Seventeen Blufton sixth graders and nine seventh graders took the spring Noetic Math Challenge in April, according to Dina Tadena, sixth and seventh grade math teacher.

There were 34,055 students who took the challenge from 47 states and  776 schools.

The following Bluffton students received national honorable mention, which means they scored in the top 50% of all of the students. Each grade had a team winner, based on the highest score from those that took the test.

7th grade:
• Team winner and national honorable mention
   Theo Andreas

7th grade national honorable mention
   John-Paul Yoder
   Adanna Johnstone
   Ben Hartzler

6th grade
• Team winner and national honorable mention
   Marek Donaldson

6th grade national honorable mention
   Asa Clingerman
   June Essinger
   Sophia Kaufman