West Middle students compete in Governor’s Cup
In spite of the The West Jessamine Middle School Academic Team being such a young team, the students have experienced great success this school year. The team is comprised of only two 7th grade students with the remaining team being 6th graders.
The team, coached by Mrs. Gail Johnson, placed first in Quick Recall in its conference this past fall and at the Kentucky Colonels’ Sixth Grade Showcase in December.
Jan. 26, the team competed in the Governor’s Cup District competition held at Model Laboratory in Richmond, placing second in the competition overall. WJMS, again, placed first in the Quick Recall Competition at District and medaled in several written assessments.
“We are so proud of our team and the success they have had this year,” WJMS Principal Terry Meckstroth said.
The Quick Recall team consists: Kareem Omar, Noah Dixon, Wesley Holifield, Cale Canter, Nick Bernard, Jonathan Dean, Luke Davis and Mackenzi Mason.
Those students who placed in written assessments were: Noah Dixon, first in Science, second in Mathematics, Kareem Omar, third in Science, third in Mathematics; Bradley Phelps, second in Science, Cale Canter, first in Social Studies, Richard Churchman, second in Social Studies, Allie Click, fourth in Language Arts, Mikayla Labrillazo, fifth in Arts/Humanities; and Catherine Graham, third in Composition.
Saturday, Feb. 16, the team moved on to the Governor’s Cup Regional competition. The WJMS Quick Recall team made it to the final four of the competition, placing fourth. In the written assessments, Noah Dixon placed third in Math, fifth in Science and Kareem Omar placed fourth in Math. Both Kareem and Noah will advance to compete in the State Governor’s Cup event which will be held in Louisville, March 15-17.
See the Jessamine Journal.