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Everyone loves staying at Northview until 1 a.m. for danceGOLD, but would you want to stay for 14-hours on a school night? Seniors Erin O’Donnell and Anthony Ellis, as well as juniors Avinash Singh and Andrew Megeath, dedicated 14-hours of their Sunday to compete in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge at Northview in hopes of winning some of the $100,000 offered in awards and an all-expense paid trip to New York City. On March 3 at 8 a.m., the clock started and the students were assisted by math teacher John Eckhart to find data on substance use and abuse, analyze that data, build mathematical models, and compare the internal and external factors that affect substance use. By 10 p.m., and with no breaks in between, a 20-page mathematics paper explaining the student’s findings was finished. “This goes beyond the textbook, this is real life,” Mr.
Eckhart said. “Being able to think quickly and understanding it’s okay [for the students] to struggle are very important to takeaways from this.” The students indeed struggled. First, it was figuring out what data they should use. Since the challenge problem is open-ended, it was difficult for them to narrow down exactly what data they wanted to focus on. About five hours into it, they had nothing written. How- ever, they picked up some momentum and managed to submit
the paper with two minutes to spare. “Seeing the students understand by the end of it, that’s the best part,” Mr. Eckhart said. However, their struggles didn’t end just because the challenge was finished. “We were all dead [by the end of the chal-
lenge], the Monday after is the worst day of the year,” Mr. Eckhart said. He made sure to spend time before the competition preparing his students. The M3C posts video series and practice problems from previous years on their website which Mr. Eckhart used during practices. O’Donnell had an advantage this year as she was the only one who had p a rticipated in the challenge before. “My favorite part was when we had our breakthrough,” O’Donnell said. “We were brainstorming for hours and it felt like we were getting no where but we eventually hit a breakthrough and we were on a roll after that.” NV made up one of the 877 teams participating in this year’s challenge. That’s nearly 4,000 students competing. NV made it through the first round, but they didn’t advance past that making them a part of the top 178 teams. The judges eventually provide all teams with feedback on what they can do to improve. “This was the best paper we’ve written,” Mr. Eckhart said.
Look who’s Teacher’s work honored Ms. Nelson receives distinguished teacher award going to Ivy Justine Umfleet Staff Writer
Senior Claire Gray will be attending a private Ivy league research university known as Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island this fall. “I wanted to go to this specific university because of the opportunities they had with their open curriculum,” Gray said. “Gray is one of the only Northview students who will be attending an Ivy League school. Students attending Ivy League schools are rare to find at Northview,” counselor Mrs. Rodgers said. I am most excited to be in a new place that has a lot of new opportunities for my major. She will be majoring in chemistry education and hopes to play in the orchestra. “I wouldn't say that I’m nervous about being so far away from home,” Gray said. “But I am going to miss being in my hometown and the people that I have in my daily life.”
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Northview’s very own Kathryn Nelson was selected to receive the Colonel George F. Leist Distinguished Teacher Award at the 2019 Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium event. OJSHS is three days long and is a way for students to meet with each other and share their research.
“It was unexpected and very humbling.” - Science teacher Ms. Nelson
BGSU AP RESEARCH TEACHER Kathryn Nelson received at this year’s OJSHS event. Her work building Northview’s research program was honored.
There are 24 spots for presentations, and junior Rachel Avina, senior Claire Gray, and senior Hannah Dorris filled three of them. Each student gave a formal presentation in front of a panel of multidisciplinary PhD judges. “The experience is great for the students,” Ms. Nelson said, “and even great for me because I get to engage with other research mentors from around the state.” The AP Seminar class had the opportunity to join AP Research as they presented. “This allowed them to gain a better idea of the breadth and depth of student research possible in Ohio as they head into their AP Research experience,” Ms. Nelson said.
For the past four years, NV has competed and brought home many awards. This is the second year a NV student (Dorris) will attend Nationals and compete for up to a $16,000 scholarship prize. Because of her hard work educating her students and helping them reach their goals, Ms. Nelson was awarded the Distinguished Teacher Award. She has received a large amount of positive feedback from staff members, as well as her students, for continuously improving the program. “It was unexpected and very humbling,” Ms. Nelson said. “Both the students and I have worked very hard to put Sylvania Northview Research on the map and it is wonderful to be recognized amongst my peers at the state level.”
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May 6, 2019 Volume 93, Issue 9