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Benita H. Albert
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... But truly, the most important thing is that she inspires us ... Often she tells us stories relating to the topics we are doing, such as her calculus cats. ... integral cat whos tale is bent like an integration sign. ... cat of continuity that glides, not walks across the floor. ... One story happened .. [high school / bomb threat / class moved outside].. [class was] learning the fundamental theorem of calculus and they were reciting, "integration is anti-differentiation." .. attracted a crowd of African-American students who were fascinated by this strangely civil-rights inclined chant. ... In short, Mrs. Albert is simply the best teacher we've ever had and we would love for her to be recognized for all the hard work and all the heart she has given to us, her students. . . .Jeffrey Hankins, Jingyuan Wu, & Scott McKinney |
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Oak Ridge High School
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Oak Ridge
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Tennessee
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Richard Askey
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Askey ... delivered a talk to our math club about partitions and Ramanujan, which was both challenging and inspiring. ... Aside from being an excellent teacher, Prof. Askey exceeded the normal expectations by inviting me to his office each week to discuss more higher-level mathematics. It was there that I learned how to truly think about mathematics (convexity is a concept, not an algebraic expression), which helped me to succeed even in the USAMO and beyond. At the same time, Prof. Askey helped to strengthen my precalculus base (trigonometric formulas are meant to be learned, not memorized), .. Prof. Askey deserves the Edyth May Sliffe Award. ... We hope that he receives it in return for his efforts. . . . .Ian Dubois, Poling Loh, & Robert Lemkeoliver |
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James Madison Memorial High School
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Madison
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Wisconsin
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Lorraine Baker
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Tuesday after Tuesday, Ms. Baker is in Room 231 after school for hours with a smile, passing out math contest problems and providing us with snacks. ... She is a busy teacher, educating over a hundred math pupils a day, and has helped bring many math competitions such as the AMC AMTNJ, Delaware Valley ML, and NJML contests to Princeton High School. Her tireless effort to make the math team known through-out the school is very impressive. The size of the math team almost doubled this year. She posts notices on the "Daily Bulletin" and broadcasts math events on the intercom virtually every day. ... Overall, her perseverance in spreading the magic of mathematics is what has really led to our success. . . . .Anton Malyshev, Benjamin Tsou, Howard Yu, & David Costanzo |
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Princeton High School
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Princeton
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New Jersey
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Judith A. Cinnamond
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The nomination ... was easily agreed upon because when it comes to preparing our math team for success she is second to none. ... She genuinely cares about everyone on the team and wants to make sure that we are always learning and growing an appreciation for mathematics. She spends time to review the process of solving some of the more challenging problems and we know more math because of it. The fact that it makes us more likely to succeed in the future is just an added benefit that is secondary to the actual learning. ... Her enthusiasm in class carried over... and this is the reason most decided to devote their Tuesday afternoons to the club. Without Ms. Cinnamond, the math team would not be where it is today. . . . .Matthew Chu, Taktin Oey, & Yifei Chen |
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W. Windsor Plainsboro High School-North Campus
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Plainsboro
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New Jersey
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Barbara Currier
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Dr. Currier deserves the... Award most because she has ... revived not only the Math Team, but also it's ideals: learning, solving and competing for life rather than for score. ... she brings character [to] our team, instilling a love of learning rather than a thirst for victory. ... she has given us all a love and enthusiasm for mathematics, connecting its beauty to specific problems and encouraging us to practice not for the contest, but for a command of careful problem-solving technique and for our own enjoyment. ... Since her arrival at the position, our focus has shifted from score pursuit to developing an appreciation for unusual mathematics and divergent thinking. Her gift - not our score - will last a lifetime. . . . .Christopher Tsai, Marshall Sosland, & Zachary Abel |
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Greenhill School *
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Addison
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Texas
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Ernest Czerwinski
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There was no doubt in any of our minds which teacher to nominate for the Edyth May Sliffe Award. For the past few years, Mr. Czerwinski has dedicated himself to the math team at our school. Every week, he would challenge us with puzzling math problems, teaching us how to think outside of the box. In addition to the weekly meetings, Mr. Czerwinski also spent hours of his own time making booklets and packets with practice problems, formulas, and strategies to help us improve as math students. He has always had the philosophy that success cannot come without practice. With this philosophy in mind, our team has placed first in the state math league for six consecutive years. Mr. Czerwinski has truly been a wonderful teacher, coach, and mentor for us. . . . .Joseph Zimmerman, Nina Mann, & Tony Zhang |
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Barrington High School
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Barrington
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Rhode Island
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Sue Doker
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Sue Doker is a dedicated sponsor of the Lincoln Mu Alpha Theta chapter. At this year's State Convention, Lincoln High School took 2nd place overall out of upwards of fifty schools, closing the gap for first place to a mere 16 points. ... the reason Lincoln MAO was ranked as high as it was at the convention was because of Mrs. Doker tirelessly putting in hours long after school is out to work with students just as dedicated to the club as her. ... the members of Lincoln MAO have the materials they need to study, ... not to mention an open classroom door and a warm, friendly atmosphere. What the students accomplish in their studies for the club is the reason for Lincoln High School's exceptional performance on the AMC 12. . . . .Andrew Ellinor, Marshall Printy, & Sanjiv Goli |
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Lincoln High School
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Tallahassee
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Florida
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Elizabeth Drews
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Over 24 years of teaching there, Ms. Drews has gained a reputation for being the toughest, yet fairest math teacher at Hopewell Valley Central High School. Her AP Calculus BC class is notoriously rigorous, yet it prepares students well for the exam, where they almost all score a five. She places great emphasis on theory and proofs, preparing us well not only for higher level calculus courses but also for the difficult questions on competitive tests like the AMC 12, that require more than just skillful use of a graphing calculator. She is a faculty advisor to the math league team and takes us to numerous competitions each year, encouraging all of us at every one of them. . . . .Mengxi Ouyang, Scott Weingart, & Thomas Bruestle |
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Hopewell Valley Central High School
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Pennington
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New Jersey
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Elissa Roman Farmer
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Ms. Farmer is a committed advisor for the Garfield Math Team. ... She is very supportive of our aspirations and makes us very proud of our achievements. She also encourages a wonderful collaborative atmosphere rather than one of fierce competition. We are very thankful to have such a dedicated advisor. . . . .Kyle Lam, Miriam Hinman, Adam Hesterberg, Erik Gilligan, & Nathan Pflueger |
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James A. Garfield High School
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Seattle
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Washington
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Renee Fish
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Ms. Fish's dedication to math education extends far beyond the classroom. For as long as our school has been open, she has beeen the sponsor of Mu Alpha Theta, our school's math club. She stays for 2 or 3 hours after school every day, organizing club activities and keeping track of everything. Some of the events she's made possible for us are: a math competition for elementary school students; two meets that we host every year for other high schools; and huge turnouts for the competitions we attend (including States), all coordinated lovingly by her. Although two of us have never had Ms. Fish for class, she is still the teacher who has most helped us follow our mathematical dreams with all her tireless effort. Now that she will be retiring this year, it's the perfect time to honor her with an award that seems to have her name written right on it! . . . .Brianna Satinoff, Steven Helkin, & Ye Wang |
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Palm Harbor University High School (Intn'l Prog)
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Palm Harbor
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Florida
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Gregory Greene
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Mr. Greene is a veteran. He might not have fought in wars but he's served students in the classroom for 35 years, and is still going strong. He's taught and enlightened a generation of students, instilling in them both lessons of math and lessons of life. Mr. Greene takes his job seriously: he wants every student to succeed, and reaches out to help them do so. We appreciate the long hours he puts in - Mr. Greene is always ready, willing and prepared to tackle any lesson! Yet while he is serious he's also fun - on lucky days he'll strum on the guitar and sing; and don't forget bad (good?) puns! The only thing more exciting than a class or team with Mr. Green is anticipating what will come tomorrow. He loves to challenge his students, and himself; this is just one reason he's respected by all students and teachers this side of the math department. It is our honor to recommend Mr. Greene for this award!! . . . .Barry Weng, Evan Kalish, & Taiho Shin |
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Bronx High School of Science
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Bronx
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New York
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Kevin A. Kelly
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Kevin Kelly has been an outstanding mathematics teacher at Lexington High School for many years. ... courses ranging from Level 2 Algebra 1 ... to Honors AP Calculus BC, so many students of all abilities have the honor of having him as a teacher. He has a unique teaching style that has made him a very well known and loved teacher ... astounding success his students have had on the AP Calculus exams, both the AB and BC levels. In recent years, about half of his students who took the exams received a 5. ... He has been an invaluable member of the community, and without him, the math team would not be nearly as strong. . . . .Adam Rosenfield, Andrew Ho, David Wen, Xinpeng Huang, & Yao Liu |
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Lexington High School
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Lexington
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Massachusetts
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A. Samuel Koski
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Mr. Sam Koski chooses to teach at our under-funded, overcrowded public school.... His room is the nucleus of the most intelligent logical pursuits in the school, and students with a passion for math are fortunate indeed to have access to the resources he provides at a public school. Mr. Koski motivates dozens of students to attend the math team's Early-bird class at 6 a.m., and he is often at school working with team members until our night practices finish at 7 p.m. We have never heard of such unprecedented dedication in teachers anywhere, ... Mr. Koski's dedication inspires a newfound faith in the public education system in everyone he deals with. Throughout our high school years he has been a generous, focused, and utterly priceless resource to us. . . . .Jason Tam, John Karpis, & Ryan Williams |
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Miami Springs Senior High School
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Miami Springs
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Florida
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Josie M. Mallery
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Mrs. Mallery is not a teacher in the average sense. She is a motivator, an inspiration, and a mother for those of us that have competed in math contests for many years. The success of the math club at Klein High School depends not only on our own determination and effort but on Mrs. Mallery's encouragement and her pushing us to expand our knowledge and ability to perform well under pressure. ... She serves as a source of inspiration .... No one we know struggles more for what she believes in than does Mrs. Mallery. ... nurturing us from our first days of high school and watching us depart into the real world. We will eventually leave Klein High School, but we will always remember the person who has influenced us to achieve our best and to make a difference: Mrs. Josie Mallery. . . . .Brad Dodson, Jeffrey Easley, & Raj Atri |
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Klein High School
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Klein
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Texas
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Elizabeth Tze - Kan Moore
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... Mrs. Moore works to understand every student's particular talents an difficulties. Once a week, ... each of her students hand in a short journal entry about their understanding of the material taught in class. ... takes the trouble to write personalized responses, .. She notices when a pupil suddenly falls behind, and she gladly offers her help with any problems the student is having.... Every morning, she arrives at school an hour early to practice with the [math] team. She keeps in touch with all the math team members, even in the summer. ... Overall, she ensures that we are learning more mathematics and having fun doing it in and out of the classroom. . . . .Irena Wang, James Albrecht, Christopher Chung, & Scott Abrams |
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Naperville North High School
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Naperville
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Illinois
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Jim Moser
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... We came back every week to learn math, and Mr. Moser guided us. Throughout our high school experience, Mr. Moser has devoted an enormous amount of time and effort to furthering our education. When we first came, he introuduced us to the various competitions held both on the local and national levels. He was always willing to give up a weekend to sponsor us at a Great Plains Math League Meet. As our interest grew, however, Mr. Moser's involvement grew as well. He provided resources ... always taking time to help us work through a complicated problem. ... he opted to offer an independent study course, meeting weekly after school, during which he would give us problems at the AIME level and higher ... Without his help, we never could have achieved as much as we have. . . . .Alex Song, Ashish Shenoy, & Gerardo Flores |
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Ladue Horton Watkins High School
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St Louis
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Missouri
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William H. Noeth
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[We] selected William Noeth ... because he's always been a guide for us in our mathematical lives.[He] teach [es] statistics, trigonometry, and calculus,...[is] Department leader for our school district and our math team coach. ... enormous amount of pressure ... but he's always been there to encourage us to explore more advanced mathematics. ... makes himself available whenever he can for us to stop by and talk about a new problem we were thinking of or an extension of what we learned in class that day. He also volunteers to teach multivariable calculus to students who complete hs BC Calculus course before their senior year. ..... Without Mr. Noeth's presence throughout high school, we never would've had the same interest in mathematics outside the classroom, and because of this we can't imagine a better candidate for the Edyth May Sliffe Award. . . . .Adam Merberg, Sean Sullivan, & Song Wang |
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Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
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Acton
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Massachusetts
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John Henry Noland
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... He is enthusiastic and teaches the material well to all students in his classes. He also does puzzles and math competitions in class to keep the smarter students interested. ... Mr. Noland is also the school organizer for the NC State Math Contest Team and chaperones the annual trip to ARML (Atlantic Regions Math League) at Penn State. Beyond his excellence as a math teacher, Mr. Noland is a great friend and mentor to many of his students.... He helped start the Ultimate Frisbee Club at Enloe and all his students love him. ...Mr. Noland is an awesome person -- both as a math teacher and as a friend. . . . .Jeremy Diepenbrock, Leigh Phillips, & Robin Chisnell |
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William G. Enloe High School
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Raleigh
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North Carolina
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Thomas W. Norris
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Mr. Norris: - Organizes math practices before and after school, as well as on Saturdays and six days a week during the summer; - Provides resources for us to reach our maximum ability; - Is solely responsible for recruiting over 100 members to the math team at a public school of fewer than 2,000 students; - Is the Regional Governor for Mu Alpha Theta in the Western U.S.; - Runs 2 state math competitions annually and takes us to many, many, others; - Has high expectations for our math team and expresses them in a positive way; - Provides belief in us and truly cares for the team's members; - Embodies the spirit of the Edyth May Sliffe Award. . . . .Tim Zitzer, Woosung Chung, & Zachary Bunting |
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Thomas Jefferson High School
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Auburn
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Washington
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Mary O'Keefe
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Mrs. O'Keefe has been instrumental in improving the math lives of students from rural upstate New York. She is methodical and encourages student participation and supports students from schools which do not give the AMC exams. She singlehandedly organized a small math circle for the area, where the more advanced students get together and meet sunday night for three hours, and the more beginning students get together to meet on friday afternoon. She also drives more than several students to our club. She is the reason that we are able to attend numerous math competitions, and we recommend her for this award. . . . .Alison Miller, Drew Besse, Benamin Levinn, & Subrahmanya Krishnamoorthy |
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Home Educators Enrichment Group *
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Niskayuna
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New York
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Leona Penner
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... Ms. Penner challenges us to stretch mathematically and inspires us to succeed. ... although class does not start until 7:56, she comes to school every day before 6:30 to help students with problems. In the afternoons she goes to a middleschool to teach class and then to coach a Mathcounts team, with practice often lasting until 4:30 or 5:00. She ... has introduced us to the excitement of team and individual math competition, organizing opportunities and taking us to competitions around the state, where her winning history is legendary. ... She teaches a four year program called "Elements of Mathematics" which, in addition to standard algebra and geometry, teaches probability, number theory, field theory, set theory, and formal logic. ... She opens the techniques of the "great" to students who would otherwise be merely "good". We feel privileged to have had the opportunity to learn from Ms. Penner. . . . .Anish Mitra, Stephen Anthony, & Tim Carrell |
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Lincoln East High School
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Lincoln
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Nebraska
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Donald Timmis Porzio
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Dr. Porzio undoubtedly holds an important role in the success of the AMC 12 team members at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. One of the advanced courses Dr. Porzio teaches is Discrete Mathematics, where students learn numerous problem solving strategies in combinatorics. Furthermore, Dr. Porzio worked with one of the AMC 12 team members on 102 Combinatorial Problems by Andreescu and Feng. The opportunity to work with Dr. Porzio on the book gave the student insights into some of the more difficult combinatorics problems on the AMC 12. . . . .Abhi Gulati, Ruozhou Jia, Albert Ni, Rajeev Nayak, Sarah Yang, & Timothy Credo |
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Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
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Aurora
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Illinois
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Paul J. Sally III
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I cannot think of a person more deserving of a teaching award than Mr. Paul Sally.... [sophomore year - Precalculus Class]. He was a great teacher, making class as exciting and interactive as possible while still teaching everyone so much about mathematics. I honestly believe every student looked forward to that class, except on test days ... As the head coach, he makes sure everything is going smoothly, putting together practices, keeping everyone on their toes and helping every math team member understand math better. .... It is a tribute to Mr. Sally that New Trier finished top 60 on the AMC test (note: we are all math team members), and that is why he deserves to win the Edyth May Sliffe Award . . .Cory Nanus, David Cohen, & Rishi Natarajan |
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New Trier Township High School
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Winnetka
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Illinois
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Terri Marie Sproul
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.... Her dedication, exceptional coaching abilities, and caring attitude make her an excellent candidate for the Award. Two years ago the Math League was simply a group of kids who took the PAML tests and the AMC tests together.... All this changed when Ms. Sproul took over the job of Math League advisor. ...Ms. Sproul's active recruitment efforts, organization, and innovative ideas transformed the organization into an active and rewarding student-run club.... [her] attention to detail and effort ... ensure that each member enjoys and improves in each competition ... Ms. Sproul understands that many students participate solely for enjoyment and maintains a relaxed, friendly atmosphere at club events. This blend of fun and learning draws many members to the Math League ... With her endless dedication, mathematical skill, and encouraging attitude, Ms. Sproul exemplifies the ideal Math League Coach. ...the Edyth May Sliffe Award is a fitting recognition of her accomplishments. . . . .Ameya Velingker, Aparna Swaminathan, Julia Vishnevetsky, Laura Kulikowski, Max Staplin, Punkaj Ahuja, Robert Dunnette, Ryan Cocca, Shiyang Cao & Jason Toff |
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Parkland High School
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Allentown
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Pennsylvania
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Harold Joseph Stengel
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... as the main coach of the school math team, Mr. Stengel spends many afternoons holding math practice for us. ... Without his guidance, none of us could have made the transformation ... scoring far above average on the AMC. He patiently nurtured our mathematical reasoning skills; now they bloom, and he is to thank. ... We realized how much we have learned about problem solving in his class when the skills he has taught us, which often extend beyond the scope of the textbook, are applicable to contest problems. ... We still remember the class's amazement at seeing endless rows of math files on his laptop that he wrote during his teaching career of more than thirty years. ... The enthusiasm of the class was aroused by his devotion; ... As William Yeats once said, "education is... lighting a fire." Mr. Stengel ... not only helped develop our problem solving skills, but also lighted our soul with a passion for mathematics, a lifelong gift with an influence that extends far beyond our achievement on one competition. . . . . .Neil Lender, Syed Almamun, & Yuanjian Li |
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Boston Latin School
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Boston
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Massachusetts
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Joseph Jay Stern
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Mr. Joseph Stern has, and continues, to work tirelessly to promote the advancement of higher mathematics at Stuyvesant High School. He has developed and taught an elective course, Advanced Euclidean Geometry and also teaches Honors Math, Differential Equations and Multivariate Calculus. He is a terrific instructor of great compassion and warmth, and outstanding problem solver, who has broadened the horizons of mathematicis at Stuyvesant, creating an environment that few other schools can offer. For his incalculable contribution to Mathematics at Stuyvesant, we nominate him for this award with great pleasure. . . . .Bram Sterling, Lunduo Ye, Tingting Lu, Jiong Gu, & Mikhail Dvorkin |
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Stuyvesant High School
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New York
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New York
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John Moore Wilson, III
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Mr. Wilson has been crucial to our Math Team's success here at ECHHS. Two years ago, Mr. Wilson took over the Math Team at our school. Since then, he has spent a tremendous amount of time and effort in preparing us for and organizing our participation in various math competitions. An example of his passion and devotion for Math Team can be seen in this year's AMC 12 event. Despite numerous complications, including lost contests and funds, he was able to salvage our school's participation and turn it into a triumph. Mr. Wilson is not only an avid Math Team director, but also an incredible teacher. All of us on the Math Team have or have had him as a teacher and can attest to his sincerity and ability. He has inspired us to pursue mathematics further and helped us with whatever we needed. Mr. Wilson has really defined our math and math team experience at East Chapel Hill High School. . . . .Arnav Tripathy, Gregory Filpus, & Jim Ouyang |
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East Chapel Hill High School
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Chapel Hill
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North Carolina
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