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Elwood Board of Education recognizes exceptional math students

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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.”