THREE ELEMENTARY PUPILS BRING HOME MATH AWARDS

Three local elementary school students brought home awards from the 10th annual Missouri Student Mathematics Contest State Competition in Columbia this month.

Allison Bryant, a sixth-grader at Alma Schrader School, placed fifth in problem solving; Ryan Granger, a sixth-grader at West Lane Elementary School in Jackson, placed eighth in Concepts; and Danny Robert, a fifth grader at St. Mary's School, took ninth in concepts.

Other students who competed in the state math contest:

Emily Tiehes, St. Joseph School, Apple Creek; Stephanie Davis, Immaculate Conception, Jackson; Courtney Wesbecher, Clayton Jansen and Becky Beussink, all of Leopold Elementary; Aditya Shah, Andrew Arnzen, Jeffery Overby and Kurt Glastetter, all of St. Vincent de Paul School, Cape Girardeau; Jessica Ponder, Perryville Elementary; Carissa Moore and Brian Seabaugh, both of Trinity Lutheran School, Cape Girardeau; Charles Haugland, David Templeton and Ben Carter, all of Alma Schrader; Justin Thompson and Joseph Ettling, both of West Lane; Jonathan Smart, Cape Christian School; Joe Walter and Aaron Puchbauer, both of North Elementary, Jackson; Tian Zhang, Clippard Elementary, Cape Girardeau; and Jonathan French, Advance Elementary.