- March 6, 2025
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Jacob Robbins, left, Ava Babington, center, and Josiah Esteves, all members of Team U.S.A., work together on some geometry.
Josiah Esteves with Team U.S.A. searches for fractions during the competition.
Camryn Hardy, left, and Landon DeTizio from Team China make a stop at the snack station for granola bars and a drink.
Jacob Robbins holds up the answer to a math problem.
Gabby Swart with Team Brazil searches for the answer to a math problem among the numbers taped to small colorful cones.
Members of Team Germany work together to solve a long-division problem.
Competing against the clock, Jack Grau from Team Brazil searches for the answer to a math problem.
Ava Babington with Team U.S.A. points out the answer to the math problem she solved.
David Dettle with Team Jamaica enjoys a round of basketball after the competition.
Alexander Scott, left, and Cole Cunningham with Team Germany work on some long division.
A bubble station was set up for the students to enjoy while they took a break at the snack station.
WINTER GARDEN To prepare her fourth-grade students for the FSA math test, Micaela Thomas created her own version of the Olympics for her students. The Whispering Oak Elementary School students were grouped into teams - U.S.A., China, Brazil, Germany and Jamaica - and competing against each other for gold medals during an outdoor, Olympics-styled competition. The games involved solving a variety of math problems, including division, fractions and geometry, for points.
“This is a day where they’re still reviewing (the material) but not in a traditional setting,” Thomas said.
At the end of the competition, Jamaica and Brazil had tied for the most gold medals, earning the two teams a pizza party.
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