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Dayspring Christian Academy Students Perform Well At District Mathematics Competition
Students in grades 3 through 8 at Dayspring Christian Academy of Attleboro produced outstanding results recently during the 2014 Eastern Massachusetts/Rhode Island District Mathematics Olympics sponsored by the Association of Christian Schools International in Barrington, R.I.
According to DCA faculty member Deryck Mason, a total of 10 school students placed among the top five finishers in their respective grades during the competition, which attracted contestants from 11 ACSI-affiliated schools in the two states. Included in that group were two first-place finishers.
Students had the option of participating in either the Computation or Reasoning portions of the competition.
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Sixth-grader Leon Ramnaught in Computation and eighth-grader Juliana Phillips in Reasoning topped the fields in their respective competitions. Eighth-grader Anneka Ignatius in Computation and third-grader Ishaan Siwach in Reasoning both produced second-place performances.
Placing third for DCA were seventh-grader Miko Berja in Computation and sixth-grader Joseph Noel in Reasoning. Fourth-place finishes were registered by fifth-grader Christian Mayer in Computation; sixth-grader Catherine Messier in Computation; and eighth-grader Jordan Stanford in Computation.
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Seventh-grader Elizabeth Tong concluded fifth in Reasoning.
Also representing DCA were Joel Noel, Sneha Siwach, Kidist DeBoef, Aryan Mellen and Shruthi Adhavan of Grade 3; Dashney Chery, Abigail Champagne, Paul Ekomwen, Dylan Rosania, Caleb DeCastro and Tyler Nguyen of Grade 4; Michaela Mulvey, Abigail Rajadurai, Abigail Phillips, Mercy Ekomwen and Praise Ekomwen of Grade 5; Joshua Boedeker, Claudia Agustin and Anitha Koka of Grade 6; Tatum Bisch, Haley Berthiaume, Sarah Brouillard and Malitey Mullings of Grade 7; and Noelani Noel, Aidan Ignatius and Daryl Costa of Grade 8.
“We are very proud of all our students who participated in the Math Olympics this year,” Mason said. “They worked very hard to prepare for the competition and their results were outstanding.”
