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March 9, 2016
NPC HOSTS ACTM REGIONAL MATH CONTEST
Hot Springs, Arkansas – National Park College (NPC) Math and Science Division hosted the Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) regional math contest last Saturday. Students competed in five categories including Algebra I, Algebra II, Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and Statistics. The top three performing students from each category will be invited to compete in the state ACTM contest April 23 at the University of Central Arkansas.
Results for each category included,
Algebra I: First place, Rachel Caldwell, Hot Springs Middle School; Second Place,
Miles Hermann (not pictured), Hot Springs Middle School; Third place, Isabel Ritter,
Hot Springs Middle School.
Algebra II: First place, Jack McWilliams (not pictured), Bryant High School; Second
place, Macie Morton, Bryant High School; Third place, Taelor Parish, Bryant High School.
Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus: First place, Joseph Filipek, ASMSA; Second Place, Asa
Dillahunty, ASMSA; Third place, Zackary Tomlinson, ASMSA.
Calculus: First place, Kyle Sadler, Bryant High School; Second place, Carson Cato,
ASMSA; Third place, Maddie Capps, Lake Hamilton High School.
Statistics: First place, Amanda Larson, Lake Hamilton High School; Second place, Marshall
Callicot, Bryant High School.
Photo: Left to right, Macie Morton, Taelor Parish, Kyle Sadler, Asa Dillahunty, Carson Cato, Joseph Filipek, Rachel Caldwell, Zackary Tomlinson and Isabel Ritter. Not pictured, Miles Hermann, Jack McWilliams, Maddie Capps, Amanda Larson and Marshall Callicot.
The Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) is a professional association that supports and encourages good mathematics teaching. ACTM conducts annual regional and state mathematics contests that provide an opportunity for high school students to compete academically.
