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State-bound mathletes recognized
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From left, Jill Copenhaver (eighth-grade coach), Laura Montano, Ashley Breeden, Anne Francis, Emma Rigby and Kimberly Bunch (sixth- grade coach), along with Gunnar Petersen, will represent Quincy at next month’s MATHCOUNTS state competition.
Quincy’s student-mathletes are counting on a good performance at next month’s state competition.
On Feb. 20, 15 Quincy students competed in the MATHCOUNTS regional competition at Foothills Middle School in Wenatchee. Eight sixth-grade students and seven eighth-grade students competed against
several other schools in four rounds of mathematics problem solving. Anne Francis took fourth place in the individual competition and fellow sixth-grader Gunnar Petersen won third place.
Both students will compete as individuals at the state MATHCOUNTS competition in Redmond on March 20.
“We are so proud of all of our mathletes,” said Kimberly Bunch, coach of the sixth- grade team.
In addition, the eighth-grade team of Anne Francis, Laura Montano, Emma Rigby and Ashley Breeden won second place in the team division and will also compete at the state championship competition.
“Students put in a lot of hours practicing and getting ready for this competition,” said Jill Copenhaver, the eighth-grade coach. “Their hard work really paid off.”
Along with the students that earned a spot at the state competition, Shayla Appling, Elizabeth Nielson, Hamilton Hyer, Paige Francis, Kaitlin Ramsey, Bradly Simmons and Ryan Winkler competed on the sixth-grade teams. Antonia Valenzuela, Luis Perez and Gilberto Avalos competed on the eighth-grade team.
The mathletes and coaches were honored with a short presentation at Tuesday’s school board meeting. “This is a special event,” said superintendent Burton Dickerson. “The program is lending authenticity to our math programs and yielding some good results for our schools.”
• At the meeting, Dickerson announced that Pioneer Elementary School principal Donna Kiehn had tendered a letter of resignation/retirement, effective at the end of the school year
Kiehn’s husband, Ken, had announced his resignation from his job at Quincy Valley Medical Center the day before.
“It’s a difficult bit of news to accept,” Dickerson said. “I want to acknowledge all the good work she has done for the district. We’re certainly going to miss her.”
