Continental Math League Competition Students in my 3rd-5th grade math classes are participating in the Continental Math League competition throughout the year. Third graders will compete internationally in three meets, and fourth and fifth graders will compete internationally in five meets. It is a very challenging competition in which students must solve very difficult math reasoning problems, using many different problem-solving strategies. Results for our first three meets in fourth and fifth grades are as follows: In fifth grade,we have received our ranking with other participating schools in the country. With our cumulative scores from meets 1, 2, and 3, we are higher than 94% of all of the competing schools in the nation and internationally as a class. That is fantastic! In fourth grade, on our last meet (meet #3), we were listed as one of the "leading schools", and with our cumulative scores from meets 1, 2, and 3, we are ranked above 93% of the schools participating in the nation and internationally. That is also wonderful! Third graders had their first meet in January, and they had their second meet in February. They are working diligently to learn how to problem-solve for this competition. I really cannot compare their results with other schools because at this point, we only have three students competing, and we must have at least six students competing to be able to compare them. I am proud of their effort and progress so far in the competition.