The Highline School District has some amazing elementary mathematicians, many of which met last Friday at the fifth annual Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza.
Students in 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grades competed on a variety of tests in different formats: an individual test in which students attempted to solve thirty problems in thirty minutes, a mental math test in which individuals tried to solve twenty questions in their head in fifteen minutes, and two team tests (Algebra & Probability and Geometry & Potpourri) in which teams of four students attempted to solve twenty topic-specific problems in twenty minutes.
Although Beverly Park, Bow Lake, Des Moines, Hilltop, McMicken Heights, Midway, and Southern Heights were not able to attend, the other eleven Highline elementary schools were represented at the contest, with all receiving recognition. The first award level was for the highest-scoring student on each team of four:
School Name
Student Name
Cedarhurst
Aidan O’Neill
Cedarhurst
Cooper Geiger
Cedarhurst
Jericho Encomienda
Cedarhurst
Noah Feinberg
Gregory Heights
Chelsea Vorng
Gregory Heights
Emily Vorng
Gregory Heights
Jibril Ali-Halane
Hazel Valley
Kaya Alston
Hazel Valley
Sophia Mitchell
Madrona
Anahi Torres-Mora
Madrona
Dinora Blanco
Madrona
Fredy Castillo
Madrona
Hillary Gonzalez
Madrona
Karen Garcia Castro
Madrona
Kimberly Couary
Madrona
Kudzanai Marunda
Madrona
Lesly Favela
Madrona
Monirah Srong
Madrona
Tri Phan
Marvista
Aisha Osman
Marvista
Ashley Sills
Marvista
Declan O’Grady-Graham
Marvista
Erin Felipe
Marvista
Hannah Ziegler
Marvista
Jordan Belknap
Marvista
Kaedan Wray
Marvista
Lenka Bishoff
Marvista
Mari Pangelinan
Marvista
Natalie Briscoe
Marvista
Nick Ankuta
Marvista
Nicole Pham
Marvista
Rebecca Benderliy
Marvista
Sarah Jenner
Marvista
Tsiyon Solomon
Mount View
Phuc Nguyen
North Hill
Cole Clayton
North Hill
Isaac May
North Hill
Jacob Driscoll
North Hill
Karli Yoshida-Williams
North Hill
Levi Thomas
North Hill
Tin Pham
North Hill
Tony Ngyen
Parkside
John Ho
Parkside
Lucas Scherles
Seahurst
Joemir Nocom
Seahurst
Jonathan Tessandore
Seahurst
Pamela Biniam
Shorewood
Quan Nguyen
White Center Heights
Jose Zambrano
White Center Heights
Kim Huynh
White Center Heights
Vanessa Arcos-Sanchez
The award level was for the highest scoring student in each grade at each school:
School Name
Student Name
Grade
Cedarhurst
Aidan O’Neill
4
Cedarhurst
Jericho Encomienda
5
Cedarhurst
Noah Feinberg
6
Gregory Heights
Emily Vorng
4
Gregory Heights
Jibril Ali-Halane
5
Gregory Heights
Chelsea Vorng
6
Hazel Valley
Sophia Mitchell
4
Hazel Valley
Kaya Alston
5
Madrona
Dinora Blanco
4
Madrona
Kimberly Couary
5
Madrona
Kudzanai Marunda
5
Madrona
Karen Garcia Castro
6
Marvista
Tsiyon Solomon
4
Marvista
Erin Felipe
5
Marvista
Nicole Pham
6
Mount View
Phuc Nguyen
4
North Hill
Tony Ngyen
4
North Hill
Jada Godwin
5
North Hill
Isaac May
6
North Hill
Levi Thomas
6
Parkside
Elindil Gica
4
Parkside
John Ho
5
Seahurst
Jonathan Tessandore
4
Seahurst
Joemir Nocom
6
Shorewood
Quan Nguyen
5
White Center Heights
Kim Huynh
5
White Center Heights
Jose Zambrano
6
The third award level was for the highest-scoring students in each grade across all attending schools:
Grade
Place
Score
School Name
Student Name
4
10
7
North Hill
Tin Pham
4
10
7
Marvista
Tsiyon Solomon
4
8
7
Mount View
Elzira Noga
4
8
7
Hazel Valley
Sophia Mitchell
4
7
8
North Hill
Tony Ngyen
4
6
8
Cedarhurst
Alex Akina
4
5
9
Parkside
Andrew Kubik
4
4
9
Mount View
Phuc Nguyen
4
3
11
Parkside
Elindil Gica
4
2
12
Gregory Heights
Emily Vorng
4
1
14
Cedarhurst
Aidan O’Neill
5
10
7
North Hill
Jada Godwin
5
9
9
Shorewood
Quan Nguyen
5
8
9
Cedarhurst
Tanner Huck
5
6
10
Marvista
Erin Felipe
5
6
10
Cedarhurst
Amber Williams
5
5
11
Parkside
Indjah Malaykhan
5
4
11
Parkside
Marquis Colbert
5
3
12
Cedarhurst
Jericho Encomienda
5
2
17
Parkside
Lucas Scherles
5
1
19
Parkside
John Ho
6
8
12
Cedarhurst
Lucky Ruona
6
8
12
Cedarhurst
Jake Johnson
6
8
12
Cedarhurst
Cooper Geiger
6
7
13
Marvista
Jordan Belknap
6
6
14
Seahurst
Joemir Nocom
6
5
15
Cedarhurst
Alex Lucero
6
4
16
Gregory Heights
Chelsea Vorng
6
3
16
Marvista
Nick Ankuta
6
2
17
Cedarhurst
Noah Feinberg
6
1
17
Marvista
Nicole Pham
The final award level was for the highest-scoring teams of four in each grade across all attending schools:
Grade
Place
Total Score
School Name
Name
Gr
Name
Gr
Name
Gr
Name
Gr
4
5
11.5
North Hill
Karli Yoshida-Williams
4
Avery LaVassar
4
Sage Rice
4
Hallie Crawford
4
4
4
22.8
North Hill
Tin Pham
4
Jake Gwinn
4
Anthony Dodge
4
Donavin Bright
4
4
3
28
Mount View
Emily Cain
4
Phuc Nguyen
4
Manakoniu Kamoto
4
Elzira Noga
4
4
2
31
Gregory Heights
Ariana Fiol
4
Britta Kleitson
4
Emily Vorng
4
4
1
33.8
Cedarhurst
Aidan O’Neill
4
Mussie Dagmawi
4
Alex Akina
4
Gus Evans
4
5
5
26.3
Marvista
Natalie Briscoe
5
Ashley Sills
5
Jake Hanley
5
Russell Bosanko
5
5
4
41
Shorewood
Samantha Argueta
5
Quan Nguyen
5
5
3
46.3
Parkside
Andrew Kubik
4
Lucas Scherles
5
Indjah Malaykhan
5
Andrew Nguyen
5
5
2
46.5
Parkside
Elindil Gica
4
John Ho
5
Peter Hyunh
5
Marquis Colbert
5
5
1
50.5
Cedarhurst
Amber Williams
5
Jericho Encomienda
5
Tiffany Dinn
5
Tanner Huck
5
6
5
42
Cedarhurst
Josie Walker
5
Cooper Geiger
6
Nikki Brose
6
Matthew Benedict
6
6
4
45.8
North Hill
Levi Thomas
6
Sophia
6
Isaac May
6
Krenar Ajdini
6
6
3
55.8
Seahurst
Joemir Nocom
6
Tija Faler
6
Jaden Wong
6
Mimi Turner
6
6
2
56.3
Marvista
Aisha Osman
6
Nicole Pham
6
Jordan Belknap
6
Nick Ankuta
6
6
1
59.8
Cedarhurst
Noah Feinberg
6
Alex Lucero
6
Jake Johnson
6
Lucky Ruona
6
All of the tests for the 2014 Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza were provided by National Assessment & Testing (http://www.natassessment.com), which in addition to this local competition administers four national high school contests by e-mail each year in different formats.]]>