Nemaha Central Elementary and Middle school had the annual math contest on Friday, April 29. Students from grades third through eighth participated by being dispersed into classrooms to take the tests. The students all took a number sense test, and geometry test, and then got to combine with students in their grade to take a mathletics problem-solving test. All the math tests were on a time limit of twenty minutes. After all tests were complete, all students in the classroom were broken up into groups to work on a stem project where students were challenged to stack as many toothpicks as they could on top of a water bottle. The stem project was on a time limit of 15 minutes. The following are the winners of the contest:
3rd Grade Number Sense: 1st Landry Hilgen; 2nd Graham Lueger; 3rd Gabe Deters; 4th Miles Kuckelman; 5th Tie Karcyn Graf & Emersyn Novotny; 6th Kemper Scism.
3rd Grade Geometry: 1st Graham Lueger; 2nd Gabe Deters; 3rd Ellie Burkitt; 4th Tie Nora Ranieri & Avery Lueger; 5th Landry Hiltgen; 6th Adrianna Rider
3rd Grade Mathletics Problem Solving: 1st Graham Lueger, Lily Romney, & Trenton Branch
4th Grade Number Sense: 1st Ethan Jost; 2nd Isabella Rohlmeier; 3rd Evan Bletscher; 4th Maggie Sudbeck; 5th Ashton Johnson; 6th Levi Holthaus
4th Grade Geometry: 1st Ethan Jost; 2nd Isabella Rohlmeier; 3rd Heston Kramer; 4th Tie Caleb Frye, Evan Bletscher, Landen Stallbaumer, & Gabriel Haverkamp; 5th Tie Ashton Johnson & Levi Holthaus; 6th Charlie Koch
4th Mathletics Problem Solving: Bracin Stallbaumer, Ethan Jost, Audrey Sudbeck, & Belle Fredrickson
5th Grade Number Sense: 1st Brecken Kramer; 2nd Cora Langill; 3rd Anna Jost; 4th Trent Stuke; 5th Tie Bryce Weber, Karla Deters, Kendrick Maley, & Aidan Henry; 6th Tie Madison Bell & Olivia Hermesch
5th Grade Geometry: 1st Brecken Kramer; 2nd Carter Luckett; 3rd Anna Jost; 4th Tie Trent Stuke & Kendrick Maley; 5th Tie Claire Sourk, & Kollin Wagner; 6th Tie Olivia Hermesch, Piper Hiltgen, & Tyson Bebe-Dishong
5th Grade Mathletics Problem Solving: 1st Olivia Hermesch, Kollin Wagner, & Haelyn Wahl
6th Grade Number Sense: 1st Tie Cole Ranieri & Bella Bittenbender; 2nd Dason Hill; 3rd Jethro Steiner; 4th Tie Ella Sourk & Noah Hilbert; 5th Tie Keyla DeLosRios & Cormik Hajek; 6th Tie Braden Macke & Bailey Snyder
6th Grade Geometry: 1st Bella Bittenbender; 2nd Cole Ranieri; 3rd Noah Hilbert; 4th Kaydence Heiman; 5th Tie Wrigly Williams, Jethro Steiner, & Braden Macke; 6th Tie Bailey Snyder & Charli Fleagle
6th Grade Mathletics Problem Solving: 1st Xavier Haverkamp, Wrigly Williams, Kara Berkley, & Keagan Graf
7th Grade Number Sense: 1st Tie Harry Langill & Brady Koch; 2nd Colton Blume; 3rd Tie Ella Huerter, & Kaleigh Brown; 4th Tie Makenzie Howard, Emma Hermesch, Kamden Alexander, & Graham Korber; 5th Tie Harper Foster, Jeremy Rohlmeier, Caleb Hynek, & Mason Shultejans; 6th Tie Alexis Tangeman & Haley Wood
7th Grade Geometry: 1st Harry Langill; 2nd Isaac Heinen; 3rd Tie Alex Burkitt & Marin Heinen; 4th Tie Conner Lueger, Dakota Phillips, & Gus Rusche; 5th Tie Makenzie Howard & Anto Cano; 6th Kamden Alexander
7th Grade Mathletics Problem Solving: 1st Tie Maggie Jones, Harry Langill, Graham Korber, and Alexis Spring; Makenzie Howard, Isaac Heinen, Noah Broxterman, and Haley Wood; Marin Heinen, Gus Rusche, Hailey Meyer, & Dakota Phillips
8th Grade Number Sense: 1st Bob Langill; 2nd Tie Jade Macke & Jack Macke; 3rd Tie Carter Hajek & Daniel Childress; 4th Kailey Mady; 5th Tie Kathryn Yunghans & Ali Lueger; 6th Eli Sudbeck
8th Grade Geometry: 1st Bob Langill; 2nd Jade Macke; 3rd Tie Marissa Koch & Layton Thomas; 4th Jack Macke; 5th Tie Aubrey Rottinghaus & Jordan Lewis; 6th Tie Jolie Jones, Carter Hajek, Koree Stuke, Kathryn Yunghans, & Kailey Mady
8th Grade Mathletics Problem Solving: 1st Layton Thomas, Vivian Thayer, & Marissa Koch
“It was really fun to win awards for your skills and get to work as a team, all in all, it was really fun,” said Maggie Sudbeck.
Lastly, the STEM project had a group of winners in each classroom and their creations were shown at the assembly in a slideshow. NCEMS would like to thank Mrs. Karla Kramer for organizing the event. Also, a shout out to the following businesses, Seneca Wholesale, 36 Alleys, Freddy’s Pizza Palace, Seneca Theater, Sweet Peas, Sonic, McDonald's, and Seneca Variety, who donated prizes for the contest.
Ryan Koch said, “It was really fun to see how good all my friends did, and try to compete against them.”
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