• Welcome to STRIVE Functional Academics.    Students  work  on a  variety of real  life practical  math, reading and  writing  skills in class.  Math  skills include practice in money, budgeting,  banking, calendar  and  schedule, time and  measurement.  Students  read  the  newspaper regularly to  find  answers  to daily living  questions and questions about  current  event and  general  knowledge concepts. Students also  visit the  local library to  develop  a lifelong interest in reading.   Students  practice  completing written and  on line  job applications in  class  and  also  work on reading schedules, bills,  directions, labels and recipes  for  life  skills practice.