By Mike Hutchens, UC Schools Communications Director
Union City, Tenn.–The annual end-of-the-year Math Olympics for Union City Middle School 5th and 6th graders showcased skills learned and retained from the 2022-23 school year.
A premium was put on speed, too, for correct answers, as students were tested in several rounds of math facts and practices to solve questions and problems in a specific amount of time.
UCMS teachers Emily Cross (5th) and Jennifer Bruff and Alicia Suiter (6th) presided over their respective grades. The top three students from each class were awarded spots in the grade level contest after preliminary contest rounds were held daily to determine those positions.
Among the winners were:
5th Grade
2nd Place – Gabriel Pocernich
1st Place – Ryelee Byars
3rd Place – Ricky Pocernich
Participants
Dominic Burnside, Chloe Baumgardner, Jeremy Bonds, Trevor Johnson, Jaybren Morrow, Hilaria Siquin-Soto, Noah Bevis
Middle row, from left – Marquise Bush, Aiden Fleming, Ricky Pocernich, Ryelee Byars, Gabriel Pocernich, Kason Medley, Reyna Rojop-Hernandez, Kobe Courtney
Ella Jean Hayes, Trazure Carr, Pyper Prather, Sunni Wright Johnson, Aryannah Huff, D.J. Avery, Brayson Smith, Samyjah Cole, Kaden McManus
6th Grade
2nd place: Sophie Palmer
1st place: DeShawn Woods
3rd place: Melissa Maldonado
Participants
Sophie Palmer
Garrison Bunch
Gaby Contreras
Melissa Maldonado
Alessandro Rosasa
DeShawn Woods
Jaxon Clay
Amila Watson
Matvii Kostanian
Stephen Herrell
Kiki Sneed
Camden Watts
Ellyn Ferber
Khloe McGowan
Lyla Webb
Sh’Kyah Jackson
Conner Hutson
Aidan Gossett
Alternates:
Kieron Mosley
Austin Powell
Jake Lattus
Jeremiah Kimble
Asa Reid