Every Highline elementary school has excited and talented mathematicians, and one-third of them demonstrated this fact at the 2023 Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza, held last month.
In this rebuilding year, 85 students in 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-grades met in the Seahurst cafeteria to play with math. They hope to get back to full strength next year, with all 18 Highline elementary schools participating!
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 the All-That-and-a-Bag-of-Chips award for the highest-scoring student on each team of four, each of whom received a bag of chips! Those winners were:
School Name | Student Name | Grade |
Beverly Park | Elli Thurmon | 5 |
Beverly Park | Markos Biniyam | 5 |
Beverly Park | Nguyen Nguyen | 5 |
Beverly Park | Nora Hill | 5 |
Beverly Park | Sage Crilly | 3 |
Hilltop | Sophalla Nem | 5 |
Hilltop | Vicente Gamez | 4 |
Marvista | Betselot Sisay | 3 |
Marvista | Emmett Ellenberger | 4 |
Marvista | Finn Spillers | 3 |
Marvista | Henry Kirkland | 4 |
Marvista | James Love | 3 |
Marvista | Maxton Snyder | 4 |
Marvista | Sadie Ballast | 4 |
Mount View | Josiah Whitely | 4 |
Mount View | Max Koontz | 3 |
Mount View | Mirah Reguilon | 3 |
North Hill | Angel LomeliGarcia | 5 |
North Hill | Mauricio Suerez | 5 |
North Hill | Noah Talmadge | 4 |
North Hill | Salsabil Choudhary | 5 |
North Hill | Vincent Chung | 4 |
Seahurst | Mia Le | 5 |
Seahurst | Zeidrick Morales | 5 |
Shorewood | Atticus Longieliere | 5 |
Shorewood | Taaknuw Kieu | 5 |
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 | Sage Crilly | 3 |
Beverly Park | Michael Tsegay | 4 |
Beverly Park | Nora Hill | 5 |
Hilltop | Vicente Gamez | 4 |
Hilltop | Sophalla Nem | 5 |
Marvista | James Love | 3 |
Marvista | Henry Kirkland | 4 |
Mount View | Max Koontz | 3 |
Mount View | Mirah Reguilon | 3 |
Mount View | Josiah Whitely | 4 |
North Hill | Noah Talmadge | 4 |
North Hill | Mauricio Suerez | 5 |
Seahurst | Zeidrick Morales | 5 |
Shorewood | Taaknuw Kieu | 5 |
The third award level is the ten top-scoring individuals in each grade across the district. They were:
Grade | Place | Ind Total | School Name | Student Name |
3 | 10 | 11 | Marvista | Harper Sandlin |
3 | 9 | 13 | Mount View | Alex Mejia |
3 | 8 | 14 | Mount View | Mirah Reguilon |
3 | 7 | 14 | Mount View | Max Koontz |
3 | 6 | 14 | Marvista | Veronica Lee |
3 | 5 | 14 | Marvista | Bemnet Shewandagne |
3 | 4 | 15 | Beverly Park | Sage Crilly |
3 | 3 | 17 | Marvista | Betselot Sisay |
3 | 2 | 22 | Marvista | Finn Spillers |
3 | 1 | 26 | Marvista | James Love |
4 | 10 | 17 | North Hill | Noah Talmadge |
4 | 9 | 17 | Marvista | Sadie Ballast |
4 | 8 | 18 | Mount View | Mateo Penor Shaffer |
4 | 7 | 19 | Mount View | Hazel Lommen |
4 | 6 | 20 | Marvista | Emmett Ellenberger |
4 | 5 | 20 | Marvista | Aaron Levy |
4 | 4 | 21 | Marvista | Maxton Snyder |
4 | 3 | 22 | Marvista | Henry Kirkland |
4 | 2 | 23 | Mount View | Nam Nguyen |
4 | 1 | 26 | Mount View | Josiah Whitely |
5 | 10 | 22 | Beverly Park | Nora Hill |
5 | 9 | 22 | Hilltop | Bereket Tareke |
5 | 8 | 22 | Shorewood | Beckett Hansmire |
5 | 7 | 22 | Hilltop | Sophalla Nem |
5 | 6 | 24 | Seahurst | Zeidrick Morales |
5 | 5 | 26 | Shorewood | Eli Moor |
5 | 4 | 27 | Shorewood | Bo Bjordahl |
5 | 3 | 28 | Shorewood | Atticus Longieliere |
5 | 2 | 29 | North Hill | Mauricio Suerez |
5 | 1 | 30 | Shorewood | Taaknuw Kieu |
The final award level was the highest-scoring teams in each grade across the district. They were:
Grade | Place | Total Score | School Name | Name | Gr | Name | Gr | Name | Gr | Name | Gr |
3 | 4 | 23 | Marvista | Harper Sandlin | 3 | Veronica Lee | 3 | Hermon Yones | 3 | Betselot Sisay | 3 |
3 | 3 | 25.66666667 | Marvista | Bemnet Shewandagne | 3 | Finn Spillers | 3 | Pierce Hecker | 3 | ||
3 | 2 | 26.5 | Mount View | Mirah Reguilon | 3 | Alex Mejia | 3 | Max Koontz | 3 | Lucas Mejia | 3 |
3 | 1 | 45.66666667 | Marvista | James Love | 3 | Andrew Apthorp | 3 | Catalina Ruiz | 3 | ||
4 | 5 | 23.5 | North Hill | McKenzie Schlaud | 4 | Christian Anderson | 4 | Vincent Chung | 4 | Auna Eggehorn | 4 |
4 | 4 | 26.5 | Marvista | Jack(son) Mowrey | 4 | Emmett Ellenberger | 4 | ||||
4 | 3 | 27.33333333 | Marvista | Isaac Yohannes | 4 | Maxton Snyder | 4 | Muhammed Jemal | 4 | ||
4 | 2 | 37.66666667 | Marvista | Kaiden Martinelli | 4 | Henry Kirkland | 4 | Aaron Levy | 4 | ||
4 | 1 | 56.75 | Mount View | Nam Nguyen | 4 | Josiah Whitely | 4 | Hazel Lommen | 4 | Mateo Penor Shaffer | 4 |
5 | 5 | 44.33333333 | Beverly Park | Platinum Yok | 5 | Ivy Nguyen | 5 | Nora Hill | 5 | ||
5 | 4 | 46 | North Hill | Kenzie Aker | 5 | David Michael | 5 | Desmond Neal | 5 | Salsabil Choudhary | 5 |
5 | 3 | 75.25 | North Hill | Marshall Fields | 5 | Mauricio Suerez | 5 | Sully Canny | 5 | Sienna Whisman | 5 |
5 | 2 | 79.75 | Shorewood | Bo Bjordahl | 5 | Beckett Hansmire | 5 | Atticus Longieliere | 5 | Eli Moor | 5 |
5 | 1 | 81 | Shorewood | Taaknuw Kieu | 5 | Isaac | 5 |