Mission Parish students go to Math Lab in their computer lab once a week for a thirty to forty-five minute session depending on grade level; Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade students attend math lab for 30 minutes per week and the 3rd through 8th graders attend for 45 minutes per week. Students in grades Pre-K through second learn and practice math skills with online software called SYMPHONY. In this program students are engaged in math activities aligned with California and National standards. Based on student performance, SYMPHONY determines at which level each student should be instructed and challenged. The students meet these challenges in the form of math games and become very involved. The program assesses performance and mastery and moves students through the state standards in math. Review is built into this program throughout.
Third through eighth grade students learn and practice math skills using a program called ANYWHERE LEARNING. A+ consists of an extensive core math curriculum based on state and national standards. Through A+, students are assessed on math skills at their grade level. Curriculum suggestions are made based on individual mastery. Standards that are not yet mastered are presented individually with a study guide, practice test, and a mastery test. As mastery tests are passed with 80% accuracy or better, the student is directed to move on to study, practice, and test on the next level.
In Math Lab, each student progresses at their own individual rate with individual assistance and instruction from the teachers when needed. Individualized, self-paced learning helps maximize all students’ progress. It is our goal to provide continuous progress for each child. Only when each student is making continuous progress can each one be academically successful.
