On April 13, 31 students from Albany Elementary School and nine students from Clinton County Middle School competed in the Noetic Learning Math Contest.

Noetic Learning Math Contest is a national mathematics contest for elementary and middle school students. The goal of the competition is to encourage students’ interest in math, to develop their problem solving skills, and to inspire them to excel in math. More than 24,000 students representing 1,761 teams across the country took part in this spring’s contest.

The following students received participation certificates:

1st Grade: Addison Coop, Jed Groce, Kaeden Guffey, Warinner Guffey, Aubrie Messer, Maddox Moons, Zackary Poore, Addison Weston, Carol Zheng

2nd Grade: Kade Beaty, Corinne Beaty, Koger Guffey, Tatum Harlan, Cameron Irwin, Valarie Latham, Cambria Moses, Nickolas Poore, Charla Shelley, Ella Rose Smith

3rd Grade: Tyler Guffey, Kendall Hay, Emily Pittman

4th Grade: Samantha Criswell, Claire Guffey, Ben Leveridge, Evan Little, Loren Little, Sadie Moons, Thomas Oesterreicher, Malachi Upchurch, Adam Whittenburg

5th Grade: Evan Claborn, Makenzie Cope, Dane Harlan, Adam Hay, Jimmy Mazariegos, Moriah Moons, Jordan Mullins, Tommy Ridge, Ben Tallent

The following students were the team winners: Kade Beaty, Tyler Guffey, Samantha Criswell, Tommy Ridge

The following students received National Honorable Mention. This title is awarded to approximately the top 50 percent of participating mathletes: Jed Groce, Kade Beaty Corinne Beaty, Koger Guffey, Tatum Harlan, Nickolas Poore, Samantha Criswell, Loren Little, Evan Claborn, Makenzie Cope, Dane Harlan, Jimmy Mazariegos, Moriah Moons, Ben Tallent, Tommy Ridge

Congratulations to all the winners. The contest results demonstrate Clinton County students’ great problem solving skills and math talents. It also shows that Clinton County students can rise to the occasion and can meet the challenge.

More detailed information about the Noetic Learning Math Contest can be found at: http://www.noetic-learning.com/mathcontest

First and second grade Noetic Learning Math team: front row left to right: Addison Weston, Valarie Latham, Jed Groce, Zackary Poore, Aubrie Messer, Addison Coop. Back row, left to right: Nickolas Poore, Tatum Harlan, Ella Rose Smith. Not Pictured: Warinner Guffey, Cambria Moses, Carol Zheng, Kade Beaty, Koger Guffey, Charla Shelley, Maddox Moons, Corinne Beaty, Kaeden Guffey and Cameron Irwin.

Fourth grade Noetic Learning Math team, left to right: Samantha Criswell, Malachi Upchurch, Thomas Oesterreicher. Not pictured: Claire Guffey, Ben Leveridge, Evan Little, Loren Little, Saddie Moons and Adam Whittenburg.

Fifth grade Noetic Learning Math team, left to right: Ben Tallent, Jimmy Mazariegos, Makenzie Cope and Moriah Moons. Not pictured: Evan Claborn, Adam Hay, Jordan Mullins, Dane Harlan and Tommy Ridge.

Third grade Noetic Learning Math team: Tyler Guffey. Not pictured: Emily Pittman and Kendall Hay