[StBernard] Academic Games League of America hosts On-Sets tournament at Chalmette Elementary: Class Act

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Academic Games League of America hosts On-Sets tournament at Chalmette
Elementary: Class Act
Print Barry Lemoine By Barry Lemoine 
on December 05, 2013 at 6:18 AM, updated December 05, 2013 at 6:29 AM

On-Sets may sound like the place on which actors spend time during filming,
but in reality it is actually a board and cube math game that teaches
players basic logic and set theory. It is also the game recently played as
part of the Academic Games League of America.

Students from across the parish gathered at Chalmette Elementary School to
compete in On-Sets, the math game that tests the players' knowledge and
understanding about spatial relationships. Each level of competition
introduces increasingly more difficult mathematical concepts such as Union,
Intersection, Set Difference and Set Complement.

On-Sets challenges players to use their mathematical knowledge and skills in
increasingly creative ways. On-Sets is one of the four games that make up an
AGLOA season of games. These academic competitions at the local and national
level recognize and reward winners for their intelligence just as other
champions are recognized in sports. The aim is to develop "Thinking Kids" of
character, excellence and integrity.

When this local tournament was over, several students were recognized as
winners for earning a perfect score. In the Elementary Division Lina
Abdellatif, John Clark, Leanna Dacula, Ayla Hoey, Kris-Lynn Magee, Caleb
Myers, Luke Rydzewsk, Antony Vu and Ashlyn Vu earned perfect scores. Emily
Vu and Kenny Nguyen had perfect scores in the Middle and Junior Divisions.

Other players deserving recognition were Ashlyn Barwick, Kelsey Billiot and
Danton Vu who were undefeated in their three rounds of play.

Many of these players will earn a place on the district's national team and
will compete with players from across the country in Knoxville, Tennessee
later this spring.

Mary Lumetta, a district supervisor and the coordinator of the games, said
she was impressed with the number and quality of the players in this
tournament.

"This was a really good tournament," Lumetta said.