Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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For the past two years we have held weekly strategy game days in the library. Students are introduced to a wide variety of games that require them to read, strategize, plan, organize, and make decisions. Many of the games require a considerable amount of reading and interpretation: Yu-Gi-Oh and Dominion to name a couple. Others employ skills related to math, pattern recognition, and memorization.
Our game days are opportunities that permit our students to step away from their screens and have authentic interactions with other students and teachers. Students work to develop not only their academic skills, but also their social skills: strengthening focus and attention span and learning to be a good loser/winner.
Recently students have expressed an interest in taking the games home to play with family members, but at this time we do not have the resources to permit this. Having additional copies of these games will allow us to continue to teach and play with our students on campus, but will also allow students to share what they've learned through face to face time with their own families.
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For the past two years we have held weekly strategy game days in the library. Students are introduced to a wide variety of games that require them to read, strategize, plan, organize, and make decisions. Many of the games require a considerable amount of reading and interpretation: Yu-Gi-Oh and Dominion to name a couple. Others employ skills related to math, pattern recognition, and memorization.
Our game days are opportunities that permit our students to step away from their screens and have authentic interactions with other students and teachers. Students work to develop not only their academic skills, but also their social skills: strengthening focus and attention span and learning to be a good loser/winner.
Recently students have expressed an interest in taking the games home to play with family members, but at this time we do not have the resources to permit this. Having additional copies of these games will allow us to continue to teach and play with our students on campus, but will also allow students to share what they've learned through face to face time with their own families.