Right On Target
These 8th grade students are the recipients of the "Right on Target" Award for first quarter. The students were recognized for their outstanding character, positive attitude and general role model status. They received a certificate and gift certificate to Burger King.
Learning Ignited by Memory Expert
Two of the most fundamental challenges educators face are helping kids become excited about learning and helping kids improve their minds and memory so they can see that they are capable of amazing things. Last week, Catherine Wiemann and Tina Beer, Algonquin Middle School teachers, focused on both of these issues by having Mike Byster present his amazing and unique Brainetics learning program to Algonquin students. Byster and his Brainetics program were featured in September, 2007 on ABC’s 20/20 news program, and you can see that segment online at http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2690724
Byster has conducted more than 5,000 classroom sessions with kids over the past decade, and students were amazed with their math abilities when he was done. Byster created a system for solving complex math problems by using a series of patterns and short cuts that demystify how numbers work. He demonstrated how to solve complex math problems in their heads, and challenged them with fun and exciting math games. You can learn more about Mike and the Brainetics program at www.Brainetics.com.
Byster never charges schools for his presentations. His primary goal is to have the greatest impact on each child’s future education. Parents were also invited to attend. Mike believes that children get their information at school, but they acquire their learning habits from home!
Byster has a waiting list of hundreds of schools across the country to present his learning system.
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