Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), a global learning company, and the Boston Celtics launched their second online math challenge for New England schools. The program called SCORE with Go Math! Academy and the Boston Celtics debuted in Spring 2015. It includes an original series of math problems and videos with Celtics center-forward Tyler Zeller and mascot Lucky the Leprechaun leading the math lessons.
The math challenge is accessible for teachers and parents of students in grades three through five in all public, private, parochial, and charter schools within 75 miles of TD Garden in Boston. The lessons include math concepts like geometry and measurement and try to link the concepts with examples from the basketball court.
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The program that is offered via web portal also has a competition aspect to it. Parents and educators can enter on their student’s behalf to win an in-school visit from Lucky and a Celtics player, and even win class tickets to a Celtics home game. What a great incentive for students to learn and expand their math knowledge. The partnership demonstrates the Celtic’s dedication to enhance education in an exciting way. HMH aims for the curriculum to encourage independent math practice with an engaging and entertaining way as well as to build confidence and skills in a self-paced environment.
HMH is dedicated to changing the way of education for educators and students. The company has served more than 50 million students in over 150 countries worldwide with its PreK-12 education content.
Boston Celtics and HMHCo Celebrate Student Participation in SCORE with Go Math! Academy – http://t.co/j3dmnOkykE
— Houghton Mifflin (@HMHCo) June 18, 2015
“We are proud to launch the second installment of the SCORE with Go Math! Academy initiative,” said Celtics Team President Rich Gotham. “This collaboration between HMH and the Celtics provides students with educational, basketball-themed content in an exciting and interactive way.”
This partnership is creating a positive image for the Celtics and it seems like more professional teams will get on board and follow the trend. Professional sport teams and their athletes have a lot of influence and can truly make an impact on students.