WelcomeTo the East Middle School Math Lab Home Page

   The purpose of this Web Site is to describe and explain what the East Middle School Math Lab’s function is.  It is also designed to be used as a tool to be used in our classroom and in your home to help students become more effective mathematicians.  Our goal is for all students to find success in math in our classroom as well as their regular math classroom.  There are several pages on this website.  The first is this homepage that describes what our mission is and has links to each of our other pages. There is a Meet the teacher link that tells a little bit about each of the three teachers in our lab.  There is a page that has numerous links for both students and parents.  The Typical Day Link describes what students in our class do on a typical day.  The Monthly focus link provides activities and links that deal with our current focus in the lab.  You can find out how to contact us on the Contact page. You can see how this Web Site is designed using the Sitemap link. The final Page of the Website will display student improvement based both on CRT and ITBS scores.  The success math lab students have shown at EMS would not have been possible without Mr. Tony Swartz, Mrs. Shelley Fagenstrom, and the fine teaching staff at East Middle School.

Math Lab Mission

        Our students will become respectful, responsible citizens and lifelong learners.  Every student who comes to our class will be treated with respect and will be provided every opportunity to learn the concepts and the life skills they need to be successful.  Students in our class will be engaged in a learning activity the entire time they are in our room.  We will base our instruction on researched best practices.  Students will not only learn concepts, but how to problem-solve and discover strategies to find solutions independently.  We will be powerful relationship builders and constantly seek new ways to improve our relationship building skills.  Relationship building is the most important task facing high-performing teachers.  We will always consider Math Lab a work-in-progress and constantly seek ways to improve our teaching skill.