School District 129

Future engineers and math teachers went head to head Tuesday, April 18 in the District 129 Math Bowl for elementary students. Fearn fifth-grader David Hoch and McCleery fourth-grader Miranda Aldrich finished first district wide at their grade levels. The Freeman fifth-grade and the Hill fourth-grade teams also finished first district wide.

A complete list of winners follows.

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS:

Fifth grade: first, David Hoch, Fearn; second, Anthony Mercado, Fearn; third, Richard Offhaus, Hall and Andy Alonzo-Emanuel, Fearn.

Fourth grade: first, Miranda Aldrich, McCleery; second, Emily Krasinski, Freeman; Colin Stewart, Freeman; Matthew Pilmer, Freeman; Anne Johansen, Hall; Dylan Contreras, Hill; Alicia Rotolo, Schneider; Tyler Simpson, McCleery; Dylan Oncken, Fearn and Zak Flynn, Fearn.
Third, Alixis Currie, Freeman; Matt Hill, Hall; Jermaine Knox, Hill; Brandon La, Schneider; Monica Argueta, McCleery; Sam Logan, McCleery; Matthew Carder, Smith and David VanMaldegiam, Fearn.

TEAM WINNERS
Fifth grade: first, Freeman; second, Greenman; third, Hill, Hall and Fearn.
Fourth grade: first, Hill; second, Hall and Smith; third, Goodwin.

SCHOOL WINNERS

Fearn fourth grade: first, Dylan Oncken and Zak Flynn; second, David VanMaldegiam; third, Clae Carlson, Sam Laskowski, Stephen Ryder and Grant Beatus;

Fearn fifth grade: first, David Hoch; second, Anthony Mercado; third, Andy Alonzo-Emanuel.

Freeman fourth grade: first, Emily Krasinski, Colin Stewart and Matthew Pilmer; second, Alexis Curry; third, Ryan Kent, Daniel Waters and Sarah Knauf.

Freeman fifth grade: first, Taiena Kaiser; second, Sean Kent; third, Jonah Engel.

Goodwin fourth grade: first, Natalie Pavlik; second, Erin Lisac, Abryia Martin and Andy McMullen; third, Ana Samples.

Goodwin fifth grade: first, Samantha Johnson; second, Michael Prah; third, Erin Lewis.

Greenman fourth grade: first, Alfredo Gonzalez; second, Ashley Quinones; third, Meaghan Adams.

Greenman fifth grade: first, Hannah Bartoszek; second, Colleen Galloway, Allison Elkins, Jonathon Littler, Galen Schlapp and Evan Deligiannis; third, Patrick Schlapp.

Hall Fourth Grade: first, Anne Johansen; second, Matt Hill; third, Tatiana Guerrero.

Hall Fifth Grade: first, Richard Offhaus; second, Thuy Le; third, Evan Lorenz, Matt Swanson, Sammie Polz and Rasul Echols.

Hill Fourth Grade: first, Dylan Contreras; second, Jermaine Knox; third, Stephen Tranthan.

Hill Fifth Grade: first, Yesenia DelToro; second, Alex Chavez and Maxwell Zine; third, Megan Lathan.

Lincoln Fifth Grade: first, Valeria Ramirez; second, Johnathon Myers and Leah Hoskins; third, Jasmine Penson.

McCleery Fourth Grade: first, Miranda Aldrich; second, Tyler Simpson; third, Monica Argueta, Sam Logan and Osvaldo Aguirre.

McCleery Fifth Grade: first, Rodrigo Fuentes; second, Mark Wolfe and Annita Saffa; third, Bridget Chaidez.

Nicholson Fourth Grade: first, Kiefer Ortiz; second, Natalie Torres; third, Shannon Yaney and Edwin Valdez.

Nicholson Fifth Grade: first, Ayanna Lisy; second, Kyle Hansen and Kurt Warren; third, Adrian Palacios, Denzell Chambers and Jessica Mendoza.
Schneider Fourth Grade: first, Alicia Rotolo; second, Brandon La; third, Brandon Evert and T.J. Shliff.

Schneider Fifth Grade: first, Daniel Rotolo; second, Ana Arrocena; third, Stephanie Fitzhugh.

Smith Fourth Grade: first, Matthew Carder; second, Jocelyn Ocon; third, Esmeralda Yanez.

Smith Fifth Grade: first, Meenhaj Kabir; second, Myesha Ramsey; third, Andrea Sanchez and Ana Magana.

WEST HIGH BEST IN BUSINESS COMPETITION

West Aurora High School took first place overall at the Business Competition Day on April 19 at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove.

Led by Business Department teachers Gwendolyn Wells and Paul Mayer, 17 West students competed in a variety of business events against 12 other schools.

Nine West students won Waubonsee scholarships and the high school won a free two-year scholarship to be awarded to a student of its choice.

Categories and West student winners are: Business Law, first, Miles Porter; Basic Economics, third, Julian Marion; Marketing, third, Brian Zerfas; Proofreading and Editing, fourth, Jon Stanciu; Creating a Web Page, third, Felipe Murguia and fifth, Justin Drew; General Business, first, Aendri Decker; Business Math, first, Ryan LeBeau and second, Matt Etter; Office Procedure, third, Erica Gonzales; and Spreadsheet, first, Robert Beavers.

In addition, the following students received honorable mention for their placement in the all-school spelling bee: sixth Crystal Carter and eighth Joey Marino.

Other participating schools were: Aurora East, Fox Valley Career Center, Indian Valley Vocational Center, Kaneland, Newark, Oswego, Plano, Rosary, Sandwich, Somonauk, Waubonsie Valley and Yorkville.

In April, Greenman's youngest students show that they, too, are capable of putting on a play about cats in this case Cats and Dogs.

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