Boggy Creek, a LEARNING-FOCUSED School, Wins Division E Math Olympiad
Barbara McSwain
May 24, 2010
Pamela Amoda is the Math/Science Coach at Boggy Creek Elementary School in the School District of Osceola County, FL. She often quotes Henry Ford at the bottom of her emails, "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." Ms. Amoda recently contacted LEARNING-FOCUSED to let us know their students had participated in and won the Division E Title in the Math Olympiads.
Amoda stated, "Mr. Joseph Ravida's students focused on problem solving strategies to prepare students for the competition. There were a Total of 5419 participants in Division E in the Math Olympiads." Ravida is known by his peers and students for his hard work and the success of all of his students.
The Math Olympiad Goals are to:
- Stimulate enthusiasm and love for Math
- Introduce important Mathematical concepts
- Teach Major strategies for problem solving
- Develop Mathematical flexibility in solving problems
The Competition:
- 5 given throughout the year
- 5 problems per competition
- Students are given a specific time limit
Boggy Creek is a Title I school with an enrollment of 753 students. The principal is MaryAnn Rodriguez-Perez. Rodriguez-Perez encourages all students to perform at their maximum each day. Visit the Osceola website at www.osceola.k12.fl.us to learn more about Boggy Creek.
