Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

PMS Receives Mini-Grant

Tami Davis and Anne Franks, mathematics teachers at Prescott Middle School, received a $400 mini-grant to organize three Family Math classes for students and their parents. This grant was awarded through the Arkansas Statewide Systemic Initiative with monies funded by the Southwestern Bell Foundation.

Family Math is a course focusing on parents and children learning mathematics together. It is designed to develop problem-solving skills and to build an understanding of mathematics with "hands-on" materials.

As students progress through mathematics, it is essential they develop an ability to visualize spatial relationships (geometry), to approximate (estimate), to interpret data (probability and statistics), and to reason mathematically (logical thinking). Under the direction of Davis and Franks, 29 individuals participated in several of these activities at the Prescott Middle School cafetorium on October 8, November 12, and December 5.

These fifth and sixth grade students and an adult family member or members attended: Wannalitha Anderson, Bonita Anderson, Shemeka Charles, Ola M. Sandifer, Santanna Daniel. Lorency Graham, Jerry Forman, John Forman, Shari and Michael Forman, Nicose Dilworth, Nikeeta Fort, Loretta Fort, Ashley Gulley, Mildred Scott, Stephan Haynes, James and Mona Phillips, Jacob Johnston, Floyd and Lisa Johnston, Brandon Morton, Rhonda Morton, Pamela Page, Wanda Page, Thomas Sayers, Melanie Sayers, Ronardo Williams and Theresa Williams.