Students at The Woodland Hills Academy are giving back and
making a name for themselves — all while doing math! In 2012,
The Woodland Hills School District adopted Think Through Math,
a web-based learning system that combines rigorous adaptive
instruction, motivational tools, and access to live state-certified
math teachers who can help students in real time as they work
through the program. This year, students are working harder than
ever before and their hard work is being recognized.
Think Through Math allows students to earn THINK Points that
may be used to modify the appearance of their avatars (the online
character representation of the student), work towards classroom
pizza parties, or donate to featured charities. In January, students
across the country completed math problems and converted their
points into charity dollars translating to a donation of $10,000
to St. Jude’s Research Hospital. Some of the top point donations
came from The Woodland Hills Academy, and these students were
selected to serve as representatives at the check presentation
ceremony. The selected students donated a combined total of
32,500 points to the cause during the four weeks that the charity
was featured.
spent 1,110 hours working towards their goals. On March 30,
representatives from Think Through Math presented Woodland
Hills Academy with The Steel City Cup, along with prizes for
classrooms where students had completed more than 20 hours
of Think Through Math at home, and classes where students had
completed an average of 20 lessons each during the month of
February.
Mrs. Seigfreid’s 4th grade class accepted the award for the top
performing class in the entire district.
In February, Think Through Math presented a new challenge.
The program challenged students in The Woodland Hills School
District to complete more problems than students at McKeesport
School District. Students had 29 days to earn The Steel City Cup.
12,800 math lessons were completed, 424,000 math problems
were solved, and students spent 3,800 hours working on MATH!
Woodland Hills School District brought home the Steel City Cup,
and The Woodland Hills Academy came out on top. Academy
students completed 3,800 lessons, 113,000 math problems, and
Winning avatar designs. By Mylee Young, Meghan, Ryan Powers,
Keyawnee Clark, Meghan O’Neil, Ivan Remaley, and Charlotte
Feucht
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Back: Brittany Clark (St Jude’s), Lilly Ballard, Kaitlyn Donaldson,
Ryan Reczek (St Jude’s)
Front: My-Khya Carrington, Anakin Taylor, Elizabeth Geyer,
Michaelah McMillan
From there, students continued their math journeys and
were given the opportunity to design avatars that will influence
some of the clothing and accessories available in the program,
including shoes, helmets, shirts, and even ear cuffs. On April 12,
representatives from Think Through Math visited The Woodland
Hills Academy to meet with the artists of the winning designs,
and artists from Think Through Math are now working hard to
incorporate elements from the winning designs into the online
store. Academy students are hooked!
For more information on the Think Through Math program, visit
https://www.thinkthroughmath.com.
W OODL AN D HI L L S SC HOOL DI STRI C T NE WS
By Brittany Libell
Woodland Hills
Making Strides with Think Through Math