 The Walker-Hackensack-Akely Elementary School is bringing families together for a night centered all around numbers. Reporter Cheryl Moore takes us to their annual Math Night for this week's Golden Apple. For one night only, students can hang out at Walker-Hackensack-Akely Elementary School after hours and practice their number skills. But the annual Math Night isn't just for kids. The whole family gets involved. When we first started out, Math Night was held more in the winter, but we've moved it to the fall and it seems to work out really well. It's a nice way to start the year with a family-centered activity. Math Night was made specifically for all elementary school students from pre-K to fifth grade. It's grown a lot over the years. It usually sees around 250 parents and students. The evening starts with a meal in the cafeteria. We have games for every grade level. These are easy to replicate games that can be reproduced at home. And the whole goal of Math Night is to spread the love of math through games and get kids to learn while being engaged and enjoying it and not even really knowing they're learning. The teachers play a big role in Math Night by planning the games. We actually looked online and then came up and made our own examples of what we found online. I know other people, it's maybe something from their curriculum or, you know, a game that maybe they've used in their classroom. The math games change every year so families will get something different every time they come. From bingo to board games, there's plenty to do. They watched princess and her friend count money, fake money, and it was like a contest. They were just seeing who could count the fastest and who had the most was the winner. For some kids, learning with the games makes everything click. Yeah, I got a little better at counting coins. But overall, it's the memories that everyone loves the most. Really, we have a really great reaction. We have a great outcome. A lot of the kids love to see their teachers outside of the classroom, so they get pretty excited when they get here and are able to see us. Reporting in Walker with this week's Golden Apple, Cheryl Moore, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.