By Melanie Patterson

The North Jefferson News



At least four math teams from schools in north Jefferson County ranked well in the Jefferson County Mathematics Tournament, held April 28-29 at McWane Center in Birmingham.

Schools ranking in the top 10 for individuals or the top three for teams were Mortimer Jordan High School, Fultondale High School, North Jefferson Middle School and Bragg Middle School.

Mortimer Jordan’s calculus team finished in second place, under the leadership of teacher and team coach Tracey Schmidt.

Fultondale High School earned two team places: Third place for geometry and third place for precalculus.

This, despite the fact that FHS does not have a regular math team.

“I just chose which students would attend. They didn’t know they were going until three days before the tournament,” said Larry Gilbert, math teacher.

“The greatest satisfaction for a teacher is to see his students successfully apply what he has taught them,” said Gilbert. “I wish I could take credit for the success we had at the county math tournament, but I can’t. I didn’t take the test. The kids did all of the work and they deserve all of the credit.”

North Jefferson Middle School’s team, under teacher and coach Holly Manning, won third place in the Math 6 category.

Bragg Middle School placed first for prealgebra and third for algebra. Bragg’s seventh-grade math coach is Anita Osborn and Bragg’s eighth-grade coach is Holly Brown.

Six schools placed in the top 10 at the high-school level, with Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School placing first in all categories.

Nine schools placed in the top 10 at the middle school level, with first place going to Bragg, Oak Grove High, Hueytown Middle and Clay Chalkville.



Jefferson County Mathematics Tournament results



The Jefferson County Mathematics Tournament was held April 28-29 at McWane Center in Birmingham. The following results are from schools in the north Jefferson County area.



North Jefferson County high school division team winners:

• Fultondale High School, 3rd place for geometry

• Fultondale High School, 3rd place for precalculus

• Mortimer Jordan High School, 2nd place for calculus



North Jefferson County high school division individual

geometry winners:

• 6th place, Stephanie Childers of Fultondale High School

• 9th place, John Norton of Fultondale High School



North Jefferson County high school division individual

precalculus winners:

• 8th place, Samantha Aycock of Fultondale High School



North Jefferson County high school division individual

calculus winners:

• 7th place, Elizabeth Mosley of Mortimer Jordan High School

• 10th place, Ryan Densmore of Mortimer Jordan High School



Middle school division team winners:

• North Jefferson Middle School, 3rd place for Math 6

• Bragg Middle School, 1st place for prealgebra

• Bragg Middle School, 3rd place for algebra



Middle school individual

winners for Math 6:

• 6th place, Stephen Freeman of Fultondale Elementary

• 9th place, Noah Cross of North Jefferson Middle School



Middle school individual

winners for Math 7:

• 4th place, Alex King of North Jefferson Middle School

• 8th place, Marlen Martinez of Fultondale High School

• 10th place, Tristian Wilder of North Jefferson Middle School



Middle school Individual winners for prealgebra:

• 1st place, Kendyl Dennis of Bragg Middle School

• 4th place, Zach Barkley of Bragg Middle School

• 6th place, Kristin Gao of Bragg Middle School

• 8th place, Genevieve Breimahorst of Bragg Middle School



Middle school Individual winners for algebra:

• 5th place, Skyler Jones of Bragg Middle School

• 6th place, Lacie Orris of Bragg Middle School