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Show The Mathcounts team from Bountiful Jr. High took fifth place in the state. Members of the team are (left to right, seated) Tonya Talbot, Peter Jones, (standing) David Crowley, Tom Anderson and Andrew Morrill, Advisor. Team takes fifth in state Bountiful Junior High's Math-counts Math-counts team placed fifth in the state at the recent Mathcounts contest held at the University of Utah March Mar-ch 24. The team consisted of Tonya Talbot, Peter Jones, David Crowley and Tom Anderson. Andrew Morrill Mor-rill served as the coach and advisor for the team. The annual contest is sponsored by the National Society of Professional Profes-sional Engineers to encourage math excellence in school and to promote interest in careers involving math. Students on the team have practiced prac-ticed an average of four hours per week after school since the beginning beginn-ing of the school year. This is the first time that a team from Bountiful Junior has seriously competed in the contest. They were one of two teams from Davis District who ; qualified to attend state competition. competi-tion. IT |