Fifteen Thomas County Middle School MERIT Math scholars worked their way to the National Mathfest Competition along with 300 other middle school students from across the country. The competition was recently held in Birmingham, Alabama where students were asked to work rigorous math problems with a tight time constraint. Two TCMS students earned the distinction of placing in the top 20; 5th grader Charlie Dunbar and 6th grader Hayden Groom. Another 6th grader, Cam Jones, made it all of the way to the top ten! All three students received special recognition and a National Championship t-shirt for this honor.

Pictured below in the first image is Cam Jones, who placed in the top ten in the nation, along with Hayden Groom and Charlie Dunbar who both placed in the top  twenty in the nation at the National Mathfest Competition.

Pictured below in the second image are all fifteen Thomas County Middle School MERIT students who participated in the National Mathfest Competition. In the back row from left to right is Caroline Knight, Hailey Atkinson, Carina Johnson, Bishop Jackson, Cam Jones, Charlie Dunbar, and Hayden Groom. On the front row is Cody Wolfe,  Connor Reagan,  Jackson Nestale, Amerys Lewis, Natalie Carlisle, and Kinsley Rhodes.