AWM students shine at Regional Math Competition
Top finishers qualify for ACTM State Contest in April
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“You want to get up early on a Saturday and do some extra math work?” is not a question you’d get very many high school students to say “Yes” to, but the Academies of West Mem-
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AWM students who gave up their Saturday morning to compete at the Regional Math Competition at the Academies of West Memphis.
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phis had more than two dozen students to do just that.
'We are so proud of our 28 students who competed in the 2023 Regional Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) Math Contest on Saturday, March 4,' said Stacy Sharpe, AWM Math teacher.
Of the 28 who competed, 11 came away with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals, and 11 received honorable mention (HM) honors:
Mary Grace Duncan – 1st Place Angel Warren 2nd Christian Burnett – 3rd Place Ja'Kayla Beason – HM
Statistics Grace Winter – 1st Place Abigail Bolton – 2nd Place Makenzie Pitts – 3rd Place
Precalculus
Alena Patel – 1st Place Ashley Thomas – 2nd Place Emma Fleming – 3rd Place Terra Hardin – HM Taylor Hunt – HM Shameria Johnson – HM William Tennison – HM
Algebra II
Tristan Burnett – 1st Place DeAntwon McGhee – 2nd Place Alanna Patterson – 3rd Place Cassie Davis – HM A'mya Gist – HM Aaron Matthews – HM Octavian Pryor – HM Gabrieal Taylor – HM Students who placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place will receive invitations to compete in the ACTM State Math Contest April 29 at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.
