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Austin-area students organized a construction project to build a new water station at Community First Village.

Once again, students from Pine View School finished ahead of most students their age in mathematics. A team of five students ended up in the top 10 teams nationwide in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, which challenges students to use math modeling to solve a global issue. Each year, Pine View teacher Mark Mattia creates two teams of five students each to compete. “We’re taking the students that are highly intrinsically motivated,” Mattia said. “If they’re doing this, it’s not ...