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Ecoff Elementary PTA awarded grant to

engage families in math education

National PTA and Mathnasium to increasing access to STEM – and children’s success in math, and
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credits, a fine arts or career and technical asking principals to work closer with the
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personal finance credit. A standard diploma since dropout trends begin to form in the love a
only requires 22 credits. seventh grade. We hope [that] through our
“Our teachers continue to create a efforts, we will continue to increase the
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