Grantham’s Pentathalon Students Display Academic Prowess

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The seventh and eighth grade Academic Pentathlon Teams did a fantastic job at the competition held February 1 at the Aldine Staff Development Center.

The teams won multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals for individual tests in language arts (Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell), Russian history, Russian rocket science, and mathematics. The Grantham students also did well in Super Quiz with the seventh grade team taking home second place and the eighth grade team tying for first place with Hambrick Middle School.

The seventh grade team is comprised by Beatriz Hernández, Deja’nik Senegal, Anaís Tello, Cameron Frazier, Paola Tavares, Roberto García, Jeffery Rodríguez, and Rosalio de León.

The eighth grade team is comprised by Anaís Cahuantzi-Juárez, Elena Pashas, Natalie Ruiz, Alma Peña-Zavala, Xavian Escamilla, and Andrew González.

In the Academic Pentathlon, students compete in seven events and are divided into three groups — Varsity, Scholastic and Honors — based on their grade point averages (GPAs). The following students won individual awards:

Seventh Grade Students

• Roberto García, 2nd Place in Overall Varsity
• Jeffrey Rodríguez, 3rd Place in Overall Varsity

Eighth Grade Students

• Andrew González, 1st Place in Overall Varsity
• Andrew González, 3rd Place in Overall Scholastic
• Alma Peña-Zavala, 1st Place in Overall Scholastic
• Elena Pashas, 1st Place in Overall Honors

Congratulations to the students! The team is coached by Megan Loflin, math teacher, and Stephanie Lamb, math skills specialist.