{"id":3544,"date":"2014-03-18T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2014-03-18T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T20:27:39","slug":"regional-high-school-math-wizzes-shine-at-sau-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2014\/regional-high-school-math-wizzes-shine-at-sau-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional high school math whizzes shine at SAU tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Group<\/a>More than 130 regional high school students competed in the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) Regional Mathematics Contest on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Southern Arkansas University.<\/p>\n

\u201cSAU hosts annually this annual regional tournament to recognize high school students with exceptional mathematics skills\u201d, said Dr. Khalil Dajani, chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at SAU. \u201cThis event serves as a great opportunity to highlight the academic achievements for our region\u2019s young mathematicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dajani welcomed the students at the awards ceremony and told them about SAU\u2019s new Engineering and Computer Game and Animation Design and degree programs. These Computer Game and Animation Design program started in 2013, while the exciting new Engineering program is set to kick off in Fall 2014. These programs serve the state and south Arkansas counties with unique opportunities for students.<\/p>\n

Faculty from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science proctored and graded the competitors\u2019 exams. Faculty participation included Dr. Deborah Kincaid (ACTM Regional Director), Dajani, Dr. Hasan Shehada, Dr. John Hutchens, Dr. Hong Cheng, Beth McDowell and Katie Moe.<\/p>\n

Kincaid announced the award winners for first, second and third from the various mathematics disciplines, including Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry\/Pre-calculus, Calculus and Probability and Statistics.<\/p>\n

Dajani presented the region\u2019s winners with trophies. Students placing first, second or third, along with others from a statewide pool of high scores, will be invited to participate in the state contest. It is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2014, on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.<\/p>\n

Awards winners are as follows:<\/p>\n

Geometry<\/h2>\n

First place:<\/strong> \u00a0Claire Lavoie\/El Dorado High
\nSecond place:<\/strong> Lauryn Bocox\/Arkansas High
\nThird place:<\/strong> \u00a0Hannah Craf\/El Dorado High<\/p>\n

Pre-Calculus\/Trig<\/span><\/h2>\n

First place:\u00a0<\/strong>Hannah McQuerrey\/Arkansas High
\nSecond place:<\/strong> Jon Pardue\/Arkansas High
\nThird place:<\/strong> \u00a0Zac Harrington\/Magnolia High<\/p>\n

Calculus<\/span><\/h2>\n

First place:<\/strong> William Reed\/Arkansas High
\nSecond place:<\/strong> Kayli Tomasheski\/Arkansas High
\nThird place:<\/strong> Mason Rostollan\/Arkansas High<\/p>\n

Statistics<\/span><\/h2>\n

First place:<\/strong> Cat Sampson\/Smackover High
\nSecond place:<\/strong> Sam Zargari\/Smackover High
\nThird place:<\/strong> Bailee Cummings\/Arkansas High<\/p>\n

Algebra II<\/span><\/h2>\n

First place:<\/strong> Martin Boerwinkle\/El Dorado High
\nSecond place:<\/strong> Brycelynn Bailey\/Smackover High
\nThird place:<\/strong> Maxine Williams\/Arkansas High<\/p>\n

Algebra I<\/h2>\n

First place:<\/strong> Micah Haney\/Barton Jr. High
\nSecond place:<\/strong> Precious Dorman\/Smackover
\nThird place:<\/strong> Michaela Matocha\/Barton Jr. High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 130 regional high school students competed in the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) Regional Mathematics Contest on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Southern Arkansas University. \u201cSAU hosts annually this annual regional tournament to recognize high school students with exceptional mathematics skills\u201d, said Dr. Khalil Dajani, chair of the Department of Mathematics… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7753,7758],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-homepage","8":"category-math-and-computer-science","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}