Successmaker Enterprise Software Purchase - Harford County ...

Harford County Public Schools – State Discretionary Grant – HSA FY10
computer graphics, and the high-interest, short games that appear periodically as students move through increasingly
complex skill levels. Jackie Matrona, Ocean City Elementary’s SuccessMaker lab manager, likes the program
because of the way students have responded to learning math. ―It is so exciting to work with this program,‖ said
Matrona. ―The results are amazing! Children feel such confidence; they feel such pride when they master a skill.‖
Carrie Maynard, lab manager at Showell Elementary School, explained, ―Children today are very technology driven.
They love to come to the Success Maker lab and are never ready to leave when their session is over. Students on or
above grade level often choose to stay in at recess and work because they enjoy the program so much.‖ Susan
Cropper, a fifth grade teacher at Berlin Intermediate School, appreciates the data she can access to help her
students. ―As the classroom teacher,‖ said Cropper, ―I am able to see the areas where children are having difficulty,
and through the customized [Success Maker] courses, the children are able to master them. The program enables
me to use these areas to provide differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all my children at their individual level.
It is a fabulous tool to enrich our children.‖
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