Spring KMO Results Thread
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Spring KMO Results Thread
Barrington Middle School, Station Campus, scored 1477 today. The highlight, for me, was the password on the junior disk (see new avatar). The lowlight would be the 9th question of the junior high set that identified "telescope" as the correct answer to, "Which of these items was a Dutch invention?" My kids ruled out telescope, assuming that one to be Italian. I raced over to an encyclopedia set to look that up (the computer was in use, obviously) and the Compton's encyclopedia on the telescope effectively debunked the notion that Hans Lippershey was the inventor, as his patent application was denied due to many people already having knowledge of such a device. The article also explained that magnification with lenses was something discovered well before Lippershey & Galileo's time. I photocopied this page and faxed it to Academic Hallmarks. I'm curious about their response, or if they'll even have one.
Jeff Price
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Barrington High School Coach (2021 & 2023 HSNCT Champions, 2023 PACE Champions, 2023 Illinois Masonic Bowl Class 3A State Champions)
Barrington Station Middle School Coach (2013 MSNCT Champions, 2013 & 2017 Illinois Class AA State Champions)
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
1400-1500
Douglas Graebner, Walt Whitman HS 10, Uchicago 14
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
For splits and giggles..........the bottom 10 for the Spring KMO:
613. Southeast High School, Cherokee, KS: 640
614. Hickman Mills Code Program (whatever that is), Kansas City, MO: 634
615. Edward Bell HS, Camp Hill, AB: 618
616. Linton-Stockton HS, IN: 612
617. Portsville Central HS, NY: 610
618. Lyons HS, KS: 600
619. Laurel HS, MT: 577
620. Tonganoxie HS, KS: 575
621. Riverton HS, WY: 550
622. Southeastern Regional HS, South Easton, MA: 503
3 Kansas schools in the bottom 10. I guess that's what they get for teaching the Biblical Value of Pi........
613. Southeast High School, Cherokee, KS: 640
614. Hickman Mills Code Program (whatever that is), Kansas City, MO: 634
615. Edward Bell HS, Camp Hill, AB: 618
616. Linton-Stockton HS, IN: 612
617. Portsville Central HS, NY: 610
618. Lyons HS, KS: 600
619. Laurel HS, MT: 577
620. Tonganoxie HS, KS: 575
621. Riverton HS, WY: 550
622. Southeastern Regional HS, South Easton, MA: 503
3 Kansas schools in the bottom 10. I guess that's what they get for teaching the Biblical Value of Pi........
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
Hickman Mills is a regular high school in southern Kansas City, and CODE is the district gifted program, so I would imagine it's just the CODE students enrolled at Hickman Mills.
Charlie Dees, North Kansas City HS '08
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
Kentucky stays out a bottom 10 list pertaining to education...it must be some kind of a first!
On a more relavant note, I'm glad to see the Gatton Academy (the Kentucky Academy of Math and Science that is hosted by WKU) snag the top spot among Kentucky schools, and finish #115 overall.
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
There's nothing funny about the last place teams in any event.
Fred Morlan
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
Hey, this was a really not nice thing to do. It just seems kind of mean spirited.Buzz Buzzard wrote:For splits and giggles..........the bottom 10 for the Spring KMO:
613. Southeast High School, Cherokee, KS: 640
614. Hickman Mills Code Program (whatever that is), Kansas City, MO: 634
615. Edward Bell HS, Camp Hill, AB: 618
616. Linton-Stockton HS, IN: 612
617. Portsville Central HS, NY: 610
618. Lyons HS, KS: 600
619. Laurel HS, MT: 577
620. Tonganoxie HS, KS: 575
621. Riverton HS, WY: 550
622. Southeastern Regional HS, South Easton, MA: 503
3 Kansas schools in the bottom 10. I guess that's what they get for teaching the Biblical Value of Pi........
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Isaacbh wrote:Hey, this was a really not nice thing to do. It just seems kind of mean spirited.Buzz Buzzard wrote:For splits and giggles..........the bottom 10 for the Spring KMO:
613. Southeast High School, Cherokee, KS: 640
614. Hickman Mills Code Program (whatever that is), Kansas City, MO: 634
615. Edward Bell HS, Camp Hill, AB: 618
616. Linton-Stockton HS, IN: 612
617. Portsville Central HS, NY: 610
618. Lyons HS, KS: 600
619. Laurel HS, MT: 577
620. Tonganoxie HS, KS: 575
621. Riverton HS, WY: 550
622. Southeastern Regional HS, South Easton, MA: 503
3 Kansas schools in the bottom 10. I guess that's what they get for teaching the Biblical Value of Pi........
I think you're right about that, and I apologize. Perhaps this particular tangent is better off being sent to Dr. Zaius's realm.
Question (on the chance this doesn't get deleted): Does this particular competition call for "short" answers, or is it all multiple choice?
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
All multiple choice with semi frequent interruptions by bad puns and other forms of wordplay involving the use of the letters auk.
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Re: Spring KMO Results Thread
You could say that this competition is just plain Aukful!
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