{"id":4303,"date":"2005-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2017-06-02T11:02:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:02:17","slug":"vieja-valley-wins-math-superbowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=4303","title":{"rendered":"Vieja Valley wins Math Superbowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

With enough intensity and focus to rival many professional athletes, 431 “mathletes” from 37 local schools competed last week at the 24th Annual South Coast Math Superbowl.<\/a><\/p>\n

Vieja Valley School took the top prize, defeating 2004 champion Washington School. Kellogg School was in third place, followed by Monte Vista, Cold Spring and Hope Schools.<\/p>\n

Each school uses its own screening process to choose the participating mathletes.<\/p>\n

At Monte Vista, for example, coach Kim Barney said the entire top math group is given a test to qualify. “I take the top 12 and work with them for about two weeks and then they take another qualifying test and weed it down to five, four team members and one alternate.”<\/p>\n

Each school was allowed to field three four-person teams of fourth, fifth and sixth graders. The overall team scores were made up of a combination of individual multiple choice test scores and a team test. There was also a hands-on activity, with separate awards, where teams were challenged to build the tallest freestanding structure they could out of straws, washers and string.<\/p>\n

While team members can vary from year to year, Monte Vista’s sixth grade team of Ben Bordofsky, Ryan Gilmore, Johnny Manzo, Ben McKenzie and Amy Ransohoff has been competing together since fourth grade, with the alternates alternating from year to year.<\/p>\n

“They’re very motivated to win. They want it again,” said their teacher and coach Lila Allen. The team won in fourth grade and came in second last year, but alas, this year they placed third. They did get a little consolation, however when Bordofsky, Manzo, McKenzie and Ransohoff each won individual medals (Gilmore was the 2005 alternate and not eligible).<\/p>\n

Plus, they got the added benefit of “going out for pizza afterward and higher test scores,” laughed Barney.<\/p>\n

The winning sixth grade team was from Washington, with Vieja Valley in second place, followed by Monte Vista, Adams, Kellogg and Hope School.<\/p>\n

The fifth grade winning team was from Kellogg, followed by Vieja Valley, Washington, Mountain View, Monte Vista and Montecito Union tied for fifth place, and Cold Spring was in sixth place.<\/p>\n

Vieja Valley won the fourth grade title, followed by Cold Spring, Kellogg, Washington, Hope and Monte Vista schools.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Montecito Union, Cold Spring and Peabody Charter schools the Santa Barbara County Education Office, and Raytheon Vision Systems, representatives awarded individual Olympic-style medals to:<\/p>\n

4th Grade <\/b> School<\/b><\/p>\n

1st Hanah Koper Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

2nd Helen Yang Adams<\/p>\n

3rd Eugene Cho Kellogg<\/p>\n

4th Agnetta Cleland Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

4th Kevin Hempy Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

4th Kyle Mayfield Cold Spring<\/p>\n

5th Alex Kolarczyk Washington<\/p>\n

5th Colin Fristoe Cold Spring<\/p>\n

5th Rishika Singh Kellogg<\/p>\n

6th Sedric Kim Mountain View<\/p>\n

5th Grade<\/b> School<\/b><\/p>\n

1st Devin Pearson Adams<\/p>\n

2nd Vy-Luan Huynh Kellogg<\/p>\n

3rd Ryne Cannon Santa Ynez<\/p>\n

4th Thanh-Liem Huynh-Tran Crane<\/p>\n

4th Sadnie D’Arcy Montessori<\/p>\n

4th Connie Wang Brandon<\/p>\n

5th Laura Voyen Kellogg<\/p>\n

5th Jackie Botts Mountain View<\/p>\n

5th Chloe Warinner Monte Vista<\/p>\n

5th Astron Liu Monte Vista<\/p>\n

5th Annie Thwing Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

6th Avery Schwartz Montecito Union<\/p>\n

6th Janine Wilson Kellogg<\/p>\n

6th Jake Moghtader Cold Spring<\/p>\n

6th Tim Cronshaw Montecito Union<\/p>\n

6th Nicholas Carney Monroe<\/p>\n

6th Grade<\/b> School<\/b><\/p>\n

1st Peter Bang Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

2nd Dillon Kraus Washington<\/p>\n

2nd Noah Connally Adams<\/p>\n

2nd Fabian Chacon Kellogg<\/p>\n

2nd Nicholas Below Washington<\/p>\n

2nd Ellen Gleason Hope<\/p>\n

2nd Qsi Tran Montecito Union<\/p>\n

2nd Robie Behlman Adams<\/p>\n

3rd Ben Bordofsky Monte Vista<\/p>\n

3rd Danny Zandona Washington<\/p>\n

3rd Jordan Carlson Adams<\/p>\n

3rd Annie Lefley Kellogg<\/p>\n

4th Chloe Hughes Roosevelt<\/p>\n

4th Matt Swann Hope<\/p>\n

4th Johnny Manzo Monte Vista<\/p>\n

4th Louis Warne Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

5th Cong Dinh Brandon<\/p>\n

5th Michael Shaner Brandon<\/p>\n

5th Ben McKenzie Monte Vista<\/p>\n

5th Nicole Ferrel Roosevelt<\/p>\n

5th Melinda Wilson Ballard<\/p>\n

5th Kelly Kosmo Mountain View<\/p>\n

5th Carly Biedul Crane<\/p>\n

5th Sebastian Gomez-Devine Peabody Charter<\/p>\n

5th Sergey Sushchikh Isla Vista<\/p>\n

5th Simon Manson-Hing Washington<\/p>\n

5th Kayvoh Mazooji Peabody Charter<\/p>\n

5th Jason Lew May Grisham<\/p>\n

5th Amber Wang Ellwood<\/p>\n

6th Christian Mkpado Vieja Valley<\/p>\n

6th Amy Ransohoff Monte Vista<\/p>\n

6th Al Vorosmarthy Isla Vista<\/p>\n

6th Aislinn Dunne Cold Spring<\/p>\n

Originally published in South Coast Beacon<\/a>\u00a0on May 26, 2005.<\/h6>\n

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