Pasco County Math Contest

RASMUSSEN COLLEGE, April 2, 2008—Gulf junior Alice Chang won first place in Calculus and sophomore Cody Johnson won second place in Precalculus at the Pasco County Mathematics Contest today. Both are students in Gulf's IB program. It was Alice's third consecutive first-place finish in the annual contest. She won first place last year in Precalculus and first place in 2006 in Algebra II. She did not attend public schools in previous years. In the team rankings, Gulf's Geometry team finished second and our Calculus team finished third among the Pasco County high schools.  Here are some pictures.

Left: Alice Chang is congratulated by former Pasco County Mathematics Supervisor John Geiger,
who wrote the questions for the competition. Right: Cody Johnson is congratulated by Mr. Geiger.
Left: our second-place Geometry team, Sarah Zajd, Kaylene Mancini, Jarod Carpenter.
Right: our third-place Calculus team, Alice Chang, Stephen Reid, Mario Talanga.
Left: the Calculus team during the team round. Right: scene from the Calculus competition.
Left: the Precalculus team, Cody Johnson, Thomas Polito, Kelvin Tran.
Right: the Algebra II team, Carmelo Calcagno, Kelly Hallisey, Steve Tinker.
Left: the Geometry team with their coach, Mrs. Pitcock. Right: last-minute cramming on the Astro bus.
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