The SUMday Mathematics Competition was March 31 at Washburn Rural Middle School. More than 240 students from 27 schools and one home school participated.
Fourth-grade winners for Part One were: first, Laura Nicolae, Topeka Collegiate; second, Courtney Beckwith, Topeka Collegiate; and third, Nicole Doughramaji, Pauline South Elementary, and Luke Schnacker, Wanamaker Elementary. Fourth-grade winners for Part Two were: first, Vishnu Vallatharasan, Wanamaker Elementary; second, Cody Loewen, Jay Shiedeler and Doughramaji, Pauline South; and third, Shafeen Hossain, Indian Hills Elementary.
Fifth-grade winners for Part One were: first, Irene Nicolae, Topeka Collegiate; second, Justin Loy, Tecumseh South Elementary; and third, Josh Greene, Topeka Collegiate. Fifth-grade winners for Part Two were: first, Mason Wilkson, Tecumseh South; second, Irene Nicolae, Topeka Collegiate; and third, Johnny Fitzgerald, Tecumseh North.
Sixth-grade winners for Part One were: first, Maria Stoica, Wanamaker Elementary; second, Alix Welch, Topeka Collegiate; and third, Cain Mathis, Topeka Collegiate. Sixth-grade winners for Part Two were first, Brendan Bonavia, Tecumseh South; second, Victoria Hamilton, Tecumseh South; and third, Cain Mathis, Topeka Collegiate.
Seventh-grade winners for Part One and Part Two were: first, Nicky Henriquez, Topeka Collegiate; second, Edward Collazo, Topeka Collegiate; and third, Matt Tobaben, Shawnee Heights Middle School.
Eighth-grade winners for Part One were: first, David Wang, Topeka Collegiate; second, Daniel Kennedy, Topeka Collegiate; and third, Rian Browne, Shawnee Heights Middle School. Eighth-grade winners for Part Two were: first, Wang, Topeka Collegiate; second, Browne, Shawnee Heights Middle School; and third, Matthew Gladfelter, Washburn Rural Middle School.
Topeka West and Leavenworth high schools will compete in the semifinals of the Quest academic contest, which will air at 7:30 p.m. May 10 on KPTS.
Kansas teacher Norman Dale Conrad will take his place among the best teachers in America during a three-day induction into the National Teachers Hall of Fame from June 14-16 in Emporia. A 29-year veteran of the classroom, Conrad teaches social studies and video production at Uniontown High School in Uniontown.
The National Teachers Hall of Fame was founded in Emporia in 1989 to honor elementary and secondary teachers and the teaching profession through a recognition program and museum. Nominees must be certified public or nonpublic schoolteachers, active or retired, with at least 20 years of experience in teaching pre-kindergarten through grade 12.