Families,
In September each elementary school hosted a kick off assembly for Apangea Math. This online math program offers all 3rd-5th grade students, including our gifted and advanced learners, the opportunity to apply their knowledge of math while problem solving. Many of our gifted math students have a knack for fact recall. Apangea encourages this knowledge while building students' understanding of what it means to apply numbers and words to a math problem. Students earn points as they are taken through a multi-step process to solve word problems. Points can be used to purchase gift cards, t-shirts, and backpacks. Several large price (iPods and laptops) are given out at the end of the year.
Mrs. Ingersoll and Ms. Young would like to offer a local challenge to every 3rd, 4th, and 5th grader! The top point winners from each grade level at Mill Creek, Heights, and Purple Sage will be treated to lunch at Casa Mexico on Friday, May 4th. There will also be smaller contests set up througout the year to encourage students to continue with Apangea. Please share this information with your child, encourage them to use Apangea to extend their math thinking, and accrue points. The grade level winners from each school will be announced on Monday, April 30.
Mrs. Ingersoll and Ms. Young
