Local mathematicians face off at the Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza

Every Highline elementary school has excited and talented mathematicians; two-thirds of them demonstrated this fact at the 2018 Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza on Friday, May 4.  239 students in 4th-, 5^th-, and 6th-grades spilled out of the cafeteria into three overflow classrooms, making it the largest elementary math contest in Highline’s history!  Of course, they hope to be even bigger next year, and the dream is to convince all 19 Highline elementary schools to participate. In the weeks before the contest, many students met with teachers and parent coaches outside of class time to learn topics they hadn’t been exposed to and to familiarize themselves with the test formats.  At the event, students competed in 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 fifteen minutes. After the four events, students and their families enjoyed a dinner break while the scoring room wrapped up its work.  Soon, the awards ceremony began with a Math Star pin for every attendee, shortly followed by the All-That-and-a-Bag-of-Chips award for the highest-scoring student on each team of four, each of which received a bag of chips! Those winners were:

School Name	Student Name	Grade
Beverly Park	Junrou Tran	5
Beverly Park	Natnael Tsehay	5
Beverly Park	Joseph Balcazar	6
Des Moines	Carson Cramer	6
Des Moines	John Diaz	6
Hilltop	Miguel	5
Hilltop	Natasha	5
Hilltop	Sofia	5
Hilltop	Adrien	6
Hilltop	Everardo	6
Hilltop	Isabella	6
Hilltop	Vincent	6
Marvista	Josephine Novick	4
Marvista	Kaitlin Bell	4
Marvista	Lael Mengistu	4
Marvista	Justin Bell	5
Marvista	Zion Cruz	5
Marvista	Madelyn Novick	6
Marvista	Martin Dinh	6
Marvista	Rayana Abdullahi	6
Midway	Kayla Rodriguez Martinz	5
Midway	Leslie Ochoa	5
Midway	Gerardo Garcia	6
North Hill	Audrey Droppelman	4
North Hill	Dale Shockley	4
North Hill	Delilah Al Kaddah-Woltz	4
North Hill	Emma Roberts	4
North Hill	Ethan Driscol	5
North Hill	Forrest Oliverson	5
North Hill	Lily Monahan	5
North Hill	Marcelo Gonzales	5
North Hill	Owen Brown	5
North Hill	Aria Hawkins	6
North Hill	Parker Crawford	6
Parkside	Amelai	5
Parkside	Jon	5
Parkside	Samuel	5
Parkside	Selam	5
Parkside	Vincenzo	5
Parkside	Megumi	6
Parkside	Mia	6
Parkside	Zaki	6
Rainier Prep	Abdoulaye Cisse	5
Rainier Prep	Abdullah Kebbeh	5
Rainier Prep	Katherine Maas	6
Rainier Prep	Siniya Jones	6
Seahurst	Michael Avecilla	4
Seahurst	Oliver Pinkney	4
Seahurst	Alexander Avecilla	5
Seahurst	Briar Rose Ables	5
Seahurst	Daisy Guerrero	5
Seahurst	Lysandra Plant	5
Seahurst	Tatum Swift	5
Seahurst	Cristian Rivera	6
Seahurst	Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero	6
Seahurst	Uzziel Sanchez Lopez	6
Shorewood	Chris Talty	4
Shorewood	Javaris Matthews	5
Shorewood	Eric Nguyen	6
Shorewood	Sarah Berhan	6
Southern Heights	Cassius Springer	6
Southern Heights	Jennifer Thai	6
Southern Heights	Richany Sorm	6
White Center Heights	Mina Aziz	4
White Center Heights	Tiffany Melendez	4
White Center Heights	Abby Hess	5
White Center Heights	Julie Vo	5
White Center Heights	Maddy Hess	6

The next award level was the “Sweet Solvers”, the highest-scoring student in each grade at each school, each of which received a candy bar!  Those winners were:

School Name	Student Name	Grade
Beverly Park	Kameron Thav	4
Beverly Park	Natnael Tsehay	5
Beverly Park	Joseph Balcazar	6
Des Moines	Carson Cramer	6
Hilltop	Natasha	5
Hilltop	Vincent	6
Marvista	Josephine Novick	4
Marvista	Justin Bell	5
Marvista	Madelyn Novick	6
Midway	Kayla Rodriguez Martinz	5
Midway	Gerardo Garcia	6
North Hill	Dale Shockley	4
North Hill	Forrest Oliverson	5
North Hill	Owen Brown	5
North Hill	Aria Hawkins	6
Parkside	Samuel	5
Parkside	Megumi	6
Rainier Prep	Abdullah Kebbeh	5
Rainier Prep	Katherine Maas	6
Seahurst	Oliver Pinkney	4
Seahurst	Daisy Guerrero	5
Seahurst	Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero	6
Shorewood	Chris Talty	4
Shorewood	Javaris Matthews	5
Shorewood	Sarah Berhan	6
Southern Heights	Jennifer Thai	6
White Center Heights	Mina Aziz	4
White Center Heights	Julie Vo	5
White Center Heights	Maddy Hess	6

The third award level is the ten top-scoring individuals in each grade across the district.  They were:

Grade	Division	Place	School Name	Student Name
4	JV	10	White Center Heights	Tiffany Melendez
4	JV	7	White Center Heights	Brian Ho
4	JV	7	Seahurst	Kiya Mang
4	JV	7	Seahurst	Jason Owen
4	JV	6	Seahurst	Renee Jensen
4	JV	5	White Center Heights	Mina Aziz
4	JV	4	Seahurst	Guetty Moita
4	JV	3	Seahurst	Michael Avecilla
4	JV	2	Beverly Park	Kameron Thav
4	JV	1	Seahurst	Oliver Pinkney
4	Varsity	9	North Hill	Audrey Droppelman
4	Varsity	9	Marvista	Alison Rice
4	Varsity	8	Marvista	Lael Mengistu
4	Varsity	7	Marvista	Abigail Yonas
4	Varsity	6	North Hill	Alex Roberts
4	Varsity	5	Marvista	Kaitlin Bell
4	Varsity	4	Marvista	Josephine Novick
4	Varsity	3	North Hill	Dale Shockley
4	Varsity	2	Shorewood	Natasha Hartly
4	Varsity	1	Shorewood	Chris Talty
5	JV	10	Midway	Epriam Mukania
5	JV	10	Beverly Park	Junrou Tran
5	JV	9	White Center Heights	JB Jagolino
5	JV	7	Seahurst	Tatum Swift
5	JV	7	Seahurst	Alexander Avecilla
5	JV	6	Rainier Prep	Abdullah Kebbeh
5	JV	5	Beverly Park	Kaden Truong
5	JV	4	Midway	Kayla Rodriguez Martinz
5	JV	3	Seahurst	Daisy Guerrero
5	JV	2	Beverly Park	Natnael Tsehay
5	JV	1	White Center Heights	Julie Vo
5	Varsity	10	Parkside	Selam
5	Varsity	10	Parkside	Quan
5	Varsity	8	Shorewood	Andrew Dowling
5	Varsity	8	Marvista	Justin Bell
5	Varsity	7	Parkside	Elliott
5	Varsity	6	Parkside	Sophie
5	Varsity	5	Shorewood	Riley Wiggen
5	Varsity	4	Parkside	Amelai
5	Varsity	3	Shorewood	Javaris Matthews
5	Varsity	2	Parkside	Vincenzo
5	Varsity	1	Parkside	Samuel
6	JV	10	Southern Heights	Jaden Gentry
6	JV	9	Beverly Park	Kenneth Thav
6	JV	8	Hilltop	Vincent
6	JV	6	Seahurst	Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero
6	JV	6	Rainier Prep	Mundir Ali
6	JV	5	Rainier Prep	Heba Al-Sheblawy
6	JV	4	Southern Heights	Jennifer Thai
6	JV	3	Rainier Prep	Siniya Jones
6	JV	2	Beverly Park	Joseph Balcazar
6	JV	1	Rainier Prep	Katherine Maas
6	Varsity	10	Parkside	Mia
6	Varsity	8	Shorewood	Samuel Dagmawi
6	Varsity	8	North Hill	Aria Hawkins
6	Varsity	7	Parkside	Ben
6	Varsity	6	Shorewood	Rae Williams
6	Varsity	5	Parkside	Megumi
6	Varsity	4	Shorewood	Eric Nguyen
6	Varsity	3	Shorewood	Maddy Handshew
6	Varsity	2	Shorewood	Sarah Berhan
6	Varsity	1	Marvista	Madelyn Novick

The final award level was the highest-scoring teams in each grade across the district.  They were:

Grade	Div	Place	School Name	Name	Grade	Name	Grade	Name	Grade	Name	Grade
4	JV	4	White Center Heights	Tiffany Melendez	4	Suray Batts	4	Ariana Cortez	4	Janna Al-Janabi	4
4	JV	3	White Center Heights	Kamiah Jackson	4	Arely Contreras	4	Mina Aziz	4	Camila Busio-Hazen	4
4	JV	2	Seahurst	Guetty Moita	4	Jason Owen	4	Oliver Pinkney	4	Renee Jensen	4
4	JV	1	Seahurst	Elan Jo	4	Kiya Mang	4	Michael Avecilla	4	Sabrina Nangonzi	4
4	Varsity	5	Marvista	Zennen Luiz	4	Lael Mengistu	4	Logan Wade	4
4	Varsity	4	North Hill	Audrey Droppelman	4	Grace Hacke	4	Silas Egger	4	Delayni Yashruti	4
4	Varsity	3	Marvista	Kaitlin Bell	4	Alison Rice	4	Abigail Yonas	4
4	Varsity	2	Marvista	Elise Adams	4	Megan Inman	4	Kirsten Marra	4	Josephine Novick	4
4	Varsity	1	North Hill	Dale Shockley	4	Alex Roberts	4	Lilah Nutting	4	Liam Drew	4
5	JV	5	Rainier Prep	Abdoulaye Cisse	5	Alioune Cisse	5	Joshua Mendez	5
5	JV	4	Seahurst	Kevin Guzman	5	Lysandra Plant	5	Tyler Luu	5
5	JV	3	Seahurst	Daisy Guerrero	5	Janette Bonilla	5	Ken Thach	5
5	JV	2	White Center Heights	Meron Abraha	5	JB Jagolino	5	Julie Vo	5	Brian Ho	4
5	JV	1	Seahurst	Alexander Avecilla	5	Besa Hruska	5	Beza Honelign	5	Tatum Swift	5
5	Varsity	5	Parkside	Amelai	5	Sukhman	5	Sophie	5	Miles	5
5	Varsity	4	Parkside	Phillip	5	Vincenzo	5	Elliott	5	Kaiylee	5
5	Varsity	3	Shorewood	Nicholas Warfield	5	Andrew Dowling	5	Javaris Matthews	5	Riley Wiggen	5
5	Varsity	2	Shorewood	Orion Genett	5	Chris Talty	4	Natasha Hartly	4	Evelyn Manning	5
5	Varsity	1	Parkside	Tran	5	Samuel	5	Lexi	5	Quan	5
6	JV	5	Seahurst	Jasmine Delgado-Guerrero	6	Esmeralda Castro Cordero	6	Pablo Palma	6	Tazmin Hanson	6
6	JV	4	Beverly Park	Kaden Truong	5	Natnael Tsehay	5	Josmar Barajas Valdovinos	5	Carlos Murillo Pavon	6
6	JV	3	Beverly Park	Daniel Ly	6	Kenneth Thav	6	Joseph Balcazar	6	Miracle Mason	6
6	JV	2	Rainier Prep	Katherine Maas	6	Katie Tran	6	Justin Castro De Jesus	6	Mundir Ali	6
6	JV	1	Southern Heights	Jaden Gentry	6	Jake Johnson	6	Jennifer Thai	6
6	Varsity	5	Des Moines	Violet Middleton	16	Mischa McGrath	16	Rachel Young	16	Carson Cramer	16
6	Varsity	4	Parkside	Megumi	6	Elijah	6	Ben	6	Victor	6
6	Varsity	3	Shorewood	Samuel Dagmawi	6	Eric Nguyen	6	Aiden Hoang	6
6	Varsity	2	Shorewood	Eyanna Bannister	6	Maddy Handshew	6	Rae Williams	6	Sarah Berhan	6
6	Varsity	1	Marvista	Madelyn Novick	6	Maddy Pittis	6	Emma Le	6

All of the tests for the 2018 Middlementary Math Bonanza were provided by National Assessment & Testing (http://www.natassessment.com), which in addition to this local competition administers four national contests by mail each year in different formats.]]>