Middlesex Math Madness Tournament!

Northeast Elementary sent two fifth grade teams to the Middlesex Math Madness Tournament in Burlington on May 14th.  These 10 students were selected after a tough try-out in March.  They had to work independently and as teams of 5 during the event.  

135 students competed.  While our teams did not place in the top 3 (there were 27 teams), they all persevered and did an amazing job.  Trying to problem solve with that kind of pressure is no easy task!  Ms. Bernard and I are incredibly proud that they took a risk and tried something new!

We DID have the overall individual winner from Northeast!  Cole Gaynor solved 9 out of 10 problems correctly to make him the highest scoring individual student.  We are so proud of all of our mathematicians!

Check out some pictures here!

Penny Drive and Math Night!

On April 14th, Northeast staff and families came together to celebrate math!  We had a wonderful turnout and were fortunate to provide every child in the building with a math toolkit filled with items like playing cards, rulers, dice, counters and more!

Thanks to an amazing Penny Drive and support from the PTO, there was no cost for families to attend this event.  We are looking forward to doing both of these events next year.  Keep saving those pennies!

Our pennies after only ONE WEEK!

Mrs. Vittum's car filled with over 100,000 pennies to bring to the bank!

Several students trying out the estimation station at Math Night.