Three Greece Central School District second-graders took first place in the NYS First in Math Tournament. Pine Brook Elementary School students, Santino Markle, Gemma Pisciotti and Rediet Yilma took top honors at the tournament, held in Albany on May 20.
During the event, students used game cards, (representing online activities they could practice), competitively in a group setting to demonstrate through modeling their conceptual understanding. Students competed against peers from their own grade levels with winners crowned in each grade 1-5.
Greece teacher Jared Fowler, who coached the team, said in addition to getting the experience of a lifetime, these remarkable mathematicians also earned $6,000 in prize money for their school. The Pine Brook students were among about 150 kids statewide to participate in the competition, which was the first of its kind in New York State.
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