Discovery Math Team takes first-place status at Grissom tourney
The Discovery Math Team includes Kim Dang, front from left, Chima Ugwuegbulam, Meenu Bhooshanan, Misa Ito, Aditi Limaye, Justin Byers, Warren He, Joshua Byers. Bernadette Parsons, center from left, Corey Tolbert, David Li, Taylor Beall, Marshall Wu, Alan Grissom, Kate Newberry. Sean Lee, back from left, Douglas Zhang, Tony Tian, Shantanu Kadam, Arnav Mathur and Jack Harbin. (CONTRIBUTED)
MADISON – The Discovery Middle School Math Team proved their adept skills with several top honors at the 27th annual Grissom High School Math Tournament.
Grissom held the tournament in the Davidson Center at the U. S. Space and Rocket Center on Jan. 13. Math teacher Julie Goldston coaches the Discovery team.
Discovery’s seventh-grade team in pre-algebra won first place in the large school division. Students winning individual awards were David Li, first place; Joshua Byers, third; Corey Tolbert, fourth; Justin Byers, sixth; and Jack Harbin, thirteenth.
Nabbing another first-place honor was Discovery’s algebra 1 team. In the individual awards, Aditi Limaye reached the top level by winning first place.
Other place winners in algebra 1 from Discovery were Tony Tian, second place; Alan Grissom, third; Shantanu Kadam, fourth; Warren He, fifth; Sean Lee, sixth; and Kim Dang, eleventh.
In team results for pre-algebra for the large schools, Discovery compiled a total score of 435.5. The total included four tests with scores of 100, 96, 96 and 82, along with a ciphering score of 62.
In comparison to another local school, Challenger Middle School in Huntsville had a total score of 318.5. Challenger’s test scores were 87, 74, 71 and 65, along with 22 in ciphering.
In algebra 1, Discovery’s total score was 452 74. Challenger earned third place with a total of 260.
Along with pre-algebra and algebra I, other categories of discipline in the tournament were geometry, algebra II and comprehensive. Schools could enter any number of students.
All students participated in both written exam and ciphering competition. For all levels, students were required to be enrolled in or have completed the mathematics class for that particular category. In addition, they weren’t allowed to be enrolled or have completed a higher level course in math.
