Photo Courtesy: Kelli Gile
8th Grade WVUSD math team members Ethan Lin, Danny Mansour, Megan Yang, and Timothy Yeh won gold medals at the 2015 L.A. County Math Field Day (shown with teachers Amy Erickson and Gary Dresser).

By Kelli Gile

Walnut – Walnut Valley’s high-scoring mathletes brought home a total of 27 medals during the 2015 Los Angeles County Math Field Day.  

“Our teams did a terrific job!” exclaimed Suzanne Middle School math teacher and district coach, Amy Erickson.

Overall grade level trophies were awarded to 5^th and 7^th Grade teams during the Apr. 25 competition.  Additional top awards included gold medals for 8^th Grade, double silver medals for 7^th Grade, and silver medals for 6^th Grade.  As the newest entry from Walnut Valley, a 5^th Grade team, took home gold, silver, and bronze medals.

Math Field Day is an enrichment activity that promotes mathematical reasoning, teamwork and a balanced mathematics curriculum for all students in upper elementary and middle school. Students – working in teams of four – demonstrate their math knowledge in problem solving, conceptual understanding, and computational/procedural skills.

Congratulations to our WVUSD students on an outstanding performance!

8^th Grade Team:  Ethan Lin (Suzanne); Danny Mansour (Chaparral); Megan Yang and Timothy Yeh (South Pointe).

7^th Grade Team:  Darren Chen, Tyler Xu (Suzanne); Ryan Lou (South Pointe); and Keshan Sriram (Chaparral).

6^th Grade Team:  Jacob Khuu, Bryan Wang (Suzanne); Warrick He (Chaparral); and Nathan Song (South Pointe).

5^th Grade Team:  Alice Chou, Lina Huang, Zachary Lin and Deven Tseng (Westoff).

4^th Grade Team:  Ashley Chan, Alexandros Kam, Rachel Lee, and Alex Wang (Quail Summit).

Each year, Erickson prepares all Walnut Valley mathletes for the county contest during several practices held at Suzanne.  Additional teachers provided supervision during the field day, including Gary Dresser (South Pointe); Sharon Soto and Larry Pinto (Suzanne); and Norma Morales (Quail Summit).