Pi Day
Pi Day is March 14th because pi = 3.14 and goes on forever without repeating. In several math classes, students celebrated Pi Day with songs, trivia facts, videos of the history of pi, various contests, and eating pie, of course.
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Pi Day is celebrated in a sweet way!
The 19 students of the IMS Math Club provided a sweet treat for the entire school today. They brought and served pie over the lunch hour to celebrate Pi Day (3/14). Thank you to all the pie bakers!
Personal Finance Class
To wrap up the unit on “Bargain Shopping” and “Consumer Awareness” Lynn Yoder’s Personal Finance classes played the Price is Right earlier this week.
Holl Mathematical Discovery for Teachers Workshop
Nine teachers from Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota were invited to participate in the Holl Mathematical Discovery for Teachers Workshop held at Iowa State University July 14-18. Math Instructor Lynn Yoder was one of the invited participants. The workshop focused on a mathematical discovery process, including numerical experiments to gather data, observing patterns in the […]
Personal Finance class teaches valuable life lessons in finance
Along with teaching math courses, Lynn Yoder teaches a Personal Finance class every spring at IMS. For the past five years she has been using the Dave Ramsey high school curriculum “Foundations of Personal Finance.” The Dave Ramsey team updated the curriculum this year and IMS has purchased the new course. Students in Lynn’s Personal Finance […]