2009-03-26 / Family

Local girls prove they're up to mental challenges


JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers ON TARGET—Alana O'Sullivan, 7, a first-grader at Sycamore Canyon School, takes aim at a target during the recent Medieval Faire at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers ON TARGET—Alana O'Sullivan, 7, a first-grader at Sycamore Canyon School, takes aim at a target during the recent Medieval Faire at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers 'NOBODY MOVE'—Kellie  McPherson,  left,  and  Alexa  Kipp, both 14, use extreme caution during a game of Jenga at the recent Sequoia Middle School Pi Night. Moments later, it came tumbling  down.  The  evening  emphasized  arithmetic  and included sales of $1 slices of pie and dozens of math games and mental puzzles. IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers 'NOBODY MOVE'—Kellie McPherson, left, and Alexa Kipp, both 14, use extreme caution during a game of Jenga at the recent Sequoia Middle School Pi Night. Moments later, it came tumbling down. The evening emphasized arithmetic and included sales of $1 slices of pie and dozens of math games and mental puzzles.

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