Gloucester Public Schools students in grades three through five competed in basic facts, logic problems, and structural design in a Math Bowl held March 27 at Peasley Middle School. 

Each elementary school brought two teams from each grade level, along with alternates. A total of 101 students registered for the event and were facilitated by 35 volunteer teachers. Melanie Jenkins, the division’s elementary math specialist, coordinated the event. 

The first-place team at each grade level received the top trophies in the competition. Petsworth took the third- and fifth-grade trophies while Botetourt captured the fourth-grade trophy.

Among third graders, the Petsworth team of Arenessa Gray, Nickolas Davis and Rebekah Schrader placed first. Second place went to the Abingdon team of Johnathan Howerton, Ainslee Brown and Dominik Honaker, and in third place was the Botetourt team of Brooke Waltz, David Tanner and Joshua Mayer. At the fourth grade level, the Botetourt team of...