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Before starting the contest, Mrs. Contreras had participating students complete an initial MobyMax Math placement test to clarify each student’s learning gaps and lesson proficiency. Next, all students were asked to complete at least 1 hour of MobyMax Math every week the contest ran.

Mrs. Contreras invited several other teachers to join in so they could launch the activity school-wide. By motivating an entire school community of students to work toward the same goal, the hope was that more students would complete more math problems—both inside and outside the classroom.

Launching and promoting the contest was easy. “We announced the contest on our morning show to get students excited,” reported Mrs. Contreras. “The PTA made signs and emailed parents and PTA members. We also promoted the contest on our social media pages, and some teachers sent mass text messages to parents to remind them to encourage their kids to participate.”

The contest ran from Oct 1-29, 2016. After one month, the results were stunning:

Check out this growth! Why did the contest succeed?

It was easy to join. Participating students could log in on any computer or tablet and immediately complete MobyMax Math problems and lessons at their own pace while simultaneously competing for exciting prizes.

It was easy to achieve. The goal was for each student to spend at least 60 minutes per week on MobyMax Math. All students who achieved that goal earned an invitation to the special fall snow cone party. The top class in each grade level also earned an ice cream/frozen yogurt sundae party.

It was easy to win a prize. Students who completed at least 1 hour of MobyMax Math each week were entered into a drawing for multiple prizes, ranging from gift cards to goodie bags. Students who completed 4 hours of MobyMax Math by the end of the contest were entered into an extra raffle for a $25 gift card and additional prizes.

The entire contest only took two minutes to set up. As for cost, the total expenses for weekly raffle drawings, prizes, and 7 ice cream
parties amounted to only $234. The contest required just three PTA volunteers for 2.5 hours to host the parties in McKitrick’s Nature’s classroom. Of course, one important question is, ‘What happens when the contest ends? Do the kids lose interest in the subject or start to slack off?’

That certainly hasn’t been Mrs. Contreras’ experience. As we’ve seen in one school after another, MobyMax contests help fuel kids’ desire to keep learning and achieving…and asking for more!

And more is what they received! Mrs. Contreras met with teachers and launched a school-wide Fact Fluency Challenge, taking place for 1 week each month from December 2016 – May 2017. Here are the weekly prizes: Final results won’t be tallied for another few months, but already Mrs. Contreras has seen a measureable uptick in fact fluency among McKitrick’s students.

Want to create your own MobyMax school-wide contest? Here’s how your Moby administrator can set this up in 2 minutes or less.

Have your school Moby admin sign in and click “Contests.”

We hope you’re inspired to set up your own school-wide MobyMax contest. For more great ideas, don’t miss our recent blog posts featuring our Fact Fluency contest and Language contest. Have questions? Give us a holler at (888)793-8331 or email at email@example.com.





