Immanuel Lutheran in Palatine repeats as math champions
Two students receive top individual honors
Submitted by Immanuel Lutheran School
Immanuel Lutheran School, in Palatine, known for its sports championships, brought home another championship — this one in academics.
Immanuel Lutheran competed in the Chicago Area Lutheran School Math Contest and earlier this month brought home the team championship for the second consecutive year.
In addition, Immanuel sixth-grader Leo Shao had the highest individual score of the entire competition and was the overall fifth-/sixth-grade champion, while Immanuel eighth-grader Mark Pollard was the overall seventh-/eighth-grade champion.
The competition, sponsored by Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park, provides two tests: one for fifth- and sixth-graders; another for seventh- and eighth-graders. The top five scores are averaged for each grade from the school. Then all four grades are added to determine the overall team math champion.
“Immanuel Lutheran has a tradition of being a top school in our academic competitions,” said Kyle Clauss, director of recruitment at Walther Lutheran. “They have continued their impressive streak of finishing in the top ranks among other schools in math.”
This year, Immanuel Lutheran had the top sixth- and eighth-grade composites among all of the schools competing in math.
“We don’t do anything special to prepare our students for the math competition,” said Richard Dewitt, math instructor at Immanuel Lutheran. “I am extremely proud of our all of our students, their work ethics and their abilities. As a teacher, it’s rewarding to see our students perform so well academically.”
Immanuel Lutheran won the Walther Lutheran Overall Team Math Championship in 2012 and 2011, and finished second in 2010.
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