PARIS – The annual Academic Day was held March 8 at Oxford Hills Christian Academy.

High school students from the Oxford campus joined the elementary and middle schoolers at the South Paris campus for the day. All participated in Math Olympics, science projects, art projects, high school choir or speech presentations.

Starting off the day, students competed in a Math Olympics. In the individual round, all the students answered grade-appropriate questions and were awarded gold, silver or bronze pencils. Three students, Jacob Carr, Chris Dyck and Caleb Lynch, achieved a perfect score in the round.

In the team round, students completed a variety of math puzzles and worksheets to earn points for their teams. Teams consisted of elementary, middle and high school students working together on problems. The competition was close, but one team emerged the winner. Members of the first-place team were Becky Field, Erica Ellingwood, Joshua McAllister, Ben Field, Tanner Marston and Jacob Padgett.

Students competed in speech by reciting poems, readings and performing skits in the afternoon in front of classmates and judges. The evening program for parents, family and friends started with a repeat performance of the speech meet, Math Olympic awards and art and science awards. The high school choir sang “How Deep the Father’s Love For Us.” Family and friends were then invited to view projects on display.

The following students received ribbons and are eligible to compete in Bangor:

Physical science: T.J. Ray and Sara Holbrook.

Physics: Kylie Bilier and Becky Field.

Middle school science: Lavina Colburn, Rachel Marston, Brian Lynch, Kenny Lynch and Josh White.

Eighth grade math: Rachel Field, Josh Brown and Katie Dyer.

Seventh grade math: Ben Field, Brian Lynch and Rachel Marston.

Sixth grade math: Kenny Lynch.

Art: Natasha Gonzalez, Tony Stevens, Adrianna Waite, Maranda White, Garron Theriault and Caylie Anderson.

Drama: Donna Moreno, “The Raven;” Tony Stevens and Chris Dyck, “Who’s on 1st?;” Kylie Bilier, Sara Holbrook and Jess Lewis, “The Dead Hand.”

Choir: Mike Wiggin, Kylie Bilier, Erica Ellingwood, Lindsay Ellingwood, Alex Ellingwood, T.J. Ray, Donna Moreno, Tommy Hutchins, Brianna Marcoux and Mariah Brown.

In all, 42 students found themselves eligible to attend the Maine Academic Day in Bangor. The event for Christian schools will be held on Friday, April 27. Categories that sixth through 12th grade students can compete in are speech, science, math, music and art.