Long Beach Students Place First In National Math Contest

LONG BEACH, NY - From Long Beach Public Schools: Students at Lido School participated in the SumDog National Online Mathematics Contest from Oct. 19-25 and achieved outstanding results. Beth Prostick’s fourth-grade class and Dorothy Lopez’s third-grade class came in first and third in the nation, respectively.

They were up against approximately 1,630 classes from across the country that took on the challenge of solving math problems designed to sharpen and strengthen concepts covered through the curriculum. Ms. Prostick’s class completed 18,818 questions and Ms. Lopez’s class answered 17,648.

According to Sumdog, this online learning service uses engaging game-based learning to motivate and build confidence while a learning engine reports progress to their teachers and parents.

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