Warrior News
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The Dassa Dash was newly revamped into the Dassa Dash 2.0 Walk-a-Thon this year! All students were able to participate and walk, run, or jog the 250m course for 30 minutes to promote health, fitness, and teamwork. 7,615 total laps were completed by our students!
Prizes were awarded for the following categories:
- Most laps by an individual student
- K–3 Winner - Luke Bishop, Grade 2
- 4–6 Winner - Liam McLean, Grade 5
- Class with the most laps K–3 - Mrs. Long - 298 laps
- Class with the most laps 4–6 - Mr. McCollough - 345 laps
- Highest individual with the most money raised (K–6) - TBD
- Highest class with the most money raised (K–6) - TBD
BC3 is proud to offer Establishing Financial Wellness, a free course that is open to the community providing community members skills necessary to manage their money and offer financial peace of mind. Seating is limited. To register visit the BC3 website, call (724)-287-8711 ext. 8421, or simply fill out the registration form and email it back to Dina Fricke.
Challenge 24 Tournament students in 5th and 6th grade math classes at Dassa McKinney have been sharpening their math skills all year long by playing Challenge 24. Challenge 24 is a math skill game where students have to make the number 24 from four given numbers on a card. You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide. You must use all four numbers on the card, but use each number only once. Each card is labeled with a certain number of points and if you solve the card correctly you collect those points. The person at the end of the round with the most points is the winner.
Students competed in classroom tournaments during the first few weeks of May to narrow down a top sixteen from 5th and 6th grade. These 32 students moved on to the tournament held on Tuesday, May 27. Students played 10 minute qualifying rounds to move onto the quarterfinals of 16 students. These 16 students were narrowed down to the semi-finals and then the final four competed for the title.
For a list of winners, please see the Challenge 24 Tournament article.