The Results Are In....
1st Place (hours spent practicing):
In our first ever SPS Summer Math Challenge, the 8th Grade has emerged as the victor, logging almost 107 hours of practice over the summer! Great job!!! The class was led all summer by Jordyn Rendfrey who logged almost 20 hours of practice. However, the following students deserve honorable mention for exceeding their goal of 15 hours of practice:
Will Hatley
Andrew Hatley
Alaina Nicholls
Ryan O'Callaghan
Congrats to all who participated and chipped in. This class will be awarded with either pizza or Mister Softee- something those who participated can decide on Monday. Beyond that each student who met the goal of 15 hours will be granted one dress down day on a day of their choosing (except Fridays) and Jordyn will be granted 3 dress down days.
2nd Place:
The 7th grade finished in second place a little over 93 hours of math practice. Michelle Lu led the entire school in hours practices with over 60 during the summer, while Ana Muller logged over 23 hours of math practice. Both students exceeded all other students in hours logged!
Because both students worked exceptionally hard, they will each be granted 3 dress down days, in accordance with our casual dress down day rules, on days of their choosing (except Fridays).
3rd Place:
The
6th grade worked hard all summer and finished in third place with almost 84 hours of math practice. I was impressed all summer with how many students in this class at least made an attempt to log in and practice. A greater percentage of students participated in this class than in all the other classes. Sophie Fonseca led the way with over 18 hours of math practice, but was the only student to reach the goal of 15 hours. Two students in this class deserve honorable mention:
Jacob Bendler- who logged over 13 hours of practice
George Stewart- who logged just under 13 hours of practice
Sophie Fonseca will be awarded with 3 dress down day passes of her choosing, in accordance with the school's guidelines for casual dress down days (except Fridays).
4th Place:
The fifth grade finished last, as we might expect given their age in relation to the other classes. They finished with just under 60 hours of Math practice. However, several students put forth a valiant effort and we are certain that this practice will help them during the course of the year. The fifth grade will be spending significant time this year utilizing IXL in their classroom.
Maya Mieles led the way for most of the summer and finished strong with over 17 hours of math practice. She will also be awarded with 3 dress down days on days of her choosing, in accordance with our school's casual dress day policies (except Fridays).
One other student in this class deserves honorable mention: Annabelle Gallagher. Annabelle worked very hard all summer and logged over 9 hours of practice.
Individual Results Summary for Math Practice this Summer
Here are the top ranked students by grade level in terms of time spent practicing and math skills mastered:
5th grade: Maya Mieles (over 17 hours of practice and 46 skills mastered)
6th Grade: Sophie Fonseca
(over 18 hours of practice and 77 skills mastered)
7th Grade: Michelle Lu (over 60 hours of practice and 163 skills mastered)
8th Grade: Jordyn Rendfrey (almost 20 hours of practice and 174 skills mastered)
School Wide Final Stats (at grade level or above) for this past Summer:
Total Number of Hours: 341 hrs, 3 mins
Total Number of Problems Attempted: 46,544
Total Number of Skills Practiced
: 819
I want to say in conclusion how proud I am of all the students who made the effort to practice some Math over the summer. Approximately 52% of the students in grades 5-8 made some effort to log in and practice, which is not too bad for a voluntary math assignment over the summer. As I indicated earlier this summer, we have found significant correlations between students who consistently practice Math IXL and their computational scores on the Iowa Assessments, and their overall performance in the classroom. Computation, which may be referred to as the grammar of mathematics, is an important key for improvement in mastery of extended math concepts. We continue to encourage all of our students in grades 5-8 to make as much use of Math IXL as they can during the coming year!
Have a great day!
Mr. Saffioti
