Oak Hill Academy Students Take Home Awards at Mathleague.org Competition

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, sixteen Oak Hill Academy students competed in an elementary mathematics contest sponsored by Mathleague.org. This regional competition was held at the Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy. Mathleague.org sponsors a number of elementary school contests to be held throughout the country each school year. The contests are structured in such a way that students find the tests good preparation for other elementary and junior high math contests. Top-scoring students at qualifying meets held throughout the year are invited to compete at their state’s championship in the spring, and winners of the state championships are invited to a national championship in June.

The contest features a number sense round, target round, sprint round, and team round. For the 3^rd grade participants, Oak Hill student, Andie Sparano came in 6^th place. In the 4^th grade, OHA had Donovan Kane in 9^th place and Owen Henderson in 10^th place. In the 5^th grade competition, Annabel Sparano was in 7^th place. Oak Hill Academy also received a team trophy. Approximately 110 students from eight schools participated in the competition.

Three Oak Hill students who attended qualified to move on to the state competition on April 24^, 2019 at Kent Place School in Summit. They were Andie Sparano, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, and Annabel Sparano. There were more participants this year than ever before and Andie earned 12^th place for the 3^rd grade and Annabel earned 13^th place for the 6^th grade.

Oak Hill’s success over the years can be attributed to the students’ hard work, as well as their challenging math curriculum at Oak Hill.