Sundays in My City: When Math Counts!

Sundays in My City is a weekly photo meme  that invites shutterbugs from around the globe to share bits of their communities. This week's photos belong to my sister, Michelle. (Thanks, Michelle!)
*** The U.S. Department of Defense and the State Department sponsors a nation-wide, middle school math competition called MATHCOUNTS. This weekend, my awesome nephew, Caden, competed at the regional competition as part of a local team.

The event took place in a city called Sheboygan (shee-boy-gan), Wisconsin, at the corporate headquarters of Acuity Insurance, which prides itself on not being a "typical insurance company." You can tell this from the highway as you drive past it; I've seen it many times from a distance. Michelle and Caden got to see it up-close and in-person. Pretty spectacular, no?

The glass orbs are ginormous, according to Michelle.
(Click to make it even more ginormous; it's so beautiful.)

This article states that they are 12-15 feet in diameter 

and explains how they were made. (So interesting!)

Here's a snap of Caden (left) with his team, celebrating their victory!

That's right! These proud,self-proclaimed math geeks are going to State!!

CONGRATULATIONS, CADEN!!

May you and your friends earn ginormous scholarships to college!

Incidentally, Acuity's consistently been named one of the top 

mid-sized companies to work for in the U.S.

It will soon be adding a $130 million dollar addition 

which includes a 65-foot Ferris wheel. 

Seriously--a Ferris wheel. 

And I thought Google employees had all the fun!

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