Newark Early College middle school students win first place in the district’s Math Olympics Competition
These five eight graders participated in the district wide Math Olympics competition. In the first round, 24 NPS middle schools participated. In the next round, 12 schools participated. The following three schools participated in the final Jeopardy round: Wilson Avenue, Sussex, and Newark Early College. Not only did the middle school students at Newark Early College win the competition, but they received perfect scores on the two written exams prior to competing in the Jeopardy round. Newark Early College received first place with 55 total points.