Great Day at GACS!

What a great trip to Norcross, GA for the Greater Atlanta Christian School Math Tournament!  There were 41 math teamers and 13 chaperones on the bus as well as 11 other parents that made the trip with us.  So nice to have our parents (24, wow) with us.  It was a fun trip all the way around, from the breakfast at Cracker Barrell to the Malibu Grand Prix and the trips to the Mall of Georgia and Discover Mills.  All the kids seemed to have a great time together.  The Hyatt Place was very nice and our bus driver, Mr. Ken, was just fantastic.  He was really bragging on our group and wants to drive us over next year.  We were in his Top 5 trips since 1993.  Pretty good, huh?

Congratulations to Peyton Blair and Tucker Franey for their first trophies of the year.  You all did just a super job.  We will take off the next two weeks to rest up and FINISH STRONG at Berry Middle School on April 14.  We'll leave at 6 am, eat breakfast, test and cipher, go to the Galleria for lunch and then back for awards.  Let's make it a terrific finale.

Practice starts back on March 27 for 8th grade and March 29 for 7th grade.  If you had breakfast those days we are not coming from March 12 - 23 you can still bring something to class if you want to.  Or you do not have to bring at all.  It is up to you.

7th Grade Math Team Places 1st at Greater Atlanta Tournament

7th Grade Team                  7th Grade Individual Awards (9)

1st Cullman 597                   1st Ann Carol Braswell - 95.2 (won by 1 TB)
2nd Webb Bridge 516           5th Jake Ratliff - 80
3rd  Tattnall Square Acad.    7th Katie Harbin
4th Providence Christian       8th Charity Davis
5th Imm. Heart of Mary        9th Mitchell Seymore
6th GACS                             10th Tucker Franey
7th Fort Valley                      11th Anna Avery
8th Sumter County                13th Noah Fondren
9th Brookstone School          14th Brooke Ledbetter
10th Staley

8th Grade Team                 8th Grade Individual Awards (6)
1st Webb Bridge 586             4th Emma Hicks
2nd Cullman 537                   6th Andy Robinson
3rd Chamblee                         7th Peyton Blair
4th Tattnall Square Acad.       12th Noah Shadix
5th Trinity Christian               13th Marissa Shutt
6th Immac. Heart of Mary      14th Hope Mason
7th Providence Christian
8th Hampton Cove
9th Fort Valley
10th Sumter County
11th Staley
12th GACS
13th Brookstone
14th Hull

Second Place - 1st in Ciphering

Fun with Friends

Camille and Ethan Ciphering - Each student ciphered 10 questions

Math Moms - Thanks for going with us!

Mrs. Sellers-Mrs. Hunter-Mrs. Turner having fun at the Grand Prix



First Place Team - First Place Ciphering



GACS Here Come!

Greater Atlanta Christian Tournament Schedule:

8:00 – 9:00 Registration (Long Forum Lobby)

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Instructions

9:20 – 10:30 Written Tests: Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1(Senior High Complex Classrooms)

                         Ciphering : Varsity, Junior Varsity (Long Forum Gym)

10:20 - 10:50 Refreshments (Long Forum Brick Gallery – Upstairs)

11:00-12:10 Written tests: Varsity, Junior Varsity (Senior High Complex Classrooms)

                        Ciphering : Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 (Long Forum Gym)

12:10-2:15 Lunch off campus (Discovery Mills Mall)

2:15-2:45 Pre-Algebra/Algebra 1 Awards (Long Forum Gym)

Spring MathTeam Events

March 9-10 - Greater Atlanta Christian School Tournament (GACS) We will leave at 7:00 am on Friday, March 9 and return around 6:00 pm on Saturday. We have 13 parents and 41 students going on the charter bus and other parents meeting us there. What a great reward for all your hard work this year!

March 17 - Host to Cullman Middle School 5th and 6th Grade Math Tournament
(workers 7:30 - 12:00) Math teamers and parents sign up with Mrs. Sellers.

March 26-30 - Math Madness Week (championship on March 30). Students will compete in various math games to determine the 2012 Math Madness Champion. It should be a fun week and great preparation for the ARMT+ coming up on April 17 and 18.

April 14 - Berry Middle School Tournament (Hoover) Leave at 6 am. Let's finish strong!

May 1 - Math Team Celebration - Stone Bridge Farm (math teamers, parents and siblings are invited as we honor our 8th grade members)

May 1 - 6th Grade Math Contest (East, West, St. Pauls, Sacred Heart) We will travel to East and West and administer the 6th grade math contest to help choose the math team for the 2012-2013 school year. Eat breakfast before you come and bring money for lunch at CiCi's pizza.

May 15 - Top 30 ciphering at CMS to choose top 22 for 2012-2013 team (7th and 8th grade teams will need to meet in the band room 1st and 2nd periods to help host the 6th graders).




7th Grade Math Team Places 1st at Greater Atlanta Christian Tournament

8th Grade Places 2nd at Hoover

The 8th grade placed 2nd at Hoover on Saturday, March 3.  Congratulations to Libby and David for their first award of the year. We tied Muscle Shoals 55 to 55 on ciphering.  They beat us by 39 points on the test to take 1st.  We'll meet them again at Berry on April 14 for our last tournament.  Let's go out on TOP.  Thank you for showing class during the awards ceremony.  I am so proud of all of you.  If we work hard in class and at home, we will win these last two tournaments at GACS and Berry.
Team Awards:                    Individual Awards:
1 Muscle Shoals 332            4 Hope Mason
2 Cullman 293                      6 Will Raney
3 Albertville 262                   7 Noah Shadix
4 Centre 91                           11 David Turner
5 Rock Quarry 89                 14 Libby Burroughs
6 Chelsea 78                         15 Madelyn Hudson
7 RUDD Middle 53              20 Andy Robinson
8 Boaz 35                              21 Marissa Shutt
9 Hueytown  33                    23 Ethan Kelley
10 Fultondale 24                  24 Camille Marsh
                                             25 Emily Dale
                                             27 Bryeleigh Davis
                                             28 Austin Tankersley
                                             29 Peyton Blair
                                             34 Luke Oakley
                                             39 Brennen Stricklin
                                             44 Taiya Ponder
                                             48 Levi Clay
84 students participating

Hoover - 2nd Place
Hope 4th, Will 6th, Noah 7th, David 11th, Libby 14th, Madelyn 15th

7th Grade Wins Big at Hoover High School Math Tournament

Congratulations to the 7th grade math team for placing 1st at the Hoover Math Tournament.  They won the ciphering also.  Let's finish strong at GACS and Berry. 

1st IN CIPHERING:
1 Cullman 40
2 Muscle Shoals 27
3 Rock Quarry 26
4 Albertville 24
5 Montevallo 20
6 RUDD Middle School 15
7 Centre 10
8 Oak Grove 5
9 Pinson Valley 0
10 Brighton Middle School 0

1st Place TEAM:                                    Individual Awards:
1  Cullman 310  (Great job)               1 Ann Carol
2 Muscle Shoals 248                              2 Jake
3 Rock Quarry 212                                4 Katie
4 Albertville 166                                     5 Carter
5 Brookwood 110                                   7 Mitchell
6 Montevallo 97                                     10 Brooke
7 Pinson Valley High School 84            14 Charity
8 RUDD Middle 56                                21 Caroline
9 Centre 50                                             22 Callie
10 Brighton 45                                        23 Collin
11 Oak Grove 1                                      29 Ben
                                                                36 Garrison
                                                                39 Tiffani
                                                                40 Drew
                                                                45 Noah
                                                                45 Kate
                                                                50 Tucker
                                                                58 Victoria
                                                                59 Kacie
                                                                65 Sarah
                                                                72 Cole
                                                                74 Lydia
116 students participating

7th Grade - 1st Place Hoover
Ann Carol 1st, Jake 2nd, Katie 4th, Carter 5th, Mitchell 7th, Brooke 10th, Charity 14th

7th Math Team Shines at Fairview

So proud of you guys.  All were in the top 1/3.   Our goal was to take the top ten and you did it.  Actually you took the top 16 places.  Your hard work paid off.  Also, I am so glad we went over the Wallace ciphering this afternoon.  We were really blessed today!  Thanks to our parents that came out to support us. 

Team Awards:
1 Cullman 400
2 Fairview 195
3 Holly Pond 179
4 Hanceville 169
5 Vinemont 165
6 Good Hope 150
7 Harmony 149
8 Parkside 118
9 Danville 103

Individual winners:
1 Katie Harbin
2 Ann Carol Braswell
3 Jake Ratliff
4 Brooke Ledbetter
5 Carter Bowen
6 Charity Davis
7 Ben Pruitt
8 Noah Fondren
9 Kacie Donaldson
10 Drew Fillinger
11 Mitchell Seymore
12 Anna Avery
13 Sarah McCarthy
14 Kate Hood
15 Callie Hollingsworth
16 Garrison Hill
21 Lydia Waters
23 Peyton McGraw
25 Tucker Franey
26 Collin Bentley
27 Caroline Andrews
31 Victoria Barker

Out of 82 students - Super job today!

All Bearcat Top 10 - Superb!

Pizitz Results - Wow!

It is hard to put into words the feeling during the awards ceremony at Pizitz today.  Just so PROUD of ALL the kids and the hard work they have put in lately.  It is such a privilege to be your teacher and see you excel and see all those practice hours and study that you do at home pay off today.  Both teams placed 1st in our division which is great, but also the 8th graders placed 2ND OVERALL and the 7th grade placed 3RD OVERALL out of 39 teams. 

Looking forward to Fairview Tuesday for the 7th graders and Hoover for all of us next weekend.  They give 15 places, so let's take at least 10 of them.  Not much to ask, huh? 

Enjoy your victory today!

Individual Awards                                 

Ann Carol 1st            Emma 4th            
Katie 2nd                   Will 5th
Brooke 5th                 Andy 8th
Jake 6th                     Noah 10th
Mitchell 7th
Charity 8th
Noah 9th

TEAM AWARDS

7th Grade                            8th Grade
Cullman 352                      Cullman 365
Muscle Shoals 267               Jefferson Middle (TN) 349
Arab 253                              Briarwood 309
Briarwood 211                     Hampton Cove 296
Rock Quarry 193                 Arab 282
Challenger 182                    Muscle Shoals 281
North Jefferson 160             Challenger 228
Cedar Ridge 151                  Liberty Park 170
Odenville 149                      North Jefferson 156
Hampton 137                       Cedar Ridge 151
Hueytown 129                     Odenville 124
Jefferson Middle (TN)117   Rock Quarry 89
Calera 77                              Calera High 44
Pleasant Grove 57               Hueytown 39
Echols 40                             Pleasant Grove 10

I will e-mail a list of results in all divisions soon.  Parents and grandparents, thank you for being there for us during the awards ceremony.  You are our biggest cheerleaders and we appreciate you.  You are such a big part of our success.

7th Grade Math Team - 1st Place Pizitz
Ann Carol 1st, Katie 2nd, Brooke 5th, Jake 6th, Mitchell 7th, Charity 8th, Noah 9th

8th Grade Math Team - 1st Place Pizitz
Emma 4th, Will 5th, Andy 8th, Noah 10th

7th and 8th Grade Math Teams - 1st Place