Hoquiam Math Olympics
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This is a copy of the newspaper article in The Daily World, Saturday, May 30, 1998.
Article by Tommi R. Gatlin, Daily World Writer.
Sixty-two students from Aberdeen and Hoquiam participated in the first-ever Hoquiam Math Olympiad at Washington Elementary School on Friday.
The competition was based on the Washington State Math Olympiad, which takes place on the first Saturday of May each year in a number of locations statewide.
“It’s such a great opportunity for top math students,” said Washington Elementary Principal Wes Harris. “They don’t have another opportunity to show and demonstrate their mathematics capabilities in a competition environment.”
The students came from St. Mary’s School in Aberdeen, and Washington, Lincoln and Central elementary schools in Hoquiam.
The purpose of the Hoquiam event was to give advanced math students in the fifth- and sixth-grades a chance to participate in a math competition, Harris said.
The students, who competed in teams of three or four, did well, Harris said. He noted that measurement was the teams’ strongest point. Teams could receive ratings of “Good,” “Very Good,” “Superior” and “Excellent.”
“We had 16 ‘Excellent’ ratings, eight ‘Superior’ and one perfect score,” Harris reported. Eighteen teams participated in the five segments of competition.
Also taking in the Olympiad, which began at 9 a.m. and continued until mid-afternoon, were observers from math education classes from Grays Harbor College and six assistants, math students from Hoquiam High School.
The state competition was designed by the Washington State Mathematics Council to meet the standards of the Washington State Essential Academic Learning requirements, Harris said. Tests from the year’s previous state Olympiad are available to individual school districts for competitions like the one in Hoquiam.
Harris said support for the Hoquiam competition came from Harbor establishments, including Grays Harbor Paper, Quigg Bros.-Schermer Inc. Timberland Savings Bank, Grays Harbor College, Wal-Mart, The Daily World, and private individuals.
Each child received a T-shirt, packet of materials, certificate and ribbon, the principal said.
Brian Sterling, president of the Safe Harbor Corp. of Hoquiam, a homegrown group that hopes to establish new industry using the Internet and other new technology, introduced the competition by explaining to the students the value of math and working together in the ”real world.”
Schedule of Events
9:00 to 9:15 - Registration and Introduction
9:30 to 9:50 - Test 1 - Number Sense
9:55 to 10:15 - Test 2 - Measurement
10:20 to 10:40 - Snack and Recess
10:50 to 11:10 - Test 3 - Geometrical Sense
11:15 to 11:35 - Test 4 - Probability and Statistics
11:45 to 12:05 - Test 5 - Algebraic Sense
12:10 to 12:40 - Lunch - Bring a sack lunch or buy pizza for $1.25
12:45 to 1:45 - Math Quiz Bowl, Everyone takes a turn playing
1:45 to 2:15 - Awards Presentation
2:15 - Busses return students to Central and Lincoln
Team Specifications
A teacher may send up to four students, and the teams can be either two, three, or four students.
Ratings
Instead of being ranked against other teams, teams are rated by categories of (From highest on down) Superior, Excellent, Very Good, and Good. Emphasis is on the team's individual performance.
Standards
The Hoquiam Math Olympics uses tests designed by the Washington State Math Council, and meets all the standards for the essential learning requirments.
Tests
The five tests the students take are-
1. Number Sense
2. Spatial Sense
3. Measurement
4. Probability and Statistics
5. Functions and Relationships
Awards
All students who participate will receive certificates, ribbons, and a specially designed T-shirt, donated by local sponsers.
Math Links
National Math Counts Competition
Highline School District Math Program
Wahington State Math Council
Math Quotes
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