Plenty of gold for Chippewa mathletes

Chippewa students who wrote the University of Waterloo international math contest last month have struck gold in grades 9 through 11.

It’s the third year the Chippewa students had the highest scores in the city for Grades 9 and 10 while it’s first year they have swept all 3 grades city-wide.

Raiders also topped Zone 63 north and east from Timiskaming to Cochrane and the overall Northern District that runs from the Barrie/Collingwood area, up to Timmins and west to the Manitoba border for grades 9-10.

Honour Roll – Medallion and Certificate Winners

Grade 9 –Nick Carr (medallion), Thomas Plamondon (medallion), Alex Aultmann, Gifford Smith, Albena Vassileva, Leah Chirico, Ashlin Cullin, Zachary Mitchell, Adam Weeks

Grade 10 –Tracy Wang (medallion), Mya Cousineau, Drake Dietrich, Derek Jones, River McCubbin, Adam Valenti

Grade 11 –Will Fraser (medallion), Mary Grannary

In a release, officials say the students who wrote the test are enrolled in the ExcelleRAIDER or the International Baccalaureate program that has a greater depth and breadth than the regular program.

Students also practice solving ‘contest-style’ problems and take the test annually.