Announcing the 2018 Gold Medal Honorees

Announcing the 2018 Gold Medal Honorees

37 GOLD MEDAL SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS

This school year we saw the largest and most impressive group of Gold Medal schools yet. The 9,851 students in these 37 Gold Medal schools mastered 271,313 math objectives and worked 191,720 hours in Ascend Math.  Most students gained from 1 to 4 grade levels in math. Each school’s implementation is unique and yet all have achieved tremendous strides toward fulfilling their ambitious goals. Success looks so different to each Gold Medal School.  We want you to hear it in their words.

Apache Elementary
Fort Stockton, TX

Submitted By Christina Barlow

Apache Elementary adopted Ascend Math for those students that were having a difficult time in math and not excelling.

Apache Elementary School
GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER SCHOOL

George I Sanchez Charter School
Houston, TX

Submitted By Lisa Ratcliff

George I Sanchez Charter School uses Ascend Math to close math skill gaps. This allows core math instructors to focus on their grade level content while at the same time ensuring that each individual student’s weaknesses are addressed.

Giddings Intermediate School
Giddings, TX

Submitted By Sarah Borowicz

Giddings Intermediate School uses Ascend Math with all their students who need remediation.

Giddings Intermediate School
GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER SCHOOL

George I Sanchez Charter School
Houston, TX

Submitted By Lisa Ratcliff

George I Sanchez Charter School uses Ascend Math to close math skill gaps. This allows core math instructors to focus on their grade level content while at the same time ensuring that each individual student’s weaknesses are addressed.

GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER SCHOOL

Hoosier Academies Network of Schools
Indianapolis, IN

Submitted By Dana Smith

Educators at Hoosier Academies Network of Schools review monthly Ascend Math Activity Reports to measure progress and outcomes. Tier 2/Tier 3, High Ability, Special Education, and English Language Learners all have access to Ascend Math.

HOOSIER ACADEMIES NETWORK OF SCHOOLS

Johnsburg Elementary School
Johnsburg, IL

Submitted By Sherry Kegel

Johnsburg Elementary School students have seen 2 to 3 level growths within 6 months using Ascend Math.

Joseph Hess Elementary
Hammond, IN

Submitted By Erica Robinson

Educators at Joseph Hass Elementary utilize Ascend Math in many different departments: High ability, RTI and Special Education.

Kandy Stripe Academy
Houston, TX

Submitted By Pamela Johnson

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Lakeside Christian School
Clearwater, FL

Submitted By John Keller

Educators at Lakeside Christian School assigned Ascend Math to RTI students to provide the leveled support each student needs to successfully navigate state standards and college and career readiness expectations.

Lakeview Middle School
Rossville, GA

Submitted By Michele Privett & Emily Arnold

Lakeview Middle School has implemented Ascend Math school wide for Tier 2 remediation, as well as Tier 3 intervention in Math workshops. Lakeview Middle School is also using Ascend in their resource and co-teaching classrooms.

Lansdowne Middle School
Baltimore, MD

Submitted By Hilary Frankle

Lansdowne Middle School adopted Ascend Math to assist students in learning, re-learning, or practicing important pre-requisite math skills that are necessary for students to be successful in their current math classes.

Lowell Middle School
Lowell, IN

Submitted By Tracy Kohler

Lowell Middle school has implemented Ascend Math as RTI program. 65% of the students in Ascend have improved two or more grade levels. 40% of those actually improved three levels or more, one student achieved an improvement of five levels.

M.C. Williams Middle School
Houston, TX

Submitted By Twyla Joseph

M.C. Williams Middle School adopted Ascend Math on a district level.

Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Manhattan, KS

Submitted By Vickie Fix-Turkowski

Ascend Math allowed students at Manhattan Adult Learning Center to close skill gaps and excel in Math.

Marion P Thomas Charter School District
Newark, NJ

Submitted By Susan Confrancisco

Marion P Thomas Charter School District adopted Ascend Math to prepare for PARCC. The district’s math director has observed students making significant progress in passing objectives.

Mercer Schools
Mercer, WI

Submitted By Brent Wambold

Past Gold Medalist Mercer Schools are seeing energized students that are seeking extra time to work on their weaknesses and achievements in Ascend Math.

Northeast High School
Macon, GA

Submitted By Shawnder Worthington

Northeast High School adopted Ascend Math as a study skills intervention during the school day with the most at-risk students. During each class period, one teacher provides a blended learning model of instruction to fifteen students per class period.

Oak Forest Elementary
Vidor, TX

Submitted By Shannon DeVillier

Ascend Math is used as a tool for tier 3 RTI intervention at Oak Forest Elementary School.

Pike-Delta-York Middle School
Delta, OH

Submitted By Jon Mignin

Pike-Delta-York Middle School implemented Ascend Math to close math skill gaps resulting in grade level growth and thereby improving State Test Results.

Pine Forest Elementary
Vidor, TX

Submitted By Darla Marino

Pine Forest Elementary adopted Ascend Math for their Tier 3 students who attend RTI classes. Their students use Ascend Math three to four times a week along with classroom instruction.

St. William
Walled Lake, MI

Submitted By Linda Jackson

In this tech-savvy world, St. William is using Ascend Math in place of the traditional textbook which allows students to work at home and school.

Stephen F. Austin Elementary School
Dayton, TX

Submitted By Krystal Rogers

The use of Ascend Math at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School in conjunction with mini lessons has allowed students to grow 1-3 grade levels in a short period of time.

Swanton Middle School
Swanton, OH

Submitted By Matthew Smith

Swanton Middle School adopted Ascend Math to assist with student growth and as a large part of their Math Curriculum.

Swanton Middle School
Sweeny Elementary School

Sweeny Elementary School
Sweeny, TX

Submitted By Leah Liserio

At Sweeny Elementary School the Ascend Math program is used for RTI students. Ascend Math is also used as a student progress tracking system for data and mastery.

Sweeny Junior High School
Sweeny, TX

Submitted By Heather Raynor

The students at Sweeny Junior High School were able to complete an average of 2 objectives per hour. More than half of students have progressed at least 1 grade level.

Tulsa Legacy Charter School Upper Academy

Tulsa Legacy Charter School Upper Academy
Tulsa, Ok

Submitted By Kaye Quarterman

Tulsa Legacy Charter School Upper Academy adopted Ascend Math to remediate and close foundational skill gaps.

Vidor Elementary School
Vidor, TX

Submitted By Johnna Neil

Vidor Elementary School adopted Ascend to help their Tier 3 students fill in their missing math gaps. Students were placed in small group intervention 30 minutes a day.

Walatowa High Charter School

Walatowa High Charter School
Jemez Pueblo, NM

Submitted By Arrow Wilkinson

Walatowa High Charter School uses Ascend Math to prepare their students to be college and career ready. Part of this process is to show improvement on standardized assessments like ACT, Accuplacer, and PARCC. Overall, students have completed over 1,370 objectives in more than 750 hours of work.

Weeki Wachee High School
Weeki Wachee, FL

Submitted By Kirsten Mihok

Weeki Wachee High School has implemented Ascend Math with their special education students.

Weeki Wachee High School
William S. Holland Middle School

William S. Holland Middle School
Houston, TX

Submitted By Samyra Rogers

A small of group of behaviorally challenged students at William S. Holland Middle School experienced tremendous growth in a short period of time.

Woodrow Wilson Junior High
Dayton, TX

Submitted By Sara Sexton

Woodrow Wilson Junior High adopted Ascend Math as an elective class to assist students in their regular Math class. Students at the school have experienced a 50% growth rate from STAAR testing to mock benchmark testing.

Woodrow Wilson Junior High