Dr. Matthew Ripley, EDD

12/04/2025

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Our students and teachers will be displaying their hard work and talents this season. They would love your support!

11/18/2025

One of my favorite things to hear in the classroom is when students use a similar tone when repeating steps to answer problems in the same way I taught it.

Using verbal ques, sing-song inflection, or specific tones to say important prompts can help students remember key steps in the process to solve a problem.

Similar to how we remember music lyrics or our favorite quotes, we commit these to memory due to tone and rhythm and these same practices can be applied in the classroom.

11/14/2025

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Congratulations to our November Horace Mann Employee of the Month, Dr. Matthew Ripley! Thank you for your hardwork and dedication to our students and school.

11/14/2025

This week we have continued working in algebra in our Unit 6 work of Equations and Inequalities. This week focused on writing and solving one-step equations. Next week we will continue working in algebra as we focus on writing and solving one-step inequalities. Attached is everything we will cover and topics you can discuss with your student. Please encourage your child to have a positive, growth-oriented attitude towards mathematics and their learning.

• Encourage them to ask questions – both at home and in class. Sometimes, an answer to a question will generate more questions. That’s how you know they are learning!

• Encourage your child to embrace challenges and remind them that every challenge is an opportunity to learn something new.

• Celebrate successes – both small and large.

10/20/2025

10/20/2025

Today we have started the bulk of what 6th grade math will be - Algebra. Our algebra unit will begin with numerical and algebraic expressions and algebra properties. Attached is everything we will cover and topics you can discuss with your student.

Please encourage your child to have a positive, growth-oriented attitude towards mathematics and their learning.

• Encourage them to ask questions – both at home and in class. Sometimes, an answer to a question will generate more questions. That’s how you know they are learning!

• Encourage your child to embrace challenges and remind them that every challenge is an opportunity to learn something new.

• Celebrate successes – both small and large.

10/14/2025

2025 Division 2 Area 1 Champions - 3 Peat Complete

09/29/2025

🎃Fright Night 7🎃
👻October 30th
🦇6:30pm - 8:30pm
📲Online payments now open
💵 $12 online in advance - $15 at the door
🍕Pizza-$2.00
🧋Drinks-$1.00
🍬Snacks-$1.00-$2.00

09/15/2025

Today we start our new unit on integers (whole numbers), rational numbers (fractions/decimals), and the coordinate plane. We will be learning in this unit for the next 3 weeks. Attached is everything we will cover and topics you can discuss with your student. Please encourage your child to have a positive, growth-oriented attitude towards mathematics and their learning.

✅ Encourage them to ask questions – both at home and in class. Sometimes, an answer to a question will generate more questions. That’s how you know they are learning!

✅ Encourage your child to embrace challenges and remind them that every challenge is an opportunity to learn something new.

✅ Celebrate successes – both small and large.

09/08/2025

On our 6th grade math class we’ve been wworking on ratios, rate, and percent. Traditionally, this is when 6th graders really start to knock the rust off from summer break and their confidence in math begins to strengthen and improve.

✅ Encourage your child to have a positive, growth-oriented attitude towards all learning.

✅ Encourage them to ask questions - both at home and in class. Sometimes, an answer to a question will generate more questions.

✅ Encourage your child to embrace challenges and remind them that every challenge is an opportunity to learn something new.

✅ Celebrate successes - both small and large!

09/08/2025

💛🖤🏈 It’s time to Save the Date for Homecoming Week 2025! The biggest week of the school year is coming soon! Stay tuned for more info.

📸 Kinley K. & Emmie T.

08/26/2025

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✨ Happy Labor Day Break! 🎊 Students, enjoy your time off! Just a reminder that you'll be back in the classroom on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.