On April 7 Daybreak Elementary is starting what school officials hope will be a long running tradition for the school. The elementary school is going to be hosting a math Olympiad.
There will be 10 schools involved in the program. Each school has individuals and teams participating in the all day event. The students will be able to really hone their math skills throughout the day.
"As this is the first time Daybreak is doing this, we hope we will get positive feedback and will be able to do it again," Katherine Harbaugh, the Olympiad coordinator, said.
"We are all very excited," Christie Despain, a reading specialist at Daybreak Elementary, said. The school community council has also given full support to the efforts of the Olympiad.
The Olympiad is in conjunction with a program offered in New York State. The Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools has been actively helping students with their math and problem solving skills for the past 32 years.
The program aims to build a greater excitement about problem solving and to help strengthen an understanding of math and improve the preparation for later studies.
MOEMS was organized to help enhance the reputation of schools and to provide opportunities for students to progress.
While Daybreak Elementary is hosting the event, they have invited all of the other elementary schools in the Jordan School District to participate. There will also be some charter schools participating.
These schools include Jordan Ridge Elementary, Westland Elementary, North Star Academy, Providence Hall, Copper Canyon, Hayden Peak, Mountain Shadows, Columbia Elementary, and South Jordan Elementary.
There will be 185 students participating in the event. Each of these students will be able to participate on an individual level as well as in a team of five students.
Each team will be evaluated on the individual scores as well as that of the team. There will be trophies for the top three teams and the top three individuals. These will be presented as the final activity of the day.
The actual math competitions will be held in the school's gym and there will be reviews held in the community center that is attached to the school. If there are ties, those will be assessed after all of the other competitions and right before the awards are given out.
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There will be 10 schools involved in the program. Each school has individuals and teams participating in the all day event. The students will be able to really hone their math skills throughout the day.
"As this is the first time Daybreak is doing this, we hope we will get positive feedback and will be able to do it again," Katherine Harbaugh, the Olympiad coordinator, said.
"We are all very excited," Christie Despain, a reading specialist at Daybreak Elementary, said. The school community council has also given full support to the efforts of the Olympiad.
The Olympiad is in conjunction with a program offered in New York State. The Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools has been actively helping students with their math and problem solving skills for the past 32 years.
The program aims to build a greater excitement about problem solving and to help strengthen an understanding of math and improve the preparation for later studies.
MOEMS was organized to help enhance the reputation of schools and to provide opportunities for students to progress.
While Daybreak Elementary is hosting the event, they have invited all of the other elementary schools in the Jordan School District to participate. There will also be some charter schools participating.
These schools include Jordan Ridge Elementary, Westland Elementary, North Star Academy, Providence Hall, Copper Canyon, Hayden Peak, Mountain Shadows, Columbia Elementary, and South Jordan Elementary.
There will be 185 students participating in the event. Each of these students will be able to participate on an individual level as well as in a team of five students.
Each team will be evaluated on the individual scores as well as that of the team. There will be trophies for the top three teams and the top three individuals. These will be presented as the final activity of the day.
The actual math competitions will be held in the school's gym and there will be reviews held in the community center that is attached to the school. If there are ties, those will be assessed after all of the other competitions and right before the awards are given out.
By Alisha Tondro for The South Valley
Published in April 2011 in Riverton, Utah
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