Surry County Schools

SURRY COUNTY SCHOOLS

NEWS RELEASE

Sonia Dickerson, Director of Communications

P.O. Box 364

Dobson, North Carolina 27017

336/386-8211 Fax: 336/386-4756

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DOBSON — Central Middle School hosted the district MathCounts competition Thursday, January 12, to prepare students for the regional event at Wake Forest University on February 11.

Even though the Meadowview Magnet Middle School team was declared the overall winner of the district competition, all four SCS middle schools will participate at the regional level. Thursday’s event was great practice for all teams.

The competition lasted about two-and-a-half hours, using the same format that will be used at the regionals. Each segment was timed, some done individually and some as a team. Some segments allowed calculators and some did not. Each segment comprised the scoring for individual and team honors.

After three graded segments, the final part was the Countdown Round, which is done in a game show fashion. One student from each team competes to be the fastest to correctly answer each of four problems with a maximum time of 45 seconds, with no calculator. The Countdown Rounddoes not go toward team totals. It’s done for entertainment and bragging rights. Meadowview Magnet Middle also won the Countdown Round!

Congratulations to all teams for a great competition.

See next page for team photos

Meadowview Magnet Middle Team Roster: Austin Cave, Evan Barnard, Will Banfield,Aiden Wilson, Colby Mitchell, and Jacob Mills

Coach: Judea Tarn

Assistant Principal: Matthew White

Central Middle School Team Roster: Wendi Jaime, Laila Vo, Abigail Garza, Kaley Vega, Jordan Westmorland, Gwen Bode, Taylor Peele, Aliyah Nester, and Alan Childress Martinez

Coaches: Phyllis Watson and Martha Manzonelli

Gentry Middle School Team Roster: Nathan Lattimore, Luis Valle, Abby Draughn, James Jessup, Will Danley, Nydia Cabrera, and Arturo Valle

Coach and Assistant Principal: Jenny Alyn Key

Pilot Mountain Middle School Team Roster: Cal Leg, Joey Smith, Joshua Reif, Kevin Blakeney, Brady Ring, Caylen Johnson, Danielle Bowman, Mattie Legg, and Michael Lindley

Coaches: Dorothy Sullivan and Byron Voigt