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OGDEN — Elementary school students from the Ogden School District learned more than math skills during the Math and Science Olympiad held Thursday at the district’s central campus.?”We didn’t win, but we had fun,” said Anny Sterrett, a third-grader at Wasatch Elementary. “We learned that it’s not so bad losing.”?Sterrett and classmate Enoch Corcoran teamed up to design a paper airplane that would stay in the air the longest without going out of bounds. Though the two didn’t place in the competition, each said they had a fun time creating the paper airplane and competing for their school in the districtwide contests.?And that’s the point. ?”The goal is to make math fun,” said Greg Lewis, curriculum director for the district, before the competitions began Thursday. “And it’s something for high-achieving students.”?Nearly 400 students gathered at the district campus, having already competed at their schools in several activities. The students competed in several math and science activities, including the paper airplane-glider competition, a pattern-block contest, a math card game called Krypto, and a measurement scavenger hunt.?”It’s all based on their core curriculum,” Lewis said.?The students choose the categories they want to compete in, with the winners at each school advancing to the district competition. ?Chieze Okwale, a Shadow Valley Elementary third-?grader who also competed in the airplane-glider event, said he had lost in other events at the school but won the airplane contest with partner Zach Stubbs. ?”I’m just good at making gliders,” Stubbs said about his decision to participate in the glider competition.?The duo ended up taking first place in the third-grade competition in the afternoon. The winning team said they took home a lesson from the competition, too.?”Teamship works,” Stubbs said.