Students Place in Math Contest

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Eight students of Dayspring Christian Academy of Attleboro produced first-place through fifth-place finishes at the recent Eastern Massachusetts/Rhode Island District Math Olympics sponsored by the Association of Christian Schools International in Barrington, R.I.

DCA students (a total of 30 participated) concluded with one first-place performance, four second-place efforts, one third-place finish and two fourth-place exertions at the daylong event hosted by Barrington Christian Academy.

"We're very proud of our students and their achievements during the Math Olympics," said Beth Cabral, DCA's faculty adviser for the Math Olympics. "They have worked hard in the classroom all year to improve their math skills and it paid off at this competition."

A total of 260 students in grades three through eight, representing 10 ACSI-affiliated schools in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, were entered in the competition, which tested students' mathematical computation and reasoning skills.

Heading the DCA delegation was Olivia Phillips, who placed first in the eighth-grade reasoning contest. Ashwini Asirwatham (second in eighth-grade reasoning), Jacob Clark (second in eighth-grade computation), Julianna Phillips (second in sixth-grade reasoning) and Claudia Agustin (second in fourth-grade reasoning) all produced runner-up efforts.

Also for DCA, Sarah Brouillard placed third in fifth-grade reasoning; Miko Berja came in fourth in fifth-grade Computation and Ethan Corriveau ended fourth in fourth-grade computation.