Submitted by the Acera School
Bedford’s Oskar Muelhoefer, a fifth-grade student at the Acera School in Winchester, earned an Honor Roll award in the Spring 2024 Noetic Learning Math Contest. An Honor Roll award designates a top 10 percent placement nationally. The event drew more than 40,000 students from all 50 states.
In addition to Muelhoefer, 15 other Acera students placed in the top 10 percent.
The Noetic Learning Math Contest is a biannual math contest for elementary and middle school students. The contest encourages students’ interest in math, develops their problem-solving skills, and inspires them to excel.
Acera, a nonprofit K-9th grade STEAM school (science, technology, engineering, art, and math), places its students in math classes based upon start of year assessments that clarify where each student is in their education journey. All math classes occur at the same time, allowing students to be placed in classes based on what they are ready to learn, rather than by age or grade.
“Ability-based math classes free students to learn without constraints due to age or curricula,” said Acera founder and director Courtney Dickinson. “We have found that in this type of framework, new possibilities open up for math experiences for all kids. Math class becomes a place where kids get to learn in a way that fits their thinking style and readiness in applied and game-based ways. The satisfaction of figuring out hard problems – and applying a wide array of strategies to get there – enables students to manifest a growth mindset every day.”
Founded in 2010, Acera is an independent nonprofit STEAM school that engages gifted students in individualized, project-based learning that is designed around their passions and aligned with their own abilities. For more information, visit aceraschool.org.
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