MathCounts Team takes first place in chapter competition
A team of four students from Sartell Middle School competed against 13 other schools Feb. 4 to win the 2014 Lake Region Chapter MathCounts competition. From left to right are Tina Chen, Brandan Carlson, Coach Jesse Johnson, Nicholas Juntunen and Cindy Zhang. The team will proceed to the state championship March 14 and 15 in Plymouth and compete against some 40 schools from throughout the state. The four winning teams will go on to the national championship May 8-11 at Disneyworld in Orlando, Fla. MathCounts is a math competition for middle-school students. Its mission is to make math interesting and fun and to enrich math learning through collaboration, problem solving, and tackling real-world problems.
Students must attain a minimum grade-point average of 3.50 to achieve the honor.
Six Sartell students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at Concordia College, Moorhead. They are the following: Katherine Miller, daughter of Patricia and Stephen Miller, senior, a Sauk Rapids-Rice High School graduate; and Carl and Margaret Minnerath, son and daughter of Sylvia and Dale Minnerath, both sophomores; Robert Satterness, son of Lori and Neil Satterness, a senior; Grant Strom, son of Janelle and Terrance Strom, a senior; and Zachary Zitur, son of Jeanne Cashman, a sophomore, all Sartell High School graduates. Students must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 to qualify for the honor.
