Mrs. Joanne Owsiany

Welcome To Honors Math

***You can reach me at jowsiany@sainthelenaschool.org or jowsiany@sthelenaschool.org.***

Below are the required Honors Math

As a way to maintain strong math skills, all Honors Math students are required to complete the above IXL Summer Boost: Math assignment. Your child received a list of the skills during the last week of school. Each list is available above. Click on the link of the grade into which your child is going.
If your child already completed a skill previously and earned an 80 SmartScore, he/she does not need to complete it again.
If your child does not recall how to do specific problems, there are tutorials on IXL. Click on “Watch a video” or “Learn with an Example” which appear at the top of each skill’s page.
- This consists of 4 – 6 weeks of skills for a total of 20 – 25 IXL skills (depending on the grade level).
- Students may complete the skills in any order they wish. Students may do more than one skill in a day.
- A score of 80 or above SmartScore indicates mastery on IXL, so once you reach at least an 80 SmartScore, you may move on to the next skill.
  - Typically, students can obtain an 80 by correctly answering around 12-15 questions per skill.
  - This is a graded summer assignment. It will count as a quiz grade and is due by Friday, 9/5/25.

Links to important websites:

Honors Math Program admission for the 2024-2025 School Year

The protocol for accepting students into this program includes the following:

Standardized testing grades (Terra Nova):
- Math: composite score of 90% or above
  - > 70 in all areas of math in the Objective Skills Index (on Terra Nova)
- CSI (InView testing): In the range of 125 (118 or above)
- Reading: composite score of 80% or above
Final grades in math:
- From third grade entering the program in fourth grade: VG or O
- From fourth grade entering the program in fifth grade: 93 or above.

Final grades in reading: 85 (G) or above for all students
Teacher Recommendation
Effort grades – 4
Participation in the Honors Math Program is contingent upon the approval of the Archdiocesan Mathematics Committee.
Students not meeting the above criteria will not be admitted into the program without approval. Some students may be invited to join the program on a probationary basis if they meet some, but not all, criteria.
*** In order to remain in Honors Math class, each student must maintain at least an 85 average (end of year average). ***