This month, our students at Global Arts Plus practiced identifying edges and faces on 3D geometric figures (polyhedrons) while creating models with toothpicks and marshmallows! For our February Problem of the Month, we challenge you to identify the number of edges and faces on some common polyhedra.

On January 28, ACES Athlete Ambassador Matt Dumba achieved an important milestone, becoming only the 9th player in Minnesota Wild history to play 500 career games in the NHL! In addition to his impressive performance on the ice, Matt is leading the way to fight hate and racism in hockey as co-founder of the Hockey Diversity Alliance.

Ready for the next step in your leadership journey? Passionate about education equity and closing the opportunity gap? Join the dedicated team at ACES to exercise your vision and creativity, set strategy, and build an effective program model that makes a real impact for Twin Cities students.

This month in the ACES classroom, 4th and 5th graders are practicing measuring and adding angles during one of our most popular unites, “Technology in Sports”! Can you identify each of the five types of angles? Test your memory and geometry skills with our January problem of the month!

The results are in! The Loons’ 61 yellow cards and 2 red cards raised an impressive $6,469 for our Twin Cities students thanks to the Dark Clouds Charity Card Club! Talk about getting good results from bad behavior. We can’t thank the Dark Clouds and their members enough for their incredible support and partnership.

We are thrilled to announce that, for the first time since 2019, our signature All-Star Evening Gala is back! Mark your calendar for this one-of-a-kind event, coming to the stunning Fillmore Theater in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 12, 2022!

Our latest curriculum unit, Athlete Health, had students strengthening foundational math concepts and practicing goal setting. Try your hand at multiplying fractions and celebrate the Minnesota Wild’s recent win streak with the December Problem of the Month.

ACES is on the move, and we are thrilled to announce our newest partner site: Stonebridge World School! Located in South Minneapolis, Stonebridge is a tuition-free public charter school that focuses on academic fundamentals within a global arts-based curriculum. Stonebridge is one of only eight Minnesota schools selected to participate in Turnaround Arts, a Kennedy Center program that transforms schools through the strategic use of the arts.

This month, ACES students are practicing multi-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division word problems. Can you keep up? Celebrate the beginning of the NHL season and test your problem-solving skills with the November Problem of the Month!

Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba and Minnesota United defender Michael Boxall know that ALL students deserve an ALL-STAR education. That’s why this Give to the Max Day, Matt and Michael are hosting a friendly competition in support of one of their favorite organizations, ACES!