Forty-six MERIT math students from fifth through eighth grade recently competed in the State-Wide MathFest Competition. Students competed in three types of rounds: a written test portion, individual ciphering, and a team round called "Mathbating". Congratulations to all forty-six students for scoring high enough to advance to the regional competition in Atlanta!

Pictured below are all forty-six students, listed by grade:

5th grade: Charlie Dunbar,  Cody Wolfe, Jackson Nestale, Kinsley Rhodes, Cristian Rivas-Fuentes, Natalie Carlisle, Dolan Cleveland, Connor Reagan, Amerys Lewis, Caroline Knight, Avery Turnbull, and Jenna Guy.

6th grade: Austin Bass, Hayden Groom, Juan Hernandez, Cam Jones, Ally Moore, Owen Petrey, Emberlynn Rowell, Brayden Vickers, Addison Weiss, Briley Chapman, Alex Ward, and Jacob Sellers.

7th grade: Hailey Atkinson, Bishop Jackson, Riley Scoggins, Ayden Webb, Caleb Kineer, Carina Johnson, Whitt Finch, Gavin Melnick, Keaton Stephens, and Kenneth Baggett.

8th grade: John Adam Singleton, Sebastian Bass, Ethan Nicoll, Molly Grace White, Matt Peterson, Alex Speigner, Norman Desourdy, Laura Hiers, Jason Benton, Kendall Roland, Karsyn Bush, Jenaya Coleman, and C.J. Cooper.