The Elwood Union Free School District’s Board of Education was thrilled
to recognize five exceptional Harley Avenue Primary School second
graders at its meeting on Jan. 30.
Principal Elissa Millan kicked off the meeting by calling upon the
students to join her at the podium to congratulate them on their
outstanding mathematical achievements. Over the past two years, the
school has instituted a strong focus on math fluency, teaching the
students the importance of knowing their math facts with automaticity.
Each month, teachers give their students math fluency assessments to
test their knowledge and speed in math facts and fluency. Harley
Avenue’s second graders – Alejandro Canela, Dylan Dmytryk, Dylan Giglia,
Devin Janke, and Arbab Malhi – all received perfect scores on each of
their monthly assessments this year, as well as perfect scores on
additional fluency challenges, which included mixed addition and
subtraction problems.
In addition, each of the students answered the questions in less than 60
seconds, which Principal Millan said is more than 30 seconds less than
the time given to them during their regular fluency assessments.
“We are all very proud of their hard work and I know we will continue to
see great things form these boys,” she said. “Keep up the great work. I
cannot wait to see your continued success.”
New York State Assemblyman Steve Stern also attended the Board of
Education meeting and offered his congratulations to the Harley Avenue
students.
“We know they bring tremendous pride to their families, to their school
district and to our entire community,” he said. “Congratulations and we
wish you tremendous success.”