan Knutson and Akhil Patel.
Reporter Hilary Matheson may be reached at 758-4431 or hmatheson@dailyinterlake.com.