Elementary School and Individual Winners of Westwood's 17th Annual Inter-Elementary Math Meet

On Wednesday, March 26th, students of Pine Hill Elementary School were the overall winners at the 17th Annual Inter-Elementary Math Meet held at Westwood's Thurston Middle School, where over 200 elementary school students participated, with a large crowd of family and supporters in attendance, said Ishani Tewari, one of the event organizers.

Students from third, fourth, and fifth grades of Westwood Public Schools competed in teams representing their elementary schools - Downey, Martha Jones, Pine Hill, and Sheehan. Fifth graders also had the opportunity to compete as individuals.

Photo courtesy of Ishani Tewari. Elementary school students from Westwood Public Schools work on math problems at their recent competition held at Thurston Middle School.

The results of the competition among grade levels from the different schools follows:

Overall School Winner: Pine Hill Elementary

5th Grade

1. Pine Hill
2. Martha Jones
3. Sheehan
4. Downey 

4th Grade

1. Downey
2. Pine Hill 
3.  Sheehan
4. Martha Jones

3rd Grade

1. Martha Jones
2. Pine Hill
3. Sheehan 
4. Downey

Photo courtesy of Ishani Tewari. Family members and supporters of students competing in the 17th Annual inter-Elementary Math Meet sit on bleachers at Thurston Middle School's gymnasium while students line up to compete in a math relay round.

In the individual competition among 23 competing fifth graders, the top three spots were won by:

1. Lucas Wu (Pine Hill), 
2. Evan Dias (Sheehan) 
3. Andrew Akhmedov (Pine Hill).

Thanks to Ishani Tewari for contributing this news to Westwood Minute.

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