Academic Meet

Hunter has his 1st Academic Meet on Saturday and was pretty excited while this Momma was nervous. This is a new area for us, Hayley is into the drama thing and Hunter is the complete opposite--books, video games and useless information! So thankful that each one of my kids are their own personality and so different!

I had to laugh when we walked in and saw the whole team glued to their Ipods and DS

Ms. Coy and Ms. Hodgen gave the kids a little pep talk about what to expect and doing their best no matter what!

There were different areas you could compete in: Future Problem Solving (that was Wednesday), written assessments (Math, SS, Science and Arts/Humanity), and then Quick Recall (Jeopardy). Hunter competed in the Arts/Humanities and Science written assessments. He had 35 minutes to answer 30 multiple choice questions and then 6 tie breaker questions. At the end, each test was graded and then the top 5 students in each area placed.  He didn't place and I was nervous about this because he is a Wethington and has issues with losing--he doesn't accept it well!!  We talked about what an awesome experience this was (out of 12 team members, there was only 4 who were in 4th grade) and now he knew what to expect if he wanted to do it again next year. He is PUMPED and was really bummed that practice is over until next year.

Quick Recall was something that really made me nervous, the kids on the other hand, didn't seem to mind it one bit!! I have to admit, I was AMAZED at how smart these kids are--so many of the questions I had NO idea of the answer and they did!!  Hunter was a sub and actually got a few minutes of playing time!

I was hard not to cheer when they answered a question right, I did very well and kept quiet! Hunter answered a question right and I did what any proud Momma would do, take a picture of his name on the score board!!

Overall, we had several students who places on the written assessments and will advance to Regional!! 

We got a quick group shot before leaving.

It was a fun filled day and I am SO thankful that Hunter has such a fun group of kids who get along and have so much in common, can't forget their coaches, they are just as fun as the kid are!!