March 18, 2008

East Arkansas Community College-Forrest City
Press Release

The annual Arkansas Council of Teachers of Mathematics State High School Mathematics Contest (ACTM Math Contest) was held Saturday, March 15th at high schools around eastern Arkansas. 110 students from area high schools and junior high schools were registered for the competition in the subjects of Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry/Pre-calculus, and Calculus.

East Arkansas Community College is a regional site for ACTM testing and the event has traditionally been held at EACC. The ACTM contest was cancelled on the originally scheduled date of March 8th due to inclement weather. Make-up competitions were held at area high schools.

The regional winners that placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd will be invited to advance to the state-level competition to be held at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway in April.

The regional contest director was Dennis Smith, EACC math/science faculty member, Don Lewis is the EACC math/science department chair.

First, Second, Third, and Honorable Mentions are:

Algebra I:         First Place – Phillip Cloy from Brinkley High
                        Second Place – Tyler Poore from McCrory High
                        Third Place – Ethan Dollar from Wynne High

Geometry:        First Place – Molly Stapleton - McCrory
                        Second Place – Emily Cupples – Forrest City High
                        Third Place – Daniel Baltezoro – McCrory High
                        Honorable Mention – Autumn Henderson – Forrest City High
                        Honorable Mention – Keiara Turner – Forrest City High
                        Honorable Mention – Laine (Anna) Wampler - McCrory High
                        Honorable Mention – Josh McDonald – McCrory High
                        Honorable Mention – Cassidy Lucas – McCrory High

Algebra II:        First Place – Cody Adams – Brinkley High
                        Second Place – Chelsea Coffey – Wynne High
                        Third Place – Cara McCollum – Forrest City High

Pre-Cal/Trig:    First Place – Lori Hyde - McCrory High
                        Second Place – Megan Smith - Wynne High
                        Third Place – Natalie Hyde - McCrory High
                        Honorable Mention – Zena Humphrey – Forrest City High

Calculus:           First Place – Daniel Dallas – Wynne High
                        Second Place – Matthew (Dillon) Davis – Wynne High
                        Third Place – Derek Totten – Wynne High