IN McKeesport Winter 2016 | Page 37

Woodland Hills and McKeesport Team up for Secondary School Math Collaboration The Grable Foundation awarded our two districts a grant to work on an education initiative in grades 6 through 12. The partnership focused on math literacy and non-traditional math instruction. The priorities have become assisting Woodland Hills in developing a Personal Business Finance curriculum and implementing a co-teaching model in both of the high school buildings. Lesson plans, scope and sequence, unit plan and unit mapping will aid in the structure of the process and give us a foundation for are ultimate outcome of better instruction and learning in the area of secondary mathematics. Staff members attended a two day training at the Luma Institute to develop a meaningful project through illustration which focused on establishing the non traditional instruction. McKeesport Area | Winter 2016 | icmags.com 35 C it y eof McK e spMcKe ort ARE e sp ort A SC HOO N e ws L DI STRI C T Ne ws The Japan Society of Pennsylvania visited our ACE classes at Francis McClure recently and provided a wealth of information to our students. Not only did they participate in a presentation, they were able to learn and complete origami projects and try on authentic Japanese clothing. McKeespor McKeesportt Japan Society Visits