SENATE RESOLUTION 46

(By Senators Phillips, Stollings, Romano, Unger, Rucker, Lindsay, and Baldwin)

[Introduced April 8, 2021]

Recognizing the accomplishment of Buffalo Elementary School on becoming champions of the Imagine Learning’s March MATH Madness.

Whereas, Buffalo Elementary School utilizes Imagine Math, the county-provided program for enrichment and remediation which allows students to work ahead of the intended classroom instructional pace and allows them to review skills already covered in class to keep them fresh in their minds; and

Whereas, The program requires students to explain their answers and understanding, thus further developing their math skills by completing answer and error analysis; and

Whereas, As March rolled around, Buffalo Elementary School found themselves in the Sweet 16 of the program’s March Math Madness competition; and

Whereas, As the weeks progressed, Buffalo Elementary School progressed to the elite eight, final four, and then the top two of the competition; and

Whereas, Seeing the students’ determination for success was refreshing. Students were assisting each other with understanding skills that they did not understand during a specific lesson. The support started pouring in from all over the state and it rejuvenated the student body; and

Whereas, On Monday, March 29, 2021, Buffalo Elementary School reaped the benefits of their hard work over the last month. The school was crowned the 14th Annual March MATH Madness champions. They are the first school to win the competition in the state of West Virginia; and

Whereas, Buffalo Elementary School students passed over 24,000 lessons this year on Imagine Math; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate hereby recognizes the accomplishment of Buffalo Elementary School on becoming champions of the Imagine Learning’s March MATH Madness; and, be it

Further Resolved, That Buffalo Elementary School shall be honored for their great success as Champions of the Imagine Learning’s March Math Madness, where the students not only gained new math skills, but came together as a community and demonstrated excellent work ethic to reach this prodigious achievement; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Buffalo Elementary School.