On April 19, 20 students from Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Redmond won the team championship in their division at the Math is Cool Competition, held at Mt. Rainier High School in Des Moines.

The students, led by fourth-grade teacher Carol Woodard, competed against a number of schools, including seven from the Lake Washington School District (LWSD).

The competition included a timed individual test, a mental math section and a four-person math relay that required all team member to correctly complete a problem in succession. There was also a “game show” component in which teams competed head to head with other schools in a race to ring the bell and provide the correct answer.

The Dickinson team was led by Shrey Srivastava, who received 4th place in the individual honors. The team also featured fourth graders Alexander Kovsky, Seth Kreysar, Hayden Chu, Tyler Chu, Ethan Vayman, Rahan Shankar, Noelle Rembiszewski and Khushi Vyas and third graders Ishaan Mirchandani, Kavya Gajjar, Purvakshi Rathmore, Annika Singh, Dhwani Porecha, Michael Stavropoulos, Kenneth Butcher, Kate Cannistra, Olivia Woolsey, Shreya Munda and Karli Kostoff.

Woodard is in her 18th year at Dickinson and has taught the school’s Math Club since 1999. This year, 23 students have participated in the third-grade Math Club and 29 in the fourth and fifth-grade Math Club.