While many enjoyed taking time off and relaxing over Winter Break, District of Columbia public school students were busy learning math!
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—The 2011/2012 Number One First In Math player in the Nation, all grades, is Josephine Nguyen! Nguyen earned an amazing 49,270 stickers as of April 30, besting her nearest competitor by nearly 2,000 stickers.
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SECRETARY, MD—On May 27, parents and students from Warwick Elementary gathered at the Laurel Airport in Delaware to watch Assistant Principal Leslie Tolley jump out of an airplane! Several days later, both Tolley and the school’s principal, Susie Price, puckered-up to kiss a pig in front of the entire student body. Students cheered wildly at both events, which were the payoff on a promise Tolley made to her students at the beginning of the school year.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—Hancock Elementary School and General J. Harry LaBrum Middle School have two separate identities in two separate buildings, but for all intents and purposes they are considered a combined school. They share the same Principal, William Griffin, and the same Assistant Principal, Andrea Miller. They also share a winning philosophy that has led them to success in the First In Math Online Program.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—Representatives from Suntex International, makers of the First In Math® Online Program, had a great experience in the City of Brotherly Love at NCTM's 2012 Annual Meeting & Exposition that began April 25. “There’s always a lot of excitement centered around the nation's largest math education event, but it was extra-special for us to be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center this year because it coincides with the 24th anniversary of the release of the 24® Game,” says Suntex Executive VP Nan Ronis.
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ELK GROVE, CA—The 2012 Dr. Lola J. May Achievement Award has been presented to C.W. Dillard Elementary teacher Mathew David Morse, who earned more than 49,000 stickers en route to becoming the #1 First In Math Team Leader Player in the nation for the 2011-2012 school year.
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PHOENIX, AZ—Third-grade teacher Diana Schlepp is smiling as she walks the campus of Solano Elementary School. She’s still smiling as she greets students in her classroom. She has reason to smile; one of her students, Henry Amancha, is currently the #1 First In Math player—all grades—in the state of Arizona.
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GHAZIABAD, INDIA—Following last month's visit to Billabong High International School, First In Math representatives Monica Patel and Akshita Gandhi conducted a First In Math motivational assembly at Ryan International School for Standards 3-5 and 6-8. The school currently has more than 1,600 students enrolled in the online program.
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GHAZIABAD, INDIA—On January 16, 2012, First In Math® Online Program Implementation Strategist Monica Patel conducted a motivational FIM student assembly at Billabong High International School. The event was organized by Jasmine Gandhi, the Director of BHIS, and FIM's own India-based Implementation Consultant, Akshita Gandhi.
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GHAZIABAD, INDIA—On January 16, 2012, First In Math® Online Program Implementation Strategist Monica Patel conducted a motivational FIM student assembly at Billabong High International School. The event was organized by Jasmine Gandhi, the Director of BHIS, and FIM's own India-based Implementation Consultant, Akshita Gandhi.
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EASTON, PA—"I hope everyone who has been eagerly awaiting the Area/Perimeter 2D module really enjoys it—I know it was a long time in coming," smiles FIM creator Robert Sun, explaining that he's been tinkering with the mechanics of the game for nearly two years.
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PITSBURGH, PA—Monica Patel, Implementation Strategist for the First In Math® Online Program, hoped for the best when she challenged Pittsburgh Mifflin PreK-8 students to keep playing with the ‘courage of lions’ when they plateaued at 44,000 online “Stickers.” What she got was even better, as the students showed the steel they are made of, amassing an additional 156,000 stickers—and solving more than 600,000 math problems—in only one month!
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