Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Neighbors | Submitted.Holy Family students, from left, (front) Katherine Kali, Michael Appugliese, Michelle Hanna and Rebell Strollo showed off the trophies they won with teachers (back) Marilyn Hammerton and Jean Wargo. The students competed at the EOCTM Math Competition at Austintown Fitch High School April 2.
Three Holy Family students won their respective competitions during the EOCTM Math Competition at Austintown Fitch High School April 2.
Fourth-grader Katherine Kali placed first in the geometry category and classmate Michael Appugliese earned first place in the mental math category. Fifth-grader Rebell Strollo finished first in mental math and classmate Michelle Hanna came in second in numbers and number relations.
The quartet were part of a group of 14 Holy Family students from Jean Wargo and Marilyn Hammerton’s classes who put their math skills to the test at the event. Other Holy Family students who participated in this competition were Simone Izzo, Luke Stoeber, Andrew Testa, Christopher Masternick, Paul Graziano, Victor DiTomasso, Kirsten Joss, Jacob Ovaska, Michael Masternick and Christopher Perry.
The children competed against more than 250 students in grades four through six in the Eastern Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics events.
There were four rounds of problems solving in five categories, including geometry, numbers, number relations, data analysis, probability, calculators and mental math. Each participant had 12 minutes to complete each round and students with the top three scores in each category within their grade level received an award.