DIAMOND BAR, CA - ON SATURDAY MAY 12^TH, THE WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ITS MATH FIELD DAY COMPETITION AT SOUTH POINTE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE MATHEMATICS FIELD DAY FOR THE DISTRICT SERVES AS A CULMINATION TO A YEAR - LONG INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS BASED ON THE CONCEPTS AND CONTENT OF THE CALIFORNIA MATHEMATICS CONTENT STANDARDS. THE EVENT WAS ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MRS. JACKIE LUZAK OF THE WVUSD'S PAR PROGRAM AND MRS. DIANA MILLER OF CASTLEROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION (GATE) PROGRAM.

APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED STUDENTS IN THE FOURTH THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE FROM EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. DURING THE COMPETITION, THE TEAM OF FOUR STUDENTS, REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOL, MOVED THROUGH ELEVEN OF THE TWELVE "STATIONS" TO SOLVE MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS ALIGNED TO THEIR GRADE LEVEL AND STANDARDS. THE STUDENTS ARE ALLOTTED VERY SHORT TIME AT A GIVEN "STATION" TO SOLVE PROBLEMS QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY. AT ANY GIVEN STATION, THE CORRECT SOLUTION COULD CONSIST OF ANSWERING ONE TO SEVERAL PROBLEMS, AND MAY ALSO INVOLVE CUTTING, PASTING, AND OTHER MODELING AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVATES. THE PROBLEMS ARE FROM FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS CLASSIFIED AS "NUMBER SENSE", "ALGEBRA AND FUNCTIONS", "MEASUREMENTS AND GEOMETRY", AND "STATISTICS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND PROBABILITY".

AFTER THE RIGORS OF THE FAST-PACED MORNING COMPETITION, THE STUDENTS AND ADULTS WERE TREATED TO THE SHOWMANSHIP OF MAGICIAN MR. BRYAN STOOPS WHILE THEY ENJOYED THEIR PRE-PAID LUNCH FROM THE 'IN-N-OUT" LUNCH TRUCK.

AFTER THE LUNCH PERIOD, MRS. LUZAK ANNOUNCED THE WINNING TEAMS FOR THIS YEAR'S WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MATH FIELD DAY. THE WINNING TEAMS WERE PRESENTED WITH A PLAQUE FOR THEIR SCHOOL AND A GOLD-BORDERED CERTIFICATE FOR EACH OF THE WINNING TEAM MEMBERS. THE WINNING TEAM MEMBERS FOR THE 4^TH GRADE FROM COLLEGEWOOD ELEMENTARY ARE DONNIE THOMPSON, SARA WANG, DAVID CHEN, AND MICHAEL LUCERO. THE 5^TH GRADE WINNING TEAM FROM EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY ARE JENNIFER KIM, BRANDON CHAU, ANDY KOE, AND SAM KIM. THE 6^TH GRADE WINNING TEAM FROM CHAPARRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CONSISTS OF SHARON KUO, TIFFANY MA, KRISTINE SARNLERTSOPHON, AND OBY OWU. THE 7^TH GRADE WINNERS FROM SUZANNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE DENTON LI, BRIAN WU, MARCUS LEUNG, AND SHAWN YANG. THE 8^TH GRADE WINNERS, ALSO FROM SUZANNE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ARE EVA CHENG, MATT GUNAWAN, MICHAEL LIN, AND JONATHAN LU. IN ADDITION, EACH OF STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION.

EACH WINNING TEAM WILL REPRESENT THE WVUSD AND ADVANCE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION SPONSORED 2001 MATHEMATICS FIELD DAY EVENT AT EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WEST COVINA ON JUNE 2^ND. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MEET STIFF COMPETITION FROM OTHER WINNING TEAMS FROM MORE THAN TWENTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

THE MATHEMATICS FIELD DAY WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS PARTICIPATION OF THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF THE WVUSD. IN ADDITION, OVER 75 PARENTS AND OTHER ADULT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND SERVICES FOR THIS EVENT. ALSO HELPING AT THE EVENT WERE THREE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE WALNUT HIGH SCHOOL'S MATH CLUB - DUC DO, ANGELA SUN, AND JASON WANG.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CERTIFICATES WERE MADE BY MIMI'S CAFÉ AND CHILI'S BAR & GRILL. MIMI'S ALSO PROVIDED THE MUFFINS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL PLAQUES WERE PROVIDED BY FARMER BOYS, MIKASA MEXICAN RESTAURANT, INTERNATIONAL DELI, TACO FACTORY AND
J. R. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, INC.

ALL OF THE MATHEMATICS FIELD DAY PARTICIPANTS WHICH INCLUDES STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS - ENJOYED THE DAY ENORMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNING TEAMS. BEST WISHES IN REPRESENTING THE WVUSD AND YOUR SCHOOL AT THE L.A. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S MATH FIELD DAY.
 
 

(l-r) Donnie Thompson, Sara Wang, and Mr. J. Almberg, Collegewood Teacher.
Not pictured are David Chen and Michael Lucero.

(l-r) Mrs. J. Arlotti, Suzanne Middle School Teacher, Shawn Yang, Marcus Leung, Brian Wu, and Denton Li.

(l-r) Mrs. J. Arlotti, Suzanne Middle School Teacher, Matt Gunawan, Eva Cheng, Anthony Lu, and Michael Lin.

Registration table during the school check-in	Scoring instructions to the teachers and volunteers by  Mrs. Miller. (Note the undivided attention given by all)
Registration table during the competition - scoring the competition.	The teams going through the competition.
Another team during the competition.	Two teams during the competition.
Mr. Bryan Stoops performing his magic at lunch time.	The magician with help from the audience.