GREAT NEWS!!!Congratulations to our Geography Bee winners! Eighth grader, Nick Fleming took top prize and seventh grader, Sarah Schneider was runner up.
Two of our Woodmont MathCounts team members, Nick Fleming and Patrick McQuay, qualified for State Competition, which will be held on March 8, 2008 at Johns Hopkins University.
Woodmont students are busily preparing for academic competitions scheduled for the spring. Academic competitions have been a part of our curriculum for several years. Over that time, we have participated in a variety of such competitions, including the Scripps Spelling Bee, the Geography Bee sponsored by the National Geographic Society, Lockheed Martin’s MathCounts, our own Science Fair, and for the first time last year, a Public Speaking and Poetry recitation competition.
Our school competes with several goals in mind. Of course, we enter with the idea that our students will prepare to win. More important than winning, however, is the opportunity for them to develop intellectually, excel in their areas of strength, put forth their best effort, and measure their success.
From an academic standpoint, these competitions get the students thinking in a systematic fashion about how to attack a specific subject. Teachers align their instruction with the format of the competitions, so it produces a culminating point for instruction and focuses the students’ attention. Competition results also provide constructive information for teachers to tailor future instruction.
From a formation perspective, these competitions provide a valuable opportunity for young men and women to learn how to compete with dignity and accept with grace either triumph or defeat. These events build an esprit de corps that defines
Grades 4-8 will compete in:
- National Geography Bee
- MathCounts
In addition to the above, students in grades 6-8 will also compete in Math Counts.