Hunter's Math Counts and Baseball Starts

Hunter has a new serious sport.  Math.

He has been attending the Westridge Math Club all year; competing for the top spots for the math team.  He made it into the top 9 this week.  This got him a spot on the team that will be going to the Math Counts Central Iowa Competition in Des Moines on Feb. 21st. Yes, they get to miss a day of school to do a whole day of Math.  Some would call that a punishment only matched by death, but not these kids.  To them that is like a big treat!

On Saturday, he competed in a scrimmage between 6th,7th and 8th graders from his elementary school and his new middle school.  He earned 8th place in that competition.  Every competition he improves his sprint round score a few points moving him up the ladder more and more. 

I was going to photograph the Crunch bar he won on Saturday, but he inhaled it and I can't find the wrapper.  Sorry no action shots for this story!  Math competitions are definiately not a spectator's sport.

Interesting info:  there are 4 classes at Westridge with about 28 kids per class for a pool of 132 kids.   Hunter also scored in the 99th percentile in all areas of Math for his Iowa Assessment two years in a row.  Currently, he has decided he wants to be a CFO who plays baseball in college.  Seems like a good choice.

Hunter is also getting his baseball legs back again.  He is throwing and hitting faster and harder than last year.

His new team started practices at the end of January.  He loves his new team already.  They were very excited to see him join.   His coaches love him too.  His first tournament will be April 14th.  We are all very anxious to see how this new team comes together.

 Sorry no photos yet.  We are working on it.