Sliffe Awards

Ms. Aguayo has been the dedicated coach of the Lyndon Baines Johnson High School Math Team for the last two years. Although her primary teaching subject is not mathematics, but social studies, she has nonetheless devoted a vast amount of time to the team, allowing for meetings and practices to be held in her classroom ...

Since he first became an advisor for our high school Math Team two years ago, Mr. Arvid Allen has been a steadfast supporter of every endeavor we have undertaken as a team. At that time the Math Team, along with many other extracurricular clubs at our school, was threatened by a budget crisis. We were not at all ...

Suzanne Antink has spent a lifetime spreading the joy of mathematics. She has taught high school math for over 20 years and is currently the head of the math department at Palo Alto High School. Furthermore, she has coached the math club for many years. Several years ago, Mrs. Antink decided it was time for the middle school to have ...

Over the years, Radnor has sustained a high level of success in distinguished math competitions, one being the AMC 12. Doubtlessly, the successes of our teams have resulted from a very strong foundation in mathematical thinking developed early in high school. Mrs. Doerr teaches PSC geometry at the high school, introducing ...

Ms. Fix is a dedicated and enthusiastic math teacher who cares deeply about her students. It is obvious that she both knows and loves her subjects and is able to pass on that passion for learning to her students with her creative teaching methods. In her geometry class she constantly finds new ways to keep her students interested. She ...

Ms. Gail Grande's enthusiasm for mathematics inside and outside the classroom solidifies her role as one of the most esteemed teachers in the North Hollywood High School Highly Gifted Magnet program. Having taught mathematics in the Highly Gifted Magnet for fifteen years, Ms. Grande encourages her students to pursue ...

Mr. Griesbach is a highly dedicated math teacher who has gone above and beyond what is expected to help his students enjoy and learn math. He teaches numerous math classes at Marquette University High School, including Advanced Placement BC Calculus. This class would be quite difficult to teach because it involves teaching ...

Mr. Peter Herreshoff sacrificed and dedicated his time to training the students as a team. As a mentor, he helped many students achieve a goal in the vast world of mathematics. Every day, he urged us students to do better, and every day, we came closer to that goal. His efforts are well reflected through the team's ...

To succeed in mathematics, individual accomplishments require an individual effort. However, to motivate a math team--indeed, an entire school--to participate and excel, takes the coordinated work of hundreds of individuals, organized under passionate and dedicated leadership. For this reason, the Lower Merion High School Math ...

As Head Coach of the Math Club, Mr. James Kirpes devotes numerous hours preparing and accompanying the team to in-state and out-of-state math competitions. Although Mr. Kirpes takes pride in winning, he never pressures the team. Rather, he sticks to his motto that math competitions are about ? learning cool math ...

From Eugene, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia is about an 8-hour drive, making it both slightly shorter and less fun than an USAMO exam. As the coach of both our state and middle school MathCounts teams, Marna Knoer drove the eight of us up there for a regional competition in 2001. After getting a special bus ...

When we received the information about the Sliffe award, it took our team approximately two seconds to decide which teacher we would nominate. There is only one teacher in our school district who has had the will and dedication necessary to make our success possible, Mrs. Krusi. All three of us had our first real exposure to ...

Students at Clements High School often must prioritize, juggling between schoolwork, friends, and extracurricular activities. However Ms. Murray has ensured that her students develop and maintain a love for mathematics, not only by teaching Algebra II and Calculus and by sponsoring the math club, but also by making ...

Mr. Robert Myers has been a pillar of Albuquerque Public Schools math teaching. He serves as a travelling teacher, going among the various high schools and middle schools, where he teaches Calculus II, and works on contest problem-solving techniques with students who have advanced beyond that class. Moreover, he ...

Most teacher fade away when they retire until they are nothing more than wisps of memories in the school they once inhabited. Not Mr. Petersen. Rather than enjoy staying at home after 38 years of teaching, Mr. Petersen continues to come to Naperville North HS to teach mathematics almost to the point of ubiquity. In the ...

Albert Roos has been a coach for the Lexington High School math team for three years. The math team involves rigorous preparation for various competitions including the American Mathematics Competition. Mr. Roos has actively supported the team in its training. He takes time out of his busy schedule to run the team, drive ...

Dr. David Rose was much more than one of the best teachers we have ever had. Even after his sad passing at the end of 2004, the courage, kindness, and patience he displayed despite his terrible illness continue to inspire us. As the teacher of our Advanced Seminar class last year, Dr. Rose introduced us to the daunting world of ...

Each and every day, Mr. Takayesu walks into class with a positive, upbeat attitude about mathematics. Stressing both minute details and broad conceptual material, Mr. Takayesu goes to great lengths to ensure that every student has a thorough understanding of the subject matter before advancing to the next topic. Because he ...

Mr. Aaron Tam has been a coach of our math team for four years. He has always been willing to help students learn how to solve problems and he has always spent several hours each week preparing us for upcoming math contests. Because of him, the team has become involved in several new math contest. We first went to the ...

There are few teachers at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology that are as dedicated to helping students excel in mathematics as Mr. Shane Torbert, one of our Varsity Math Team coaches. In addition to teaching AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence, Mr. Torbert spends ...

Mrs. Zielinski is a remarkable teacher whose skill and wisdom have positively influenced both out growth in academic knowledge and the development of our individual characters, scholastic and otherwise. Mrs. Zielinski not only understands her subject matter to a greater extent than any other teacher we have ...