Many Highline district elementary students enjoy and excel at math, as demonstrated by the record attendance at the seventh annual Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza, a district mathematics contest at Seahurst Elementary School on Friday, May 6, 2016.
Students in grades four through six competed in a variety of tests in different formats: an individual test in which students attempted to solve 30 problems in 30 minutes, a mental math test in which individuals tried to solve 20 questions in their head in 15 minutes, and two team tests (Algebra & Probability and Geometry & Potpourri) in which teams of four students attempted to solve 20 topic-specific problems in 15 minutes.
After a dinner break for pizza and hot dogs, the tests had all been scored and the results were ready. The first award category was “All That and a Bag of Chips”, where the top scorer on each team of four receives a bag of chips!
| School Name | Student Name |
| Bow Lake | Harkirat Sohi |
| Bow Lake | Jose Bocanegra |
| Bow Lake | Mundir Ali |
| Bow Lake | Sulekha Mahamud |
| Cedarhurst | Alex Armas |
| Cedarhurst | Diego de la Vega Sororio |
| Cedarhurst | Michael Luong |
| Hilltop | Ana Marcela |
| Hilltop | Joel |
| Hilltop | Lilean |
| Hilltop | Makenna |
| Hilltop | Rico |
| Hilltop | Zen |
| Marvista | Josh Abellon |
| Marvista | Madelyn Novick |
| Marvista | Mandi Pham |
| Marvista | Margaret Stewart |
| Marvista | Tsiyon Solomon |
| Midway | Brandon Philip Pelen |
| Midway | Nancy Nguyen |
| Midway | Siiddhika Kshetri |
| North Hill | Ava Brown |
| North Hill | Emily Ash |
| North Hill | Kai Praven |
| North Hill | Manjot Singh |
| North Hill | Patrick Crosby |
| North Hill | Reanna Lee |
| Parkside | Aesha Aden |
| Parkside | Allister J. Hewitt |
| Parkside | Ben Bowers |
| Parkside | Jeremy Skeels |
| Parkside | Kenley Nguyen |
| Parkside | Kyra Schwartz |
| Parkside | Mason Crook |
| Parkside | Megumi Whisman |
| Parkside | Vegas Kelso Znak |
| Parkside | Violet Wilson |
| Rainier Prep | Aidan O’Neill |
| Rainier Prep | Crystal Tran |
| Rainier Prep | Josselyne Fregoso |
| Seahurst | Catherine Lemus |
| Seahurst | Emerson Hickman |
| Seahurst | Esmeralda Castro Cordero |
| Seahurst | Hiei Garret |
| Seahurst | Hunter Richards |
| Seahurst | Jennifer Bou |
| Seahurst | Micah Hagler |
| Seahurst | Ruqaya Algburi |
| Seahurst | Summer Romero |
| Shorewood | Emily Cain |
| Shorewood | Emily Vorng |
| Shorewood | Maddy Handeshew |
| Shorewood | Mussie Dagmawi |
| Shorewood | Wily Wennerlind |
| Southern Heights | Benjamin Vu |
| Southern Heights | Will Murdock |
| White Center Heights | Annalise Chheng |
| White Center Heights | Diana Bunham |
| White Center Heights | Katie Tran |
The second award category is the “Sweet Solvers”, the top scorers from each school in each grade, who received a candy bar!
| School Name | Student Name | Grade |
| Bow Lake | Harkirat Sohi | 4 |
| Bow Lake | Mundir Ali | 4 |
| Bow Lake | Jose Bocanegra | 5 |
| Cedarhurst | Michael Luong | 6 |
| Hilltop | Joel | 5 |
| Hilltop | Zen | 6 |
| Marvista | Madelyn Novick | 4 |
| Marvista | Mandi Pham | 5 |
| Marvista | Margaret Stewart | 6 |
| Midway | Siiddhika Kshetri | 5 |
| Midway | Brandon Philip Pelen | 6 |
| North Hill | Kai Praven | 4 |
| North Hill | Reanna Lee | 5 |
| North Hill | Patrick Crosby | 6 |
| Parkside | Ben Bowers | 4 |
| Parkside | Allister J. Hewitt | 5 |
| Parkside | Kenley Nguyen | 5 |
| Parkside | Jeremy Skeels | 6 |
| Rainier Prep | Cassandra Nguyen | 5 |
| Rainier Prep | Aidan O’Neill | 6 |
| Seahurst | Jennifer Bou | 4 |
| Seahurst | Micah Hagler | 5 |
| Seahurst | Hunter Richards | 6 |
| Shorewood | Maddy Handeshew | 4 |
| Shorewood | Emily Cain | 5 |
| Shorewood | Wily Wennerlind | 5 |
| Shorewood | Emily Vorng | 6 |
| Southern Heights | Will Murdock | 6 |
| White Center Heights | Katie Tran | 4 |
| White Center Heights | Annalise Chheng | 5 |
The third award category was the top-scoring individuals across the district in each grade, with the top five each receiving a trophy. The fourth-graders were:
| Place | School Name | Student Name |
| 11 | Seahurst | Jennifer Bou |
| 10 | Parkside | Sunni Wagner |
| 9 | Parkside | Megumi Whisman |
| 8 | North Hill | Aria Hawkins |
| 7 | North Hill | Kai Praven |
| 6 | Parkside | Ben Bowers |
| 5 | Marvista | Josh Abellon |
| 4 | Shorewood | Rae Williams |
| 3 | Shorewood | Eric Nguyen |
| 2 | Marvista | Madelyn Novick |
| 1 | Shorewood | Maddy Handeshew |
The fifth-graders were:
| Place | School Name | Student Name |
| 10 | Parkside | Aesha Aden |
| 9 | Parkside | Luke Vlases |
| 8 | Shorewood | Wily Wennerlind |
| 7 | Shorewood | Emily Cain |
| 6 | Marvista | Mandi Pham |
| 5 | Rainier Prep | Cassandra Nguyen |
| 4 | Hilltop | Joel |
| 3 | Parkside | Austin Corwin |
| 2 | Parkside | Allister J. Hewitt |
| 1 | Parkside | Kenley Nguyen |
…and the sixth-graders were:
| Place | School Name | Student Name |
| 13 | Shorewood | Mussie Dagmawi |
| 12 | Parkside | Lucas Smith |
| 11 | Parkside | Kyra Schwartz |
| 10 | Hilltop | Zen |
| 9 | Parkside | Melvin Dillinger |
| 8 | Marvista | Margaret Stewart |
| 7 | Shorewood | Alex Akina |
| 6 | Cedarhurst | Renat Mamikonyan |
| 5 | Parkside | Violet Wilson |
| 4 | Cedarhurst | Michael Luong |
| 3 | Rainier Prep | Aidan O’Neill |
| 2 | Parkside | Jeremy Skeels |
| 1 | Shorewood | Emily Vorng |
The final award category was the top scoring teams across the district in each grade, who each received a plaque to display in their school’s trophy case. The fourth-grade teams were
| Place | School Name | Name | Name | Name | Name |
| 5 | Parkside | Maziah Banuelos | Melat Kassahun | Sunni Wagner | Ben Bowers |
| 4 | Marvista | Aidan Phan | Martin Dinh | Josh Abellon | Cameron Simpson |
| 3 | North Hill | Philip Soran | Kai Praven | Parker Crawford | Aria Hawkins |
| 2 | Marvista | Madelyn Novick | Guilia Gudor | Anika Schau | Elliana Bryant |
| 1 | Shorewood | Eric Nguyen | Maddy Handeshew | Rae Williams | Sarah Berhan |
The fifth-grade teams were:
| Place | School Name | Name | Name | Name | Name |
| 5 | Hilltop | Daniella | Joseph | Kellie | Joel |
| 4 | Parkside | Niyara Dokukina | Aesha Aden | Rym Kechouane | Alena Kang |
| 3 | Shorewood | Emily Cain | Katie Clymer | Liam Richards | Wily Wennerlind |
| 2 | Parkside | Jens | Ivan Baez | Luke Vlases | Allister J. Hewitt |
| 1 | Parkside | Evelyn Watson | Austin Corwin | Malakai Silvestre | Kenley Nguyen |
And the sixth-grade teams were:
| Place | School Name | Name | Name | Name | Name |
| 5 | Cedarhurst | Sosna Binian | Renat Mamikonyan | Michael Luong | |
| 4 | Parkside | Lucas Smith | Kingston Thomas | Violet Wilson | Trisity Marshall-Tilson |
| 3 | Parkside | Jeremy Skeels | Melvin Dillinger | Ian Bishop | |
| 2 | Rainier Prep | Aidan O’Neill | Jenny Nguyen | Cassandra Nguyen | |
| 1 | Shorewood | Alex Akina | Emily Vorng | Sophia Mitchell | Tony Nguyen |
All of the tests for the 2016 Seahurst Elementary Math Bonanza were provided by National Assessment & Testing (http://www.natassessment.com), which in addition to this local competition administers four national contests by mail each year in different formats.
