7/8 Archimedes Math Meet

On Wednesday, April 18, Deerfield hosted the 7/8 Regional Math Meet at St. Paul’s Liberty Lutheran Church’s Education Hall. School districts take turns hosting this yearly competition sponsored by the Greater Dane County Talented and Gifted Network. This year Deerfield’s 7/8 competitors were Belleville, Lake Mills, Cambridge, New Glarus, Fall River, and Poynette. Deerfield Elementary School 6th grade teacher Andrew Christianson emceed the event.

Deerfield’s team members consisted of four 7^th graders--Alexis Erickson, Elizabeth Johnson, Jessica Jacobs, and Calista Wery-- and four 8^th graders--Brenda Moe, Drew Nelson, Savannah Wery, and Jordan Winkler.  While they didn’t place first or second in order to qualify for the Mega Math Meet, the team battled hard and tied Poynette for fourth place in the meet.

Top scorers for Deerfield were Savannah Wery and Jordan Winkler. The two were tied for first place with their individual scores, but Savannah took first by scoring higher on the mental math portion of the test.

Fourth Grade Math 24

The 4th grade Math 24 competition was held April 13th at UW Madison's Union South.  The Deerfield team members were Denisse Duarte, Ethan Dunsirn, and Olivia Tatlock. Congratulations to Denisse Duarte, who earned a 5th place trophy.

Eighth Grade Math 24

Jordan Winkler, Drew Nelson, and Parker Knapp competed in the 8th Grade Regional Math 24 Competition held in Mount Horeb on March 12. Overall, Drew took 11th, Jordan tied for 12th, and Parker tied for 25th. "The boys faced strong competition, did well individually, and had a great time," says high school math teacher Kirsten Wohlers, who chaperoned the team.

Seventh Grade Math 24 Results

Erin Boland, Jessica Jacobs, and Lillian Otteson represented Deerfield at the seventh grade meet on March 8.  Jessica brought home a first place trophy, Erin took fourth place, and Lillian finished seventh out of about 25 competitors.

Yahara Top 10 Winner

Congratulations to Savannah Wery! Her cartoon, "The New Hangout," was chosen as a Top 10 Cartoon  to be published in the Yahara River Writers' Anthology. She has been inivted to attend the Yahara Top 10 Workshop in May.

Haiku Competition

Alena Miller, a 4th grade student, was selected as a Haiku poem winner from across students in Dane County. She will have the opportunity to share her winning Haiku at an awards ceremony being held at Eagle School in Madison on April 16, 2012. Congratulations Alena!

Sixth Grade Math 24 Results

The regional Dane County 6th grade Math 24 meet was held in Stoughton on February 22, 2012. Three students from Deerfield Elementary School advanced and participated in the meet including: Nathan Siewert, Nick Vander Grinten and Andrew Nebel. Nick Vander Grinten placed 3rd in this competition. Congratulations to all of them!

Fifth Grade Math 24 Results

Chelsea Wolf, Jonah Hewitt, and Ashley Jacobs competed in the Dane County Regional competition January 24 in Sun Prairie. Ashley placed 4th in the overall competition and also was the top scorer for Deerfield. Congratulations to all of them!

Yahara 2012 District Representatives

5th Grade

Cartoon

"Differences Between Adults and Kids" by Jane Lazzara

"Limiting" by Abby Spilde

Editorial

"Two Stroke Boat Engines" by Carson Knapp

Poetry

"Snowy Memories" by Ashley Jacobs

6th Grade

Cartoon

"Wall Street Protest" by Callista Schindler

Poetry

"Our Favorite Time of the Year" by Nikki Nelson

Short Story

"Captain Tory" by Nathan Siewert

"Oscar and Alphonse" by Allyson Tebon

7^th Grade

Cartoon

“Wisconsin Financing”  by McCoy Leigh

“Side Effects” by Lillian Otteson

Editorial

“Fast Food” by Sara Hildebrandt

“Reasons Not to Take Performance Enhancing Drugs” by Cameron George

Poetry

“Today” by Jennah Mackin

“Winter Wonderland” by Reece Matheson

Short Story

“Shadow of a Bear” by Jamie Cwik

“Secret in the Attic” by Kelli Lamphere

8th Grade

Cartoon

“Who’s Sinking the Boat?” by Ali Norton

“The New Hangout” by Savannah Wery

Poetry

“Winter” by Jonathan Hensiak

“Catching Fire” by Brenda Moe

Short Story

“The Lake” by Regan Bush

“The Island of Nurk” by Katy Tyllo