Olmstead Elementary Academic team members place in district and region
By Catherine Taylor

The Olmstead Elementary School Academic team recently competed in the district and regional Kentucky Governor’s Cup Competitions. 

The district competition was held Feb. 11 at Lincoln Elementary School in Franklin.

Olmstead’s individual winners included math:  Calista Petrie – 1^st place, Brennan Christmas 2^nd place, Jaden Rager – 3^rd place; Science – Matthew Taylor 3^rd place, Paul Quincy Perez 5^th place; Social Studies – Matthew Taylor – 2^nd place, Peyton Daugherty – 4^th place; Written Composition – Calista Petrie 1^st place, Peyton Daugherty 2^nd place, Isabel Baker – 4^th place; Language Arts – Lindy Mitchell – 4^th place; Laura Brown – 5^th place; Arts and Humanities – Lexi Thurston – 3^rd place. 

The quick recall team placed first overall.  Members of the quick recall team are Calista Petrie, Brennan Christmas, Matthew Taylor, Lexi Thurston, Paul Quincy Perez, Isabel Baker, Sarah Gill, Peyton Daugherty, Jaden Rager, Lindy Mitchell, Laura Brown, McKenna Mayhew, Nick Lovitt, and Tripp Wadlington. The team placed first out of four schools in the 18^th district. 

Students moved on to regional competition held Saturday, March 4, in Hopkinsville where they competed against the winners from 16 schools. 

Olmstead’s individual winners included math: Brennan Christmas – 1^st place , Calista Petrie – 2^nd place, Jaden Rager – 3^rd place; Science – Matthew Taylor – 1^st place, Social Studies – Matthew Taylor – 1^st place; Language Arts – Lindy Mitchell – 4^th place. 

The quick recall team placed 1^st and the team was the overall winner at the regional competition.