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Voyager and 3P Learning Host Fourth Annual World Math Day Competition
Voyager and 3P Learning —Saturday, February 06, 2010
Voyager and 3P Learning Host Fourth Annual World Math Day Competition; Students from aAround the Globe Compete Online as They Aim To Once Again Set a New World Record
DALLAS, February 1, 2010- Last year, a new world record was set after a staggering 1,952,879 million students from 38,058 schools in 204 countries answered 452,681,681 math questions correctly during the World Math Day competition. Will there be a new world record set this year?
We believe the answer is yes! That’s why Voyager and 3P Learning today announced that they will host the fourth annual World Math Day online math competition on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at www.worldmathday.com. During the competition, students will take part in real-time battles of speed and skill and may participate at home, school or anywhere they can access the Internet.
Registration begins on February 1, 2010, and closes on March 2, 2010. Participation is free and open to children ages 5-18 from around the globe. Existing Voyager VmathLive schools and 3P Learning Mathletics schools will have automatic entry into the event. Teachers and students who are not current VmathLive or Mathletics users can register for free at www.worldmathday.com.
Once students register, they will have access to a practice session until the competition begins on March 3. Students will be able to compete against other students as long as it is March 3 somewhere in the world.
Prizes will be awarded for top placement and include the following:
• Minted Gold Medals – World Champions
The student answering the highest number of questions correctly in each age group (5-8, 9-13, 14-18) will be the World Champion and receive a
Minted Gold Medal.
• Gold Medals - Top 10
The top 10 students in each age group (5-8, 9-13, 14-18) answering the highest number of questions correctly will receive Gold Medals.
• World Math Day Gold Award – 4,000 questions
Every student who correctly answers 4,000 questions or more will receive a digital certificate Gold Award.
• Printed World Math Day Gold Award – Top 50
The top 50 students in each age group (5-8, 9-13, 14-18) will receive a printed certificate Gold Award sent by post.
For a complete list of competition rules, visit www.worldmathday.com or if you would like more information about VmathLive, visit www.vmathlive.com
About Voyager
Voyager, a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, Inc. [NASDAQ: ABCD], provides core, intervention, and supplemental reading programs, as well as math intervention and ongoing professional development programs, for school districts throughout the United States. Founded in 1994, Voyager has delivered extended-time reading and basic skills intervention programs, as well as large-scale reading and math programs, to more than 1,000 school districts in cities such as Buffalo, N.Y.; Miami; New York City; Richmond, Va.; El Paso, Texas; and Los Angeles, resulting in dramatically improved student performance. For more information, please visit www.voyagerlearning.com or call 1-888-399-1995.
About 3P Learning:
Founded in 2003, 3P Learning develops e-learning resources for students and teachers. Key to the success of 3P Learning’s resources is the idea that play plus practice equals progress. The company’s e-Learning resources are written by teachers who hold this philosophy at their core, and are proven to engage and motivate students to achieve excellent results. 3P Learning develops curriculum-based resources for the Internet that are currently used by over 1000 Australian schools and that have been used by close to 1 million students. For teachers, 3P Learning uses technology to provide up to the minute information on students’ progress and the ability to fully differentiate within a class to target individual student needs. For more information about 3P Learning, please visit www.3PLearning.com.
Contact: Shannan Overbeck, Cambium Learning Group, Inc., (888) 399-1995 ext. 9476, soverbeck@voyagerlearning.com
