Anna Kirchgater Elementary School took the next step in winning a potential $100,000 top prize in The Prodigy National Cup.

A partnership between Prodigy Learning and Minecraft Education offers students the opportunity to earn industry-recognized credentials while playing one of the most popular digital games.

Simply put, the competition, called the State Challenge, billed as "the biggest math competition on the planet" pits roughly 6,500 California schools against each other to play a Prodigy math game ...