APPLETON – After a two-year process, the Appleton Area School District will revamp its math curriculum to make it more consistent from kindergarten to 12th grade.
“This allows us to have a consistent resource and standard to provide opportunities to minimize our instructional gap,” said Thai Xiong, director of STEM and health and human performance for grades seven through 12.
The Appleton school board approved the changes with an unanimous vote Monday evening.
The math review that led to the changes was carried out by a work group with teachers, administrators, interventionists and representatives from special education, English learners and…
Fifteen schools offer pre-kindergarten programs, with those programs supporting 259 pupils, including 43 three-year-olds and 216 four-year-olds.
Prairie South School Division supports nearly 300 pre-kindergarten students through its early learning programs, which are developmentally appropriate educational initiatives founded on early childhood research and practical learning elements.
The division supports programs that it funds and that the Ministry of Education funds within Prairie South schools. Pupils in both programs receive support — depending upon their needs — from medical professionals through the learning department, according to an early learning accountability report presented during the March 7 board meeting.
Some professionals include…