Class winners and class most improved students receive either a certificate or a ribbon. All winners have their picture taken and an article is sent to the Record Pilot and the Gold Coast Gazette. All winners also have their name put on a plaque that hangs in Mr. Herte s room . 24 Contest Mr. Herte brought the 24 Contest to the Finley Middle School this year. Mr. Herte developed and sponsors this contest that students in his Regents Course II class compete for this most exalted honor.
Students take a practice Regents exam and the winner is presented with an academic medal.
The purpose, similar to the Math Master Contest, is for students to take personal responsibility and ownership in their learning. They tend to seek out solutions in advance as opposed to waiting for them to be presented in class. Cartesian Champions Mr. Herte developed and sponsors this contest that students in his Regents Sequential I class compete for this prestigious honor. Students take a practice Regents exam and the winner is presented with an academic medal. The purpose, similar to the Math Master Contest and the Order of the Gold Compass, is for students to take personal responsibility and ownership in their learning.