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High School Math Teacher

Molly Olson

 

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Schooling:

9-12 Math

Dance Coach

Freshman Class Advisor

 


(715) 455-1861 Ext.149
molson@prairiefarm.k12.wi.us




2002-Present  Math Teacher - Prairie Farm High School


1997-2002      Math Teacher - Pequot Lakes High School

                                                 Pequot Lakes, MN


1996-1997      Math Teacher - Fertile-Beltrami Schools

                                                 Fertile, MN



Hamline University, St. Paul, MN

Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics, 1996


Prairie Farm High School, Prairie Farm, WI





 Dance Team   Prairie Farm Panther Dance Team
 Nate the Pi Freak!   Nate shows his amazing memorization skills!
 Geometry Dance   This is the Geometry Dance performed by the 7th Hr. class. They learned movements to represent 45 terms from geometry and performed to the song "Rock It" by Herbie Hancock.
 Legend of Sleeping Beauty Calendar   The google calendar for the schedule of Legend of Sleeping Beauty
 Classroom Guidelines 2009  
A powerpoint shown on the first day of class to outline my classroom procedures.

Image Gallery: Math Mural
These are some pictures of the pre-calculus students working on the math mural that they painted in the math classroom.
See all 11 images.


Image Gallery: Math Mural 2010
This gallery shows pictures of the 2010 Pre-Calc class creating their underwater mural.
The surfer dude shows how he can ride the "derivative"! The snail shell also exhibits the golden ratio. The pearl in the oyster is a sphere. See all 9 images.


Image Gallery: My family
Some snapshots of me and my family.
Visiting Hawaii! Mark, Raif and Cora decorating our chicken coop. Raif, Cora and I in front of the Teton Mountains.



Background
My education philosophy.

Classes
Mrs. Olson's Schedule 2010-2011

Quotes
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"Write this down..."

"What happens to you in life is not as important as your attitude toward it"

"Math is..."

"You get out of education what you put into it."

"Confusion is ignorance leaving the brain." - John Burk

EMPT
Here are instructions for submitting your answers for the EMPT:

Go to the website:
https://testing.exams.wisc.edu/empt/taketest

ACT Code for our school: 501890
Teacher's last name: Olson
Class period: 01
Access Code: 721267

Fill in the required information on the next page, and click start. Then when finished submit your answers. You will get results to print off and analyze how you would place for college math classes.