For the third year in a row, a Solanco elementary student has qualified for the national finals of MathCON. Kieran Groff, a fifth-grader at Clermont Elementary, scored 204 out of a possible 300 points in a recent MathCON competition. This places Groff in the 92nd percentile of students who took the exam and earned him an opportunity to compete in the upcoming MathCON National Finals.

In addition, Providence Elementary's Chloe Gill, also in fifth grade, scored 194 out of 300 points, placing her in the 85th percentile and qualifying her as an alternate for the national finals.

"We are extremely proud of these two students and wish them the best of luck as they prepare for the national finals," said Ryan Humphries, Solanco elementary teacher.

MathCON is an online mathematics competition that puts students' math skills to the test as they compete in a grade-level contest against math students from around the country. The first round is an online test, comprised of multiple-choice questions that require students to take the knowledge they have gathered from their current mathematics class and apply it to problems using their own ingenuity and insight.

The next step for qualifying students is to complete a final assessment against other top U.S. elementary math students in early May.