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Gehlen students earn first place in math contest

Thursday, March 26, 2009
By Magdalene Landegent
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(Photo contributed) Gehlen Catholic Schools' sixth grade math team earned top rank at the district competition this week. Front row: Trisha Langel (holding the team award) and Nathan Klein (holding his top three award). Back row: sixth grade math teacher Kathy Neary, Michaela Bretey, Jonathan Ludwig, Allison Perera.
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Math. That's what earned a team of five sixth graders from Gehlen Catholic School a trip to Fort Dodge this May.

Gehlen's sixth grade math team earned first place at the Area Education Agency (AEA) Math Competition in Sioux City Tuesday, advancing to the state contest in Fort Dodge May 1.

The group of students, coached by sixth grade math teacher Kathy Neary, scored high on individual and team math tests to win the top spot out of 35 teams.

"It's intense math," Neary said. "It's ratios, patterns, statistics."

The math team practices together after school and occasionally during math class time, Neary said.

At Tuesday's competition, students also tested for individual rank out of 140 competitors.

Nathan Klein tied for third place individually, Michaela Bretey took sixth place, Trisha Langel took eighth place and Jonathan Ludwig took 20th place, all earning medals. Allison Perera, the team's alternate, joined the team for the team test and helped them score well.

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Awesome!! Great job!

-- Posted by MommyinIOWA on Thu, Mar 26, 2009, at 4:18 PM

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