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Dear Montverde Parents:

We are pleased and excited to announce a new educational tool available to the students of Montverde Academy.  Sylvan Learning Centers and Montverde have formed a partnership to bring SchoolMathPrep.com and SylvanMathPrep.com free of charge as an additional service to our students.  This is the most comprehensive, easy to use, and versatile tutorial program I have ever seen.

SchoolMathPrep.com is an internet based Math tutorial and homework help program covering Pre-Algebra through Algebra II, as well as SAT and ACT preparation.  The site contains 750 lessons which include over 2000 instructional videos giving step by step tutorials.  The lessons can be obtained through a textbook search (which matches the lessons to the Chapter and page number in the student’s textbook), through a keyword search, or by Subject.  This site is available from 7 am to 3 pm weekdays all year long.  It is an excellent tool to use over the summer to review concepts that your child has struggled with during the past school year or it can be used to build your child confidence in Math next year by exposing them the concepts that will be taught during the first few months. 

SylvanMathPrep.com is an identical tool which can be used at anytime SchoolMathPrep.com is not available.  This is an extremely effective tool when the student is having difficulty with a homework assignment or studying for a test after school hours.  All they need to do is select their textbook and plug in the page number.  Each instructional video’s description includes a key to identify which lesson goes with which problem, walking them through the solution method using a similar, but not identical problem.  For tests or quizzes, the student can do a quick review of all the concepts contained within a Chapter to insure they are prepared for the test.  Montverde has arranged for this program, which would normally cost approximately $240 per student for the school year, to you free of charge. 

To access the sites you will need the following information: 

SchoolMathPrep.com, 7am – 3 pm 

ID:  MVA34711

Password:  mathhelp

SylvanMathPrep.com, 3pm – 7 am

ID:  MVA2 or MVA3

Password:  mathhelp

While SchoolMathPrep.com has unlimited portals, SylvanMathPrep.com does not.  If your child experiences difficulty logging into the SylvanMathPrep.com site, please try again in a few minutes.  If the problem persists, please contact me and I will see that additional access codes are obtained. I encourage you to preview the site and promote its use by your child during the summer and during the coming school year.  A student user guide is available on the lower right hand corner of the Welcome page.     

Roger R. Ross

Dean of the Upper School  

Kudos to Mr. Connelly and the Concert Choir for their performance at MPA (Music Performance Assessment) on Friday, March 20, 2009.  The Concert Choir earned an overall score of superior which qualifies them for the state competition that is held in April.  Please join us in congratulating Han Na Lim who was the only student accompanist out of the 30 choirs who competed.

The MPA was hosted at Montverde Academy this year.  More than 1,600 public school students from over 20 different schools were on campus for the event.  Great things were said about our school from student participants, adjudicators and visiting music teachers.  A special note of thanks to our Fine Arts Department and Chair for overseeing this event.

Congratulations to Pierre Bakinde and Nick Diatta for their selections to the Lake County All-Star team!  The Lake vs. Sumter County All-star game will be held on Monday, March 30th at Mt. Dora High School.  The game starts at 7pm and the cost is $3.00 for students and adults.  A total of 12 Montverde Academy players have received this honor in the past six years under the direction of Head Basketball Coach Kevin Sutton.