Alternative clubs put extracurricular focus on learning

Offer students an opportunity to work on math problems or fine-tune some creative thinking skills outside of the traditional classroom hours, and some cringe. There are a select few, however, who welcome the opportunity for additional learning and actually find it quite fun. Those students are members of some nontraditional clubs offered at Forest Lake Elementary.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Math Masters is coached by Dave Sauer and features three teams of five accelerated math students.
“With so much other stuff going on outside of school, it can be difficult to get kids to find the time and interest for this kind of group,” he said. “However, we work with our Math Masters kids to accommodate their schedules as best as possible because they really are dedicated to the team and have taken a serious interest in math.”
The skills required to compete in Math Masters are at least two grade levels above where the average fifth-grade

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