FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2013
Contact:
Jennifer Norris Saienni ‘05
(302) 658-7158
[email protected]
DREAMBOX CEO AND URSULINE ALUMNA RETURNS TO URSULINE ACADEMY
Wilmington, Del. – Jessie Woolley-Wilson ‘81, President, CEO, and Board Chair of DreamBox
Learning, returned to Ursuline Academy to discuss her company. During her homecoming, Ms.
Woolley-Wilson met with Lower School teachers and learned how they have integrated
DreamBox into their math curricula. Ms. Woolley-Wilson also had the opportunity to speak with
the Middle and Upper School students about her career path.
DreamBox Learning is an intelligent adaptive learning program that allows students, teachers,
and parents to track a student’s progress in math through interactive games, which determine
the ability and progress of each individual student. “DreamBox is building competency in
students’ math ability but more importantly building a student’s confidence in math,” said Ms.
Woolley-Wilson. She has also seen a significant change in the dialogue between parents and
students about math, which Ms. Woolley-Wilson believes to be an important factor in a
student’s success.
While speaking to the Middle and Upper School students, Ms. Woolley-Wilson advised her
Ursuline Sisters to not only surround themselves with positive and influential people but to not
be afraid to take risks. And finally, Ms. Woolley-Wilson suggests creating options and avenues
to continuously improve your career such as learning how to write and read programming code.
We are in a technology infused age and to remain cutting edge, we will all have to stay ahead of
the curve.
For more information on DreamBox Learning, please visit www.dreambox.com or contact
Jennifer Saienni at [email protected].
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Ursuline Academy, based in Wilmington, Del., educates students in the 478-year tradition of the Roman Catholic
Order of St. Ursula, founded in Italy by St. Angela Merici. Ursuline Academy is the only Catholic school in Delaware
offering both Traditional Pre-K/Kindergarten and Montessori programs to boys and girls as part of its Early
Childhood curriculum. The Lower School educates boys through third grade and girls through sixth grade in an
interactive personalized curriculum. The Middle School offers a Laptop Program and award winning Language Arts
curriculum. In the Upper School, 77% of the Class of 2013 was awarded a combined total over $5.6 million in
academic and athletic grants and scholarships – an average award of $122,000. Ursuline Academy’s mission is the
development of the whole person in a faith-centered community built on values of academic excellence, respect,
and social consciousness. The mission rests on the core values of community and family spirit, respect, excellence in
education, wholeness of personal development, and Serviam.