Stellar Day at Vestavia!

What a STELLAR day at the Vestavia Hills Math Tournament for the 7th and 8th grade math teams.  Both teams had their best tournament of the year.  The 7th grade placed 2nd by only 5 points (one question).  I am so proud of the hard work by the 7th grade.  By the time Pizitz gets here on Feb. 2, I would bet this team will come away with their first FIRST place trophy.  They also won the ciphering competition 145-115 against Muscle Shoals.  Such improvement since Muscle Shoals and what about Julien's 2nd place trophy.  Great job!

The 8th graders had their very BEST day in the two years that they have been competing.  Looking at all those thirteen names on the wall was so exciting.  Your hard work in class, on Monday afternoons and at home make all the difference.  What you do at home is just as important as what you do in class and I know you realize that now.  You are 3-0 and the sky is the limit for Pizitz, Albertville, Hoover, GACS and Berry. Congratulations to Kate and Victoria for their first trophies of the year.  Great job by ALL!

Congrats to Anna Carol (10th) and Katie (15th) for placing on the mental math test.  It was tough competition.  They placed in the top 15 out of 285 students. Nice job!

Johnny Manziel talked about the 12th man in his Heisman speech.  Our parents are definitely our 12th man on Saturdays.  It is so nice to look around and see the many, many parents (30 out of 42 students represented today) and siblings at the awards ceremony.  You all are one of the main reasons for our success.  Thanks for your encouragement to me and to your child to do their very best.  Thanks to Mrs. Fillinger, Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Seymore for the very nice goody bags.  A great day of math and fun today!

Julien, Mallory, Carley adn Eli - top 4 at Vestavia - Team places 2nd

First Place and 13 out of 15 awards.  Bringing the hardware back to CMS!

 

8th Grade Team - First Place
1st - Cullman 445 (215 ciphering) 6th place overall out of 34
2nd - Muscle Shoals 304 (155 ciphering)
3rd - Rock Quarry183 (75 ciphering)
4th - North Jefferson 178 (75 ciphering)
5th - Advent Episcopal 142 (45 ciphering)
6th - Hampton Cove
7th - Shades Mountain
8th - McAdory
9th - Calera Middle
10th - Fultondale
11th - Our Lady of the Valley Catholic School
12th - Fort Payne

Individual
Katie 1st
Ann Carol 2nd
Jake 3rd
Anna 4th
Carter 5th
Mitchell 6th
Tucker 8th
Kate 10th
Drew 11th
Brooke 12th
Collin 13th
Victoria 14th
Ben 15th
Callie 16th
Kacie 30th
Noah 35th
Caroline 36th
Lydia 43rd
Garrison 72nd
Cole 84th


7th Grade Team - Second Place
1st Muscle Shoals 271 (115 ciphering)
2nd Cullman 266 (145 ciphering ) (11th out of 34 overall)
3rd Hampton Cove 158 (85 ciphering)
4th Rock Quarry 107 (55 ciphering)
5th Shades Mountain 76 (40 ciphering)
6th Brighton
7th North Jefferson
8th Our Lady of the Valley Catholic School
9th Oak Grove
10th Calera

Individual
Julien Chalkley 2nd
Carley Byerley 8th
Mallory Johnson  10th 
Eli Wilhite 13th
Mallory Harper 18th
Kacy Burroughs 19th
Cameron Cottingham 20th
Colby Hutson 23rd
Sam Lowery 24th
Jordan Ray 29th
Nik Hartwig 33rd
Bailee Ponder 34th
Madison Hunkeapillar 36th
Ian Messersmith 38th
Conner Burnham 40th
Tucker Adkison 42nd
Josh Raney 46th
Clay Conway 49th
Fletcher Jennings 51st
Trevor Richards 57th
Kathryn Shadix 58th

High School Awards
Geometry - Will Raney 14th (Team 2nd)
Algebra II - Nicholas 2nd, Ben R. 3rd, Molly 4th, Branch 6th, Drake 7th, Ben H. 11th (Team 1st)
Comprehensive - Jesse 4th, Zach 5th, Jackson 11th, Allie Weir 15th (Team 2nd)