North Hills 6th graders take on math challenge, Earn trip to Topgolf

Sixth graders at North Hills Middle School recently put their math skills to the test in a friendly competition with students from North Allegheny and West Mifflin. The challenge was through Study Island, an app that helps students review key concepts through fun games and activities. As they complete challenges, students earn "blue ribbons" to track their progress.

The competition ran from March 31 to April 3, and the goal was simple: earn as many blue ribbons as possible in four days. The school with the highest average number of ribbons per student would take the win.

North Hills students showed up in a big way, earning a total of 11,367 blue ribbons! Leading the charge was Wilfried Yameogo, who racked up an impressive 212 ribbons, more than anyone else. He was also the only student to complete all six pathways in the challenge.

As a reward for their hard work, Wilfried and the top 29 finishers from North Hills got to celebrate with a fun trip to Topgolf on Wednesday, May 14.

A big congratulations to our top 30 finishers:

1. Wilfried Yameogo
2. Jase Capone
3. Santino Stroud
4. Alexx Maguire
5. Keaton McCaslin
6. Kendall Flanigan
7. Daniel Pedreira
8. Mathirakshi Muthurajan
9. Ameer Abdelrehim
10. Ava Pelat
11. Brady Cherry
12. Abby Palmer
13. Brennan Sapsara
14. Veronika Tikhomirova
15. Lucas Manns
16. Nora Meyers
17. Bryce Bemis
18. Brady Wozniak
19. Luke Polen
20. Nolan Rueger
21. Maksim Pasko
22. Gianni D’Alessandro
23. Kevin Godwin
24. Jackson Fisk
25. Maisie Myers
26. Johnathan Kenbok
27. Morgan Parks
28. Urvi Patil
29. Jonah Chafin
30. Nico Spontak

In the end, West Mifflin took home the top spot overall. As good sports, North Hills and North Allegheny students wore West Mifflin’s school colors, blue and gold, to Topgolf and even posed for pictures holding signs to congratulate the winners.

Way to go, everyone!