DeKalb West School 8th grader Trenten Shores placed 5th out of 102 students at the Upper Cumberland Middle Grades Math Contest. The event was held April 7 at the STEM Center at Tennessee Tech University. Shores also came in second place his 7th grade year and first place his sixth grade year. Other students who participated included 8thgraders Clayton Crook, Haley Dies, and Holly Evans; 7th graders Garrett Hayes, Jaden Johnson and Ashlin Maynard; 6th graders Brayden Antoniak, Ariel Patterson, Victoria Rodano, and Hagen Waggoner.
Pictured first row (left to right): Jaden Johnson, Cody Antoniak, Ashlin Maynard and Clayton Crook.
Back Row (left to right) are Ariel Patterson, Garrett Hayes, Victoria Rodano, Trenten Shores, Haley Dies, and Holly Evans.