Thursday Events: 3rd Annual Wicomico County Math 24 Game Tournament, Author Visit to Salisbury Middle, and More for This Week 3rd Annual Wicomico County Math 24 Game Tournament 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21
Salisbury University Commons
Mathletes will be in the spotlight at the school system's 3rd Annual Wicomico County Math 24 Game Tournament at The Commons at Salisbury University. The event begins at 6 p.m. and it is free and open to the public.
This year's event will be even more special because the inventor of the Math 24 Game, Robert Sun, will attend and will visit several schools. Sun, president of Suntex International and inventor of the 24 Game and First in Math, will visit three Wicomico schools (Northwestern Elementary at noon, East Salisbury Elementary at 1 p.m., Glen Avenue Elementary at 2 p.m.) and will attend the tournament. At Northwestern and East Salisbury schools, he will present certificates to students who scored in the top 100 in the state on First in Math.
For Thursday night's tournament, each elementary school has sent one champion per grade level (grades 1-5) for a total of 55 contestants, and middle schools will send two student winners per grade level (grades 6-8) for a total of 30 contestants. These grade-level champions from throughout Wicomico County will compete for the county champion. Wicomico will also host a very special math celebrity that day: M&T Bank donated $4,500 to the school system for this year's Math 24 Game program, and the Wicomico Public Library provided support.
These additional important events are also going on in Wicomico Schools this week:
Monday, May 18-Thursday, May 21: High School Assessment (HSA) Testing
May 20-23: Destination ImagiNation - Global Finals at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Two teams each from Salisbury Middle and Westside Intermediate and one team from Bennett Middle have qualified to participate in Global Finals by finishing first or second in the state.
Thursday, May 21: Bryan Collier will be at Salisbury Middle School for presentations to our grade 6 students and also to our Grade 7 and 8 art enrichment students. Sessions will take place from 8:30-10:40 a.m. and 1:30-2:55 p.m. He will be speaking at the Eastern Shore Reading Council dinner that evening at Holy Savior Catholic Church, 17th Street, Ocean City, at 5 p.m.
Friday, May 22:
Red, White and Blue Day at Charles H. Chipman Elementary, 10:30 a.m. in the cafeteria. The students will be singing patriotic songs, presenting readings, poems, and other extra songs. Students will honor visiting veterans during the program.
Evening High School Commencement, 7 p.m., at Beaver Run Elementary School
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Two teams from Delmar High School also qualified for the Destination Imagination Global Finals.
ReplyDeleteWow Im amazed this game is being used so much. I posted before about my dad getting it for my son and the school he was attending. This was back in 92 or 93. Parents if you have kids this is a must have game. Each card has 4 numbers on it and you have to figure out how those 4 numbers will equal 24. You might have to add a few or subtract multiply etc. The kids love it and they learn math without even knowing they are learning
ReplyDeleteCongrats to WI Middle 3 1st place and one 4th place winner. Congrats to all.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Alontae Uptegrow....Fruitland Primary Champion, and 2nd place on the tournament. You did a very good job buddy! Congrats to everyone making it.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Malik Sims 3rd time going to tournament, last year 3rd place for 5th grade this year 1st place 6th grade. WooHoo great job Buddy.
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