7th+Grade+Math+Team+2010-2011

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Thanks to the following for your generous donations to help with the 5th and 6th grade math tournament:
 * Mullins Body Shop, LLC**
 * Fillinger Foot Clinic**
 * People's Bank of Alabama**
 * Don and Pam Ryan**
 * Russell and Paige Raney**
 * SmartieBritches (Tammy Hill and Ann Couch)**
 * Tony and Kelly Shadix**
 * Knight Griffith, LLP**
 * Farmers Poultry Supply**
 * Family Security Credit Union**
 * North Central Neurology (in memory of William LaGanke)**
 * Cullman Medical & Pediatric Associates**
 * James R. Smith Trucking Co.**
 * Wade and June Bentley**
 * David and Aundrea Kelley**
 * Modernistic Printers, Inc.**
 * Jerry Pierce (Cally's Jet-Pep)**
 * Major and Mrs. Chris Robinson**
 * Lilly, Emmett, Warren and Samuel Hudson**
 * Office Max**
 * Bulletin Board**
 * Carlton's Italian Restaurant**
 * Rumor's Deli and Coffee House**
 * Downtown Grill**
 * Mt Fuji Japanese Restautant**
 * Dairy Queen**
 * Chamblee's Restaurant**
 * Drinkard Developments**
 * J & R Feed Supply**
 * Fairview Florist**
 * Pepsi**

CMS 5th and 6th Grade Tournament participants (as of 2/14/11)
 * Advent Episcopal Day School**
 * Berry Middle School**
 * Cedar Ridge Middle School**
 * Challenger Middle School**
 * Clay Elementary School**
 * Columbia Elementary School**
 * East Elementary School**
 * Fairview Middle School**
 * Falkville School**
 * Good Hope Middle School**
 * Hampton Cove Middle School**
 * Hanceville Middle School**
 * Harmony School**
 * Hibbett Middle School**
 * Holy Family School**
 * Madison Elementary**
 * Mill Creek Elementary School**
 * Rainbow Elementary**
 * Simmons Middle School**
 * St. Pauls Lutheran School**
 * Vinemont Middle School**
 * West Elementary School**
 * West Point Intermediate School**
 * West Point Middle School**
 * Westminster Christian Academy**
 * Whitesburg Christian Academy**

** Berry Middle School Math Tournament **
__**Team Results**__
 * 1st Muscle Shoals **
 * 2nd Cullman **

__**Individual Results**__ 16th Clay 22nd Ethan 24th Madelyn 28th Austin 29th Peyton 31st Hope 35th Camille 36th Conner 41st Seth 52nd Libby 60th David 63rd Levi 65th Luke 66th Emily 91st Branch 92nd Bryeleigh Tres
 * 5th Will**
 * 7th Emma**
 * 8th Noah**
 * 10th Andy**

= GACS 2011 =

**__8th Grade Awards__** **2nd** - Nicholas Fillinger (95 - Great job Nicholas) 10th - Claire Lindsey 78 11th - Molly McLeroy 77 12th - Drake Hollingsworth 75 Great job ciphering (1st overall with 305 - much higher than last year), but we needed a couple of higher test scores to make up the only 11 points we lost to Chamblee.

**__7th Grade Awards__** ** 2nd ** - Ethan Kelley (100.2 Fantastic!) 9th - Hope Mason (95) 11th - Will Raney (95) 11th - Seth Swalve (95) 14th - Branch Knight (95) 16th - Andy Robinson (90) 16th - Madelyn Hudson (90) 19th - Tres Frankham (90) 25th - Camille March (86) 26th - Taiya Ponder (86) 27th - David Turner (86) 29th - Emma Hicks (85) 30th - Clay Stephens (85) 32nd - Noah Shadix (85) 33rd - Peyton Blair (85) 37th - Luke Oakley (80) 46th - Emily Dale (75) 48th - Libby Burroughs (73) 49th - Levi Clay (71) 50th - Bryeleigh Davis (71) 58th - Marissa Shutt (67) 64th - Emily Mullins (65)

I am so proud of your scores. There were 93 participating so you all did great!

Terrific job on your tests. We had one 100, five 95's, and four 90's. We just needed a few more ciphering points to place 1st.

TEAM Awards - 2nd overall in 7th and 8th grades.

1 Chamblee 710 ** + 25 ** 3 Westminster 628 4 Peachtree 596 5 Providence Christian 546 6 Immaculate Heart of Mary 490 7 St. Luke 455 8 St. John 395 9 Tatnall 390 10 Eastside 330 11 GACS 268 12 Individual 100
 * __7th Grade__**
 * 2 Cullman 685 **

__**8th Grade**__ 1 Chamblee (641)** + 11 ** 3 Westminster (478) 4 St. John (377) 5 Peachtree Charter (350) 6 Tattnall Square (348) 7 Five Forks (347) 8 Providence Christian (282) 9 St. Luke (256) 10 Eastside (175) 11 Crews (171) 12 GACS (165) 13 Individual (65)
 * 2 Cullman (630) **

Thank you to all our parents that came to support us. Also, thanks to the 8th boys and parents for making the trip over after the ballgame. I appreciate your behavior. Merle was bragging on you all and said thanks for the tip.

I hope everyone had a good time. We'll work hard to place 1st next year. We needed higher test scores in 8th and higher ciphering in 7th. Great job on the test by the 7th graders.

__Team__
2nd Muscle Shoals (306) 3rd Albertville Middle (261) 4th Brookwood Middle (157) 5th Centre Middle (107)
 * 1st Cullman Middle (315)**

__Individual Awards__
5th Libby Burroughs (62) 6th Ethan Kelley (62) 7th Noah Shadix (61) 8th Emma Hicks (59) 13th Emily Dale (56) 14th Andy Robinson (56) 18th David Turner 19th Tres Frankham 20th Marissa Shutt 21st Austin Tankersley 22nd Madelyn Hudson 25th Peyton Blair 28th Camille Marsh 33rd Levi Clay 41st Seth Swalve 42nd Luke Oakley 55th Clay Stephens 59th Bryeleigh Davis 64th Emily Mullins 69th Taiya Ponder 80th Conner Stevens
 * 2nd ** Will Raney (66)

Hoover High School
8:00 - 8:30 am **Registration** 8:45 - 10:00 **Pre-algebra - Test** 10:00 - 10:30 **Refreshments** 10:30 - 11:45 **- Algebra I Test** 11:45 - 1:30 pm **Lunch (probably Stix)** 2:00 **Awards**
 * Leave CMS by bus at** 6:00 am
 * Eat at Jack's at Dodge City**
 * Ciphering (Algebra I)**
 * Pre-algebra - Ciphering**

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= = Pizitz (in Vestavia Hills) - February 26 =

1st - Homewood (264) 3rd - Jefferson Middle (221) 4th - Briarwood (190) 5th - Muscle Shoals (158)
 * Team Results:**
 * 2nd - Cullman (252) **

Andy Robinson - 2nd Will Raney - 3rd Peyton Blair - 13th Noah Shadix - 14th Austin Tankersley - 22nd Madelyn Hudson - 24th Hope Mason - 26th Marissa Shutt - 31st Seth Swalve - 38th Branch Knight - 39th Camille Marsh - 45th Tres Frankham - 46th Ethan Kelley - 51st David Turner - 63rd Clay Stephens - 76th Libby Burroughs - 88th Taiya Ponder - 93rd Levi Clay - 112th
 * Individual results:**

__Schedule__ Leave from CMS at **6:00 am** on bus (bus #08-08) 6:30 – 7:00 (Eat at Jack’s at Dodge City) 8:00 - 8:30 Registration 8:30 - 9:45 **7th and 8th Grades Written Test** 8:30 - 9:45 6th Grade Ciphering (gym) 9:45 - 10:15 Refreshments (lunchroom) 10:15 - 11:30 6th Grade Written Test 10:15 - 11:30 **7th and 8th Grades Ciphering** (gym)( ** meet on bus at 11:30 ** ) 11:30 – 1:55 Lunch Break (Brookwood Mall) **Bus will leave at 1:55 pm.** 2:30 - 3:00 Awards (Gym) Return to CMS around 4:30 pm

**March 18 - 19**

 * Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, GA**


 * Staying at the Hyatt-Place Hotel on Venture Parkway in Duluth, GA**


 * We will be leaving on March 18 around lunch and spend the night at the Hyatt Place.**


 * The tournament is on Saturday, March 19 at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross, GA.**


 * Return to Cullman around 6:30 - 7:00 pm on Saturday, March 19.**

ALA-LA-MISS Test - 35 Question - 30 minute test (results from the tri-state region will be available on April 15.
1st Emily Dale (27 - well done Emily) 2nd Noah Shadix (25) 2nd Andy Robinson (25) 3rd Emma Hicks (23) 3rd Hope Mason (23) 4th Austin Tankersley (21) Ethan Kelley (20) Clay Stephens (20) Branch Knight (20) Will Raney (20) Camille March (19) Bryeleigh Davis (19) Peyton Blair (19) Libby Burroughs (19) Madelyn Hudson (18) Taiya Ponder (17) Conner Stevens (17) Tres Frankham (17) David Turner (16) Luke Oakley (15) Emily Mullins (15) Marissa Shutt (15) Seth Swalve (15) Levi Clay (15)

**7th Grade Individual Winners out of 25**
Emma Hicks Noah Shadix Branch Knight Hope Mason Will Raney Seth Swalve Peyton Blair

**8th Grade Individual Winners out of 25**
Nicholas Fillinger Claire Lindsey Drake Hollingsworth Branch Hill Michael Bentley Gregory Flynt Molly McLeroy Laura Addison Ben Huser Ben Ratliff

**7th Grade - 1st place (3rd overall) and 1st in ciphering with 25 points (3rd overall)**

 * 1st Will**
 * 4th Madelyn**
 * 6th Noah**
 * 14th Emma**
 * 15th Libby**
 * 19th Peyton**
 * 23rd Marissa**
 * 24th Hope**
 * 27th Seth**
 * 28th Bryeleigh**
 * 30th Levi**
 * 31st Andy**
 * 34th Ethan**
 * 35th Austin**
 * 40th Camille**
 * 41st Clay**
 * 44th David**
 * 46th Taiya**
 * 53rd Branch**
 * 58th Luke**
 * 73rd Emily**
 * 84th Conner**

Berry Middle School (Hoover) Last tournament of the year! Let's finish STRONG!
April 2

=**Vestavia - Very Impressive Overall Results**= == **7th Grade takes 1st place Vestavia Hills High School math tournament. Terrific job guys! I am so proud of you and the way you have worked this week. We now know what is possible. Keep working just as hard for Muscle Shoals and Pizitz. Remember, your ACT is coming up on Feb. 12. You can go to ACT.org for five practice math tests.** ==

Vestavia Team Results
===**Cullman Middle School - 1st (295) From 4th at Cedar Ridge to 1st at Vestavia - Incredible! Can't wait to see what you all can do at Muscle Shoals, Grissom and Pizitz. Enjoy the holidays and we will begin practice the first week we are back in school)**===

**Individual Results (7 in top 10)**

 * Hope Mason 1st (47)**
 * Noah Shadix 2nd (47)**
 * Ethan Kelley 4th (43)**
 * Austin Tankersley 5th (43)**
 * Emily Dale 9th (34)**
 * Madelyn Hudson 11th (33)**
 * Libby Burroughs 12th (33)**
 * Seth Swalve 16th**
 * Andy Robinson 17th**
 * Branch Knight 26th**
 * Luke Oakley 29th**
 * Tres Frankham 33rd**
 * Taiya Ponder 35th**
 * Bryeleigh Davis 36th**
 * Conner Stevens 40th**
 * Emily Mullins 49th**
 * Emma Hicks 53rd**
 * Levi Clay 54th**
 * Camille Marsh 63rd**
 * Peyton Blair 77th**
 * David Turner**
 * Marissa Shutt and Joseph French must make up tests before I have final grades for the tournament.**

Speed Math and Mental Math Individual Winners - Noah Shadix, Hope Mason and Emma Hicks


 * Peyton and David's scores were left off. Other schools said they had students left off. I apologize for their error and will call Monday to see if they can score them. They are probably sitting on a shelf somewhere. This happened at Berry Middle School next year. If they place they will send trophies later.**

__ Vestavia Schedule __
6:00 am ** Meet in front of Cullman Middle to board bus ** 6:30 – 7:00 ** Eat breakfast – Chick-fil-A on Walker's Chapel Road ** 8:00 ** Registration – **Front Lobby 8:45 – 10:00 ** – Ciphering/Speed Math/Mental Math (7th and 8th Grades) in **Testing Rooms 10:00 – 10:30 ** – Refreshments – **Cafeteria 10:30 – 11:45 ** – Written Test (7th and 8th Grades) in **Testing Rooms 11:45 – 1:30 pm ** – Lunch at **Brookwood Mall 2:00 – ** Awards **– Old Gym

Parents, please join us for the awards. **The kids will be in the testing room for the test AND ciphering. There will be a speed round and mental math round in the ciphering rooms.**

Ciphering format **- 4 questions will be written on 4 different pages. Each student will have 5 minutes per page. We will practice that this week. **

Mental Math Format **- 15 minutes to work 50 problems. All problems must be worked mentally. Students MUST do the test in pen, which will be provided by Vestavia. You may make NO marked on the test other than the answer or the test will be thrown out. You CANNOT even mark out wrong answers. **

Speed Math Format **- 25 minutes to work 75 problems. This test must be done in pencil. Scratch work and erasures are allowed, but no scratch paper will be provided.**

**Cedar Ridge Results**
1st - Homewood (281) 2nd - Muscle Shoals (254) 3rd - Challenger (240)

4th - Cullman (233)
5th -Arab Junior High (193) 6th - Fairview Middle School (62) 7th - Danville (36)

Will Raney - 7th Place (Congratulations) Noah Shadix - 10th Place (Congratulation) Emma Hicks - 13th Place Austin Tankersley - 15th Place

Ciphering - 2nd place 27 points
(Congratulations to Noah, Will, Emma and Andy) Muscle Shoals had first with 31.

Thanks to all of our parents that came to support us Saturday. Our success depends on your encouragment and the kids hard work. We will continue to improve and move up in the rankings. We will be working specifically on the tests. Our ciphering was very good considering the difficult problems. You have terrific children. I am proud of their sportsmanship Saturday.

48 more points for 1st place. It will take lots of hard work to be ready for Vestavia and Muscle Shoals. Who will step up to the plate? I know you will.

Individual Results
Will Raney - 7th Congrats Noah Shadix - 10th Congrats Emma - 13th (so close) Austin - 15th (so close)

We will need 4 to 5 in the top ten to place first. You guys have so much potential and I am so proud of you for working so hard. If everyone only got three more questions correct we would have won. Just three questions. I believe there are great things to come for you at Vestavia and Muscle Shoals. Keep your hand to the plow (your parents can explain that one to you).

Worth Watching **- [|Coach John Wooden on Success]**
 * I found this link on Randolph School's website. On June 4, legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden passed away at the age of 99. The video in around 17 minutes and is Coach Wooden's talk on success. I have always enjoyed his quotes and believe as he does that your preparation is key to success.**

**__Math Team 2010 - 2011__**

 * Goody Bags for Cedar Ridge: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Fillinger, Mrs. Bentley (Thank you. We really enjoyed the snacks on the way back from Cedar Ridge. Those are our favorite pencils)**
 * Goody Bags for Vestavia: Mrs. Huser**
 * Goody Bags for Muscle Shoals: Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Blair**
 * Goody Bags for Grissom: Mrs. Raney**
 * Good Bags for Pizitz: Mrs. Turner**
 * Goody Bags for Hoover:**
 * Goody Bags for Berry-Simmons:**


 * Let Mrs. Sellers know if you would like to help with goody bags for the kids (44). We include two pencils, gum, fruit snacks, crackers, etc.**

__7th Grade Math Team Goals for 2010-2011 by the team members (Thanks for setting your sights high!)__
1. The whole team to do their best. 2. To win ALL the tournaments. 3. To help my team. 4. Everybody place in a tournament 5. Learn new things. 6. Make new friends. 7. Make all A's. 8. Have fun. 9. Beat Pizitz. 10. Make over 90 on the math tournament test. 11. Win! 12. Place first in ciphering at every tournament. 13. Remember all the Things to Know. 14. Spend time with your friends. 15. Make top 10.

=__MATH TEAM 2010 - 2011__=

__// Welcome new math team members: //__
//Peyton B// //Libby B// //Levi C// //Emily D// //Bryeleigh D// //Tres F// //Emma H// //Madelyn H// //Ethan K// //Branch K// //Camille M// //Hope M// //Emily M// //Luke O// //Taiya P// //Will R// //Andy R// //Noah S// //Marissa S// //Clay S// //Conner S// //Seth S// //Austin T// //David T//

__Organization of Math Team Notebook__
Dividers: Put Calendar at front of notebook Section 1 - Class Assignments Section 2 - Things to Know (changing bases, order of operations, math team review, integers so far) Section 3 - Tournament Tests (Wallace 2005 so far) Section 4 - Ciphering

June 14 and 15 - Math Camp
Thanks for a great two days! You all did a great job. Remember to organize your notebooks and look through the Links on this site, tutorials, math glossaries, classzone.com, aaamath.com, etc.

Math Team Ciphering Practice:

 * Thursday and Friday mornings from 7:00 - 7:40 am. ** The first bell will ring at 7:40 and you will have 10 minutes to get ready for first period. We will always finish by 7:40 am. Points will be totaled from each morning practice. These practices along with our class time puts us on the track for success. Without the morning practices, we would not have won as many ciphering competitions as we have. Usually the winner in ciphering is in the top 3 at the tournaments.

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The math teamers with the most points will travel to the tournaments if there is a limit of students. For many of the tournaments, all members will attend. There will be a couple of tournaments where we will only be able to take 15 to 20. Also, I will send a breakfast list out when school starts. We will have breakfast together on Thursday and Friday practices. Having breakfast together gives us time to relax and fellowship with one another.======

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