Massachusetts High Schoolers Win Apangea Learning's March Madness Math Tournament
PITTSBURGH, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Who says learning math can't be fun?
Not the competitive young learners in Mr. Cesar's math class at Brockton High School in Brockton, MA. They beat other classes across the country to win Apangea Learning's March Madness math competition for math problem solving.
"My students are absolutely thrilled to win this competition," said Joseph Cesar. "They worked hard and got it done. And they had fun. I am so delighted for them."
The 15 students in Mr. Cesar's class each solved an average of 946 math problems during March.
The Emmanuel sisters, both in Mr. Cesar's class, topped the list. Wecjeanie Emmanuel solved 3,939 math problems to become Apangea's Northeastern Math MVP in the competition while Wecjad Emmanuel solved 2,600 problems.
"The Emmanuel sisters and all of the students who competed make everyone at Brockton High School proud," said Principal Dr. Susan Szachowicz. "This is great news for our school."
As part of its ongoing, year-round program of motivating students to aim high in their school work, Apangea Learning (www.apangealearning.com), a national leader in personalized, one-on-one online tutoring, sponsors its annual March Madness math competition. Thousands of classrooms vie for honors and prizes by winning points for quality of student work, problems successfully solved and earning high quiz scores.
This year, more than 41,000 students nationwide participated in the March Madness competition.
Apangea Learning Co-Founder Louis Piconi will visit the first-place Brockton students later this month to honor the students there.
"It is always a pleasure to meet young people who have such great drive and enthusiasm," Piconi said. "Our multi-tiered motivational programs, including national class competitions such as March Madness, engage the students to work hard in school and at home. We view this as an important part of the academic process."
ABOUT APANGEA LEARNING
Apangea Learning Inc. (www.apangealearning.com) is a pioneer in developing cost-effective, one-on-one online math and writing tutoring services for students in K-12 schools across the United States. School districts purchase seat licenses for Apangea's services and provide access to their students during the school day and after hours from home. With its programs based on one of the world's largest bodies of cognitive research originally conducted by the U.S. Air Force, Apangea has both strong technical resources and a content-development prowess that enables it to harness advanced Web technologies and offer innovative instruction techniques. The privately owned company is based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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John Buckman |
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Buckman Communications, for Apangea Learning |
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412.381.2900 |
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SOURCE Apangea Learning Inc.
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