Chase and his team mates have been training for Math Relay, an end of the year district competition, for 4 months now. He has stayed after school every Tuesday and Thursday for an hour. In March they timed the kids answering multiplication and division facts and completing certain athletic skills. For the last several months it has been all about shaving seconds off of that original time. The school can send three teams A,B and C. Out of all the kids on the team comprised of 4,5 and 6th graders Chase made it on to team B. We were very proud of him.
This last Friday he got on a bus, headed towards a local high school to compete against it seems like 50 other teams. Dave, Kate, Sara and I went to support and cheer for him. He did very well. His team didn't place in the top ten but the A team did. I really love that our district promotes such worthy activities.
Here is Chase in his event:
This last Friday he got on a bus, headed towards a local high school to compete against it seems like 50 other teams. Dave, Kate, Sara and I went to support and cheer for him. He did very well. His team didn't place in the top ten but the A team did. I really love that our district promotes such worthy activities.
Here is Chase in his event:
preparing to be tagged...
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10 jumping jacks...
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answering 10 division/multiplication math facts...(if they miss on they have to do a push up).JPG)
10 times jumping rope...
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running hurdles...
tagging his next team mate...
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Chase's Team!
6 comments:
So happy to see my legacy is being passed down!
How fun! This is right up Rusty's alley. What a good idea. Our school does Physical Fitness but not academic competitions. Good work Chase!!
Way to go, Chase!! I'd heard about the Math Relay teams at Chloe, but had no idea what that meant. Thanks for posting this--how fun!! Was Dave also reciting multiplication facts during his marathon? =) (Congrats to him too, by the way.)
I'm glad that he gets involved in such fun things!
That is seriously so cool. I think Christian would be a natural. Can you imagine - math and sports. He would be all over that. How awesome for Chase. Looks like they had a blast. I love fun programs like that. Learning can be fun!
Great job Chase! Math was always my favorite subject (Ha, Ha)
Tucson Grandpa
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