Muncie’s West View Elementary M.A.T.H. Bowl Students Are State Champs

By Andy Klotz—

MUNCIE, IN – The many hours of practice paid off for a group of West View Elementary students who are Indiana’s 2024 M.A.T.H. Bowl state champions. Eleven West View Elementary 4^th and 5^th graders beat out 117 other schools from around the state to claim the title in the Red Class, which includes all schools with up to 162 students combined in 4^th and 5^th grades.

“I couldn’t be more proud of these students who worked very hard to prepare for the competition,” West View Elementary 3^rd/4^th grade teacher and M.A.T.H. Bowl Coach Kira Zick said. “This is the second year we’ve assembled a team at West View, so it is all still new, but it has been a wonderful experience and I loved seeing the students’ excitement over their success!”

The competition, recently held in Yorktown, consists of four rounds of eight multiple-choice questions developed around curriculum from The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The questions are based on Indiana’s Academic Standards for Mathematics for grades 5-7 with this year’s focus being Algebraic Thinking, Number Sense and Computation. and includes curriculum.

West View Elementary outscored runner-up Guilford Elementary of Plainfield 27 to 23. Only two other schools scored above 20 points.

Members of the West View elementary M.A.T.H. Bowl team include:

Jotham Asemota, 5^th

Jackson Cook, 5^th

Nolyn Hardman, 5^th

Jasmine Namaga, 5^th

Dean Werner, 5^th

Luke Chalfant, 4^th

Donovan Daugherty, 4^th

Ben Hense, 4^th

Hikaru LaSpina, 4^th

Loken LeBlanc, 4^th

Gurdarshan Singh, 4^th

Kate Zick, 4^th

About Muncie Community Schools

Serving the local community since 1855, Muncie Community Schools (MCS) educates more than 5,000 students at six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school while also managing several other educational facilities. Through its unique partnership with Ball State University, MCS strives to maximize each student’s potential so he or she can be a positive, productive member of society. Find out more about MCS or Director of Public Education and CEO Lee Ann Kwiatkowski at muncieschools.org.