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Kitchener teen aims to help students with math wall

A local teen wants to help younger students with their math skills by building a math wall this summer at Morrison Park in Kitchener.

Teen conducted workshops to gain a better understanding on what learning tools should go on the wall

Lazar Paroski, 14, recently won a grant that will help him build a math wall that he hopes will help younger kids with their math skills. (Carmen Ponciano/ CBC)

Math can be a little tricky for some students, but a Kitchener teen wants to build a math wall he hopes willhelp kids improve their math skills.

Lazar Paroski, 14,received a grant from the PlacemakingChallenge from Kitchener's Love My Hood initiative,which he plans on using to help fund themath wall.

"The math wall is basically all the tools you'll have on the wall in your classroom outside," Paroski told CBC News.

He noticed the region had lowEQAOmath scores and decided he was going to do something about it by putting some his passion for the math into an interactive wall.

The wall will be aimed for student between Grades 1 to 6. It will have learningtoolsto help kids better their math skills, like a calculator, tips on how to divideor a multiplication table.

The wall will be aimed for student between Grades 1 to 6 and will have interactive learning tools, like a calculator, tips on how to divide or a multiplication table. (Carmen Ponciano/ CBC)

He conducted numerous workshops at local elementary schools and community centres, where students could vote on what they think should go on the math wall.

The wall will be built in the park located around the corner of where Paroskilives, Morrison Park, near the playground and swing set.

"It'll be a lot funner because it'll be at a park," he said.

"I feel like a lot of people get bad vibes out of math and I'm hoping that putting it in a fun setting will maybe help themenjoyit more."

His goal is to make math fun andchange some of the negative outlook on the subject.

Paroskisaid he's adding the finishing touches to the wall's design before it will beinstalled in July.