Led by coaches Gaynell Godet and Dwanesha Dean, Anatol Rodgers High School students Trishell Ferguson, Jeremiah Forbes, Makayla Cunningham and Azaria Edgecombe measured up to be the mathematics champions at this year’s Annual Interschool Mathematics Competition. 

With an impressive score of 43,042 points, the team of four was followed by North Long Island High School with 42,913 points and Mary Patricia Russell Junior High School with 42,164 points. Now in its 11th year, the math competition hosted by S.C. McPherson High School was again sponsored by Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd (CWCO) and the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training. 

The game-based learning platform Kahoot! was used to virtually gather junior mathematicians representing schools in Eleuthera, Long Island, New Providence and Grand Bahama, and test their arithmetic skills, speed and correctness. 

CWCO General Manager Henderson Cash, described this competition’s theme, ‘Mathematics: Opening Minds, Training Thoughts and Creating Thinkers’ as “superbly fitting” because, “along with literacy, numeracy is an important area for academic success and life beyond the classroom.”

He noted that the scores achieved by the participating schools are a testament to the time, hard work and dedication that both students, coaches and teachers put in not only for the competition, but during the school year. 

CWCO’s contribution to the competition ensured that organizers were able to adequately prepare and prize each junior high schooler. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas of the world where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or non-existent. The Company operates water production and distribution facilities and provides water-related products and services to customers in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Indonesia and the United States.  

Words: Ashley@serenawilliams-pr.com