Hall of Fame Contest

My Experience with Math/English Contest Siddy Bhasin Dufief ES, Grade 3   Dr. Li held a great contest that helped me in many ways. I think the contest was a good way to practice writing skills. I think Dr. Li let kids participate so they feel proud of finishing the test and getting a reward. The contest helped me build my confidence. This is because among all the kids that go to Dr. Li, I was one of the winners. At my school there was an essay competition and my essay got selected for the County level competition. This improved my competitive [...]

My Experience with Math/English ContestChristy LiRobert Frost MSGrade 8 It is often said that true competition is the struggle against not the strengths of others, but against the weaknesses of oneself. It was not until I chose to challenge myself by participating in this contest, which tested me in various subjects, did I truly understand this sentiment. The math section, while containing no ideas foreign to me, forced me to apply what I did know in efficient and creative ways. Unlike the typical standardized test that simply has the testee ingest information and spew it back out, I needed to find ways [...]

Elina LeeTokoma ParkGrade 8 I heard about this particular contest from the Takoma Park Middle Magnet mailing list, and I decided to participate as I had done last spring. The only requirement was to read the assigned book, Pride and Prejudice, but I did not have the time to do so. That was very regretful, as I could have gotten higher scores in the English category.This contest had a good test-taking environment with 90 minutes per section and a break in the middle. I liked how this was a paper test, instead of online or using an application on a device. This [...]

My Experience with Math ContestJack ZhuHerburt Hoover MS, Grade 7 Now that I know I won an award, all I can feel is happiness and pride. But when I first entered the testing room, all I can feel is nervousness and self-doubt. I have prepared hard for the contest, studying strategies and working my way through hundreds of math problems. Still, I could think of nothing except what will go wrong. I walked in the testing room and found a seat on the front row. I then thought about all kinds of problems that could be in the contest and how to [...]

My Competition ExperienceVivian SheFox ChapelGrade 4 I have learned and experienced many things during this competition. I took only the reading part, and here is how it went, what I learned, and how the results turned out. I found out only three days prior to the contest that I needed to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer before I took the test. I hurriedly read it, reading whenever I had the time. I squeezed in time to read the book before dinner, after dinner, in between extra-curricular activities, and I even read some on the car trip to the contest! I managed [...]

My Experience with Math&English Contest Name: Christopher WangSchool: Rachel CarsonGrade: 4   My experience with the Math contest was great! The contest was fantastic and challenging.  The math contest was very tricky so I had to pay attention to what I was doing. However, the difficulty was not too hard that I couldn’t solve them.  I think the math contest was for me.  Sometimes, I chose an answer that looked correct but when I checked my work it was wrong. The contest also had open-ended questions so it was fair to the students who didn’t guess the answers to problems.  The math [...]