Math Pentathalon 2019

At the beginning of the school year, Lily was asked to be on the Gerard Math Pentathlon team.  This is the first year our school has had a team and only two students from each class were asked to join.  The team was made up of 2nd and 3rd graders and the goal was to learn 5 different math strategy games well enough to be able to compete in the Math Pentathlon tournament in March.  The team met once or twice a week every week in order to learn the games.  Our sponsor, Mrs. Smith, needed help from parents so I volunteered to attend the meetings every week and help the students learn the games.  

Yesterday, Lily and I attended the tournament, which was held at a high school in Mansfield. There were over 300 students participating in the tournament.  Each student was paired with another student with the same level of experience and they got points for either winning/losing/tying each of the 5 games. 

Lily did a great job and won 2 of her games.  She lost three of them which gave her a final score of 11 points.  She was one point away from earning a medal in the tournament.  She was a little disappointed that she didn't medal but I was very proud of her and thought she did a great job since this was her first time to participate.

Our Gerard Pentathlon team

I was so proud of all of our students who worked so hard learning the games this year!

I hope Lily will decide to be on the team again next year.  Now that she knows the games, she will really be able to work on her strategy and come away with a medal at next year's tournament!