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. The kids are hooked once they realize that by doing math correctly they earn points to purchase gift cards to vendors like Game Stop or Pizza Hut. Points can also be used to purchase a backpack, t-shirt, or donated back to Apangea who will make a monetary donation to a charity of the student's choice. Apangea's largest prizes are given out several times a year to students just for logging in and using the program! Last year these students received iPod touches, laptops, and high-value gift cards.
Your child's teacher can provide you with their username and password.
Link to Apangea Letter Below
