Forsythe Team Places First in Michigan, 6th Nationally in Knowledge Contest

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 9:35 PM [May 1, 2012]

   The Forsythe Knowledge Master team saved the best for last as
they finished first in the state, out of ten teams, in the Knowledge
Master Open held April 25, 2012.  In three previous contests this
year, they had finished third, second, and third in the state.  The
Knowledge Master Open is a contest that tests teams' ability to answer
questions in all the subject areas quickly and accurately.  The
questions are at all levels of difficulty.  The KMO is produced by
Academic Hallmarks, of Durango, CO, and you can learn more about it at
<greatauk.com>.
    The Viking team of 39 6th, 7th, and 8th graders scored 1729 out
of a perfect score of 2000.  They finished far above the national
average of 1391 and the national average of 1285.  Second place in
Michigan went to Dunckel Middle School, Farmington Hills, with a score
of 1707, and third place went to Boulan Park Middle School, in Troy,
with 1700.  A team from Tappan finished 7th in Michigan, and we are
glad to see our crosstown rivals return to KMO competition.
    Nationally, Forsythe placed 6th out of 565 teams.  First place in
the country was Longfellow School, Falls Church, VA, with 1814, and
second place was Kealing Middle School, Austin, TX, with 1799.  The
competition consisted of 200 multiple-choice questions, each with 5
answer choices.  Forsythe answered 184 correctly on the first try and
got 14 of the remaining 16 right on the second try, leaving only two
questions answered incorrectly.
    KMO is a middle school club open to all Forsythe students.  The
coach is Dan Ezekiel, assisted by Mike Shaw, and with parent
assistance coordinated by team mom Marni Arnett.  The club is now
finished for the year, but will meet again next school year during
Quarters 2 and 3.  The members of the gold-winning April team were:

6th:
 Oscar Anderson, Chandra Desai, James Johal-Smith, Daniel Khain, Nathan
 Pawittranon, Rose Sproat, Jordan Tirico, Julia Walker.

 7th:
 Fumiya Abe-Nornes, Miles Aikens, Navya Arigapudi, Halley
 Banaszak-Holl, Oshadi Caldera, Samir Chethan, Tommy Cohn, Noah Dean,
 Forrest Flesher, Alex Hull, Chase Hyatt, Sabir Islam, Anna Kaehr, Shreeman
 Nimmagadda, Micah Pollans-Dempsey, Samiksha Prakash, Jacob Schneyer,
 Star Su.

 8th:
 Katie Arnett, Janine Chouinard, Tara Dorje, Peyton Hoffman, Joshua
 Nacht, Anjuli Patel, Catherine Pilon, Sandy Schwartz, Rana Sharma,
 Deanna Shih, Kotone Tsuji, Michelle Wang, Charlie Wertenberger.