Southwest Baptist
University News Release
Contact: Charlotte Marsch, Director of Marketing and Communications
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SBU hosts regional math
competitions
BOLIVAR, Mo.
— The mathematics department of Southwest Baptist University hosted a regional contest
site April 13 for the 28th Annual Missouri Elementary Student Mathematics
Contest and 7-8 contest, both sponsored by the Missouri Council of Teachers of
Mathematics.
The elementary contest included 129 students
from 14 schools: Bolivar Intermediate School, Bolivar Middle School, Branson
Elementary East, Branson Intermediate, Buffalo Prairie Middle, Fair Grove,
Hollister, Joel E. Barber, Logan-Rogersville Upper Elem, Mallory
Elementary-Buffalo, Marion C. Early, Marshfield, The Summit Preparatory School
and Trinity Lutheran.
Winners placing first, second and
third in each of two events (Concepts and Problem Solving) are eligible to
compete in the State Finals Contest held at the University of Central Missouri
in Warrensburg April 27.
The 7-8 Contest included 64 students from 11 schools: Ava Victory
Academy, Bolivar Middle School, Buffalo Prairie Middle, Camdenton, Fair Grove, Fordland,
Logan-Rogersville Middle, Osage Middle School, St. Agnes, St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton and Summit Preparatory School.
The first-, second- and third-place winners in each of the individual
contests and winners in the team competition will compete in the State Finals at
the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg April 27.
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