Local Students Compete In CCC&TI's Math Competiton


Freedom High School won first place Friday at the 23rd annual Edwin Troy Carpenter Mathematics Competition hosted by the College Transfer and Mathematics Departments of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. Watauga High School placed second in the competition and West Caldwell High School placed third. Each year, CCC&TI invites public and private high schools from Burke, Caldwell, Catawba and Watauga counties to participate in the mathematical showdown on the Caldwell Campus in Hudson named for former CCC&TI math instructor, Edwin Troy Carpenter. This year, Freedom, Watauga, West Caldwell and Caldwell Career Center Middle College high schools fielded teams for the event. A total of 31 students participated in the event. Each school was allowed to send a maximum of eight students, with two students competing in each of four areas: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II and Advanced Mathematics.  The event which is held in April to coincide with National Mathematics Awareness Month, provides some friendly competition for area students and helps prepare them for future tests in high school and college. Individual winners in Algebra I were Jodi Schlenker of Watauga High School who took home first place, Courtney Anderson of Freedom High School coming in second, and Nicholas Glover of Freedom High School coming in third. Geometry winners were Sandeep Silwal of Freedom High School with first place, Elliott Baker of Freedom with second place and Brook Blackwell of Watauga in third. Algebra II winners were: Caitlin Phillips of West Caldwell with first place, Caleb Presnell of Watauga in second, and Chris James of Freedom in third. Advanced Math winners were Sam Roller of Freedom, first; Zachary Scott of Watauga, second; and Melissa Pressley of Freedom, third. For more information about the ETC Mathematics Competition, call 828.726.2354