Students from around the world join to answer 182,455,169 math questions
correctly
DALLAS, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The results for World Math Day 2008
for the Top 10 U.S. schools and classrooms are in! More than three quarters
of a million students logged on to http://www.worldmathday.com to participate in
the online event that began on March 5 west of the International Dateline
and continued through the last minute of March 5 east of the International
Dateline. Students of all ages and ability levels from more than 100
countries competed against each other in real-time battles of speed and
skill answering 182,455,169 math questions correctly.
The country with the most students logged in was the United Kingdom
(231,715 students); The U.S., (171,573 students) correctly answered
42,087,104 math questions, more than any other country competing in the
online competition.
Top 10 U.S. schools include:
School # of Correct Answers
1. Tatum Ridge Elementary School, Sarasota, FL 560,267
2. Broadmoor Elementary School, Miami, FL 473,195
3. Lakeside Middle School, Irvine, CA 400,639
4. Creekview Elementary School, Ontario, CA 340,364
5. Punahou School, Honolulu, HI 274,682
6. Windy Ridge K-8 School, Orlando, FL 264,976
7. Southwestern Elementary, Cordele, GA 260,921
8. Presbyterian Day School, Memphis, TN 260,881
9. Challenger Elementary School, Tamarac, FL 256,109
10. C.E. Hanna Elementary School, Oxford, AL 210,875
Top 10 U.S. Classrooms include:
Class # of Correct Answers
1. Bourne's Fifth Grade Class 171,662
Creekview Elementary School, Ontario, CA
2. Esteva's Explorers 169,199
Sweetwater Elementary School, Miami, FL
3. WindyGifted1 135,835
Windy Ridge K-8, Orlando, FL
4. Ratliff's Champs 112,016
Mesa View Elementary School, Grants, NM
5. Roberts Fifth Grade Class, 97,226
Broadmoor Elementary School, Miami, FL
6. Period 1, Algebra 1 82,703
Lakeside Middle School, Irvine, CA
7. Ruyter's Wizards 77,180
Avalon Elementary School, Orlando, FL
8. Durso's Class 71,364
Punahou Elementary School, Honolulu, HI
9. Motley Crew 69,380
Jupiter Farms Elementary School, Jupiter, FL
10. Dollinger's Fourth Grade Class, 68,264
Broadmoor Elementary School, Miami, FL
Top 10 U.S. Schools will each receive a $500 donation to the
principal's discretionary fund and top 10 U.S. classrooms will receive a
$250 donation to the teacher's classroom fund.
The World Math Day competition was held in partnership by Voyager
Expanded Learning, 3P Learning and Cartoon Network. To view the overall
World Math Day results, visit http://www.worldmathday.com.
Voyager Expanded Learning
Voyager Expanded Learning provides core, intervention and supplemental
reading programs, as well as math intervention and ongoing professional
development programs, for school districts throughout the United States.
Founded in 1994, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic
skills intervention programs, as well as large-scale reading programs, to
more than 1000 school districts in cities such as Dallas, Phoenix, New
York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved
student performance. Voyager Expanded Learning, Inc. is based in Dallas,
Texas. For more information, please visit http://www.voyagerlearning.com or call
1-888-399-1995.
About 3P Learning:
Founded in 2003, 3P Learning develops e-learning resources for students
and teachers. Key to the success of 3P Learning's resources is the idea
that play plus practice equals progress. The company's e-Learning resources
are written by teachers who hold this philosophy at their core, and are
proven to engage and motivate students to achieve excellent results. 3P
Learning develops curriculum-based resources for the Internet that are
currently used by over 1000 Australian schools and that have been used by
close to 1 million students. For teachers, 3P Learning uses technology to
provide up to the minute information on students' progress and the ability
to fully differentiate within a class to target individual student needs.
For more information about 3P Learning, please visit http://www.3PLearning.com.au.
SOURCE Voyager Learning Company
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CONTACT:
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Voyager Learning Company, +1-888-399-1995 ext. 9476,
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