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Students get a jump start on math

Friday, January 22, 2010

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Neighbors | Submitted.Nicole Zielinski (front row left), Ricky Koewacich, Anny Carroll, Jena Styka, Dion Felger (middle row left), Michael Jadue, Carlie hepke, Courtney Dockry, Dominic Aliberti, AnnaMarie Jadue, Sr. Meg Leslie (back row, left) and Zack Scheetz are members of St. Joseph & Immaculate Heart of Mary's Eighth Grade Algebra 1 class. They are earning high school credits for their participation.

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Neighbors | Submitted.Michael Jadue (clockwise from bottom left), Courtney Dockry, Anny Carroll and Carlie Chepke work with Sr. Meg Leslie. The students use graphing calculators to do Algebra problems.

Students at St. Joseph & Immaculate Heart of Mary that received adequate scores on the Algebra Readiness Test and recommendations from their teacher and principal are currently enrolled in an Algebra 1 class for high school credit.

Sr. Meg and her eighth-grade students use technology like the Active Board and graphing calculators whenever possible so they can learn to use the proper tools and prepare themselves for their future math classes.