8th+Grade+Math+Team+2010-2011

One-liners:
Trigonometry for pig farmers: swine and coswine... The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room. A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer. What's another word for 'thesaurus'? Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. AIBOHPHOBIA: the fear of palindromes. Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. ~Gottfried Leibniz

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 and 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

5th and 6th Grade Math Tournament Participating Schools (as of 3/1/11) 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 School Simmons Middle School St. Pauls Lutheran School Vinemont Middle School Westminster Christian Academy West Elementary School West Point Intermediate School West Point Middle School Whitesburg Christian Academy

GREAT new practice site: [|QUIA Math Practice]
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.[|John Wooden]

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.[|John Wooden]

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
** [|John Wooden] **

** Berry Middle School Math Tournament **
Congrats on a fantastic finish to the year. I was sooooo proud of you all for FINISHING STRONG! You set such a good example for the 7th graders. They have big shoes to fill.

__**Team Results**__ **1st Cullman** 3rd Muscle Shoals
 * 2nd Briarwood **

__**Individual Results**__ 5th Branch 9th Molly 10th Ben Ratliff 15th Claire 18th Gregory 20th Noah 22nd Jackson 28 Ale' 30 Carrie 33rd Seth 41st Laura 45th Michael 53rd Caden 63rd Savannah-Grace
 * 1st Nicholas **
 * 2nd Drake **

= GACS 2011 =


 * __8th Grade Awards__**

**2nd** - Nicholas Fillinger (95 - Great job Nicholas)

10th - Claire Lindsey 78

11th - Molly McLeroy 77

12th - Drake Hollingsworth 75 21st - Ben Ratliff24th - Ben Huser27th - Ale' Kilgo37th - Gregory Flynt50th - Branch Hill59th - Isaac Teichmiller62nd - Seth Donaldson63rd - Connor Lawrence77th - Michael Bentley79th - Carrie Evans86th - Laura Addison98th - Savannah-Grace Holmes101st - Jackson Hill102nd - Devin Mize106th - Caden TrellesNoah Smith - checking on his grade (not on sheet)

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. Not our best day as a TEAM.


 * __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)

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 Middle School (325) 3rd Alabama School of Fine Arts (240) 4th Handley High School (127) 5th Albertville Middle School (121)
 * 1st Cullman Middle School (370)**

__**Individual Awards**__
3rd Drake Hollingsworth (82) 5th Molly McLeroy (79) 6th Claire Lindsey (74) 12th Ben Huser (63) 13th Ben Ratliff (60) 15th Branch Hill (56) 16th Michael Bentley 17th Connor Lawrence 19th Noah Smith 17th Seth Donaldson 19th Ale' Kilgo 31st Laura Addison 32nd Isaac Teichmiller 35th Jackson Hill 47th Gregory Flynt 51st Carrie Evans 57th Caden Trelles 70th Devin Mize 73rd Savannah-Grace Holmes
 * 1st ** Nicholas Fillinger (100) Four students from Pizitz tied with Nicholas for first place overall with 100.

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 (Stix by Galleria)** 2:00 **Awards**
 * Leave CMS by bus at** 6:00 am
 * Eat at Jack's at Dodge City**
 * Ciphering (Algebra I)**
 * Pre-algebra - Ciphering**

=ALA-LA-MISS - 35 question - 30 minute test (Results will be available on April 15)=

3rd Caden (25) 4th Ben Ratliff (22) 5th Michael Bentley (22) Jackson Hill (21) Molly McLeroy (21) Laura Addison (20) Carrie Evans (19) Noah Smith (19) Seth Donaldson (19) Connor Lawrence (19) Branch Hill (19) Ben Huser (18) Claire Lindsey (18) Ale' Kilgo (17) Savannah-Grace (16) Gregory (15) Devin Mize (15) Isaac (15)
 * 1st ** Drake (33) Outstanding score!
 * 2nd ** Nicholas (28)

= Pizitz (in Vestavia Hills) - February 26 =

2nd - Briarwood (259) 3rd - Homewood (229) 4th - Jefferson Middle (200) 5th - Muscle Shoals (148
 * Team Results:**
 * 1st - Cullman (282) **

Individual Results: 3rd - Ben Ratliff 5th - Molly McLeroy 14th - Ben Huser 15th - Drake Hollingsworth 20th - Noah Smith 35th - Jackson Hill 38th - Carrie Evans 44th - Isaac Teichmiller 47th - Claire Lindsey 48th - Seth Donaldson 50th - Gregory Flynt 54th - Ale' Kilgo 58th - Laura Addison 79th - Connor Lawrence
 * 2nd ** - Nicholas Fillinger

__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

Greater Atlanta Christian School - March 18 and 19
Everyone has turned in their permission forms. Thank you. We have 11 chaperones and 44 students attending.

$75 due by March 1 or $115 if your parent is riding the bus and chaperoning.

More details later.

Boaz - First place Team

 * Feb. 12 for 8th Grader**


 * 1st - Drake (72)**
 * 2nd - Claire (70)**
 * 3rd - Ben R. (58)**
 * 4th - Ben H. (53)**
 * 6th - Molly (48)**
 * 7th - Connor (46)**
 * 8th - Branch (41)**
 * 9th - Michael (40.1)**
 * 10th - Isaac (40)**
 * 12th - Carrie (34)**
 * 16th - Gregory (30)**
 * 16th - Caden (30)**
 * 18th - Noah (29)**
 * 20th - Seth (26)**
 * 21st - Laura (26)**
 * 21st - Jackson (26)**
 * 25th - Savannah-Grace (24)**
 * 27th - Ale' (23)**


 * There were 76 Algebra I student participants. Great job by all of the 8th graders! It was a fun day. Any four of our scores plus our ciphering would have placed us in first. Wow! A score of 70 and 72 were very good on this test due to the time constraints.**

6:30 am - Leave from CMS by bus 7:00 am - 7:30 am - Eat at Jack's in Holly Pond 8:00 - 8:30 Registration 9:00 - 10:15 Written Exam 10:15 - 10:45 Refreshments 10:45 - 12:00 Ciphering Lunch 12:00 - 1:30 (Mill Street Deli behind bowling alley) Awards 2:00 Arrive back at CMS around 4:00 pm

**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

6: 15 am **- Leave by bus for Grissom** 7:15 am **- Eat at Chick-fil-A close to Whitesburg Drive in south Huntsville.** 8:00 - 8:30 am **- Registration** 8:45 - 10 am **- Written Test for pre-algebra and Algebra I** 10 am - 10:30 am **- Refreshments** 10:45 - 12:00 am **- Ciphering for pre-algebra and Algebra I** 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm **- Lunch at Parkway Place Mall** 2:00 pm **- Leave Mall** 2:30 pm **- Awards Ceremony (Parents encouraged to attend)**
 * Return to CMS around 4:30 pm**

**8th Grade - 1st place (3rd overall) and 1st in ciphering with 72 points (3rd overall)**

 * 1st Ben H**
 * 4th Drake**
 * 6th Claire**
 * 7th Ben R**
 * 8th Molly**
 * 9th Seth**
 * 11th Connor**
 * 12th Branch**
 * 13th Isaac**
 * 16th Noah**
 * 17th Jackson**
 * 20th Ale'**
 * 28th Gregory**
 * 31st Carrie**
 * 35th Savannah-Grace**
 * 44th Devin**

** McWane 2010 **
Thanks to all parents who camped with us at McWane. What a great time! Thanks to the 8th grade guys for your help with the luggage. Also, thank you to all the students for your good behavior in the auditorium and IMAX. Good character is important at ALL times. What you do influences others, especially the 7th graders. We want to be known for our hard work and good sportmanship. Can't wait til Vestavia! See you all there.

Dec., 11, 2010 - What a GREAT DAY for ** CMS Math Teams **
=== **Vestavia Hills Results** - I could not wait to get home and put the results on for you. To say I am proud of you all is not enough. What an incredible day! We now know what is possible with hard work. I think the game in class this week really helped. You all are the BEST! I'll put the team results of all 27 teams on content by Monday.===

1st - Cullman 440 ( ** 5th out of all 27 schools ** ) First in ciphering with 210, 5th overall
2nd - Muscle Shoals 356 3rd - Hampton Cove 122 4th - Vinemont 116 5th - North Jefferson Middle School 105

Individual (Wow - 10 in top 15, a record)
Drake Hollingsworth - 2nd (64) Nicholas Fillinger 3rd (57) Ben Ratliff 4th (56) Ben Huser 6th (53) Isaac Teichmiller 7th (50) Claire Lindsey 9th (50) Molly McLeroy 10th (49) Seth Donaldson 12th (47) Caden Trelles 13th (41) Gregory Flynt 15th (39) Noah Smith 16th Laura Addison 19th (35) Carrie Evans 22nd (31) Branch Hill 25th (29) Jackson Hill 27th (27) Connor Lawrence 33rd (22) Savannah Holmes 44th (19) Ale' Kilgo 53rd (14)

Mental Math and Speed Math Individual Winners - Nicholas Fillinger and Drake Hollingsworth

Can't wait to celebrate this week, maybe on Tuesday. Remember the Christmas Party is at 6:30 Friday, Dec. 17 at Molly's. Bring a gift and a snack. If you last name starts with A - H bring a sweet snack. If you are K - T bring a savory snack.

__ 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 no parents or coaches allowed in the room. Todd Taylor, the Vestavia sponsor, is a great guy and wanted to try the format that Florida uses. I think our kids will do very well with the format. We had already started Math Attack for review and this format will be similar. We will practice this week. There will be a speed round and mental math round in the ciphering rooms and awards will be given for these competitions also.**

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 - Nov. 6, 2010__
Muscle Shoals - 1st (331 points) Cullman - 2nd (317 points) 5th overall out of 28 teams. Challenger - 3rd (254 points) Homewood - 4th (239 points) Arab Junior High - 5th (137 points) Hampton Cove - 6th (133 points) Fairview - 7th (122 points) Danville - 8th (63 points)


 * 14** points from 1st place.

__ Individual __
Drake - 2nd (80) Excellent Nicholas - 6th (72) Nice job Noah - 8th (66) Congratulations Claire - 9th (64) Congratulations Ben - 17th (58) Molly - 18th (55) Branch - 19th (50)

===Thanks to all of our parents who came out to support us. It was truly a special sight to see so many of you coming to encourage us in the the ciphering competition and at the awards ceremony. I am proud of our kids for their behavior and sportsmanship shown Saturday. You all have raised wonderful, respectful, hardworking young people. We will work diligently to improve each and every tournament. Look forward to seeing you all at Vestavia on Dec. 11! G O B E A R C A T S ! ===

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.**


 * Goody Bags for Cedar Ridge (Nov. 6): Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Fillinger, Mrs. Bentley**
 * Goody Bags for Vestavia (Dec. 11): Mrs. Huser**
 * Goody Bags for Muscle Shoals (Jan. 22): Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Blair**
 * Good Bags for Pizitz (Feb. 26): Mrs. Turner**
 * Goody Bags for Grissom: Mrs. Raney**
 * Goody Bags for Hoover (March 5):**
 * Goody Bags for Berry-Simmons (April 2):**


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

Math Team 2010-2011
“The formula for success is every guy can make a difference for the entire team in whatever his role is. And to do it right, to get it right, is a critical factor in being successful. **//Nick Saban//** The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. **//Joe Paterno//** "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."**~//Thomas Edison//** Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. **//Pat Riley//**

8th Grade Goals for 2010-2011 (from the team members)
Thanks for setting your goals high. You can reach them with lots of hard work, memorization and practice, practice, practice.
 * 1. Help the team place first in every tournament**
 * 2. To be more organized**
 * 3. To make an A each six weeks**
 * 4. Work problems quicker**
 * 5. BEAT PIZITZ (We can do it!)**
 * 6. Win GACS.**
 * 7. Make a 100 on the TTK Test.**
 * 8. Place individually.**
 * 9. To have fun.**
 * 10. To get all the ciphering points at at least one tournament (we have had over 70 so it is possible. Cedar Ridge would be a great tournament to make perfect score)**
 * 11. Memorize more (very important).**

8th Grade Team Members:** //Laura A// //Michael B// //Seth D// //Carrie E// //Nicholas F// //Gregory F// //Branch H// //Jackson H// //Drake H// //Savannah-Grace H// //Ben H// //Ale' K// //Connor L// //Claire L// //Molly M// //Devin M// //Ben R// //Noah S// //Isaac T// //Caden T//

Good Luck 8th Graders! What a great year you had. Looking forward to another stellar year.
No one has ever drowned in sweat. //Lou Holtz// The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. Author Unknown I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. ~Larry Bird Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. [|Arnold H. Glasow]