PHILADELPHIA, PA—John S. Jenks School Principal Mary Williams Lynskey was named Northwest Region First In Math® Principal of the Year for the 2008/2009 school year.
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ORLANDO, FL—Last year, participants in the First In Math® Online Program earned 259,747,051 stickers. Amazingly, that number was surpassed on Wednesday, January 27, at 8:54 a.m. by Lorraine Claros, a fourth grade student at Durrance Elementary School in Orange County, Florida.
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EASTON, PA—At the midway point of the First In Math National Top Ten competition season, several hard-charging contenders from across the nation—and across the globe—are emerging.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—Inventor Robert Sun received an award for Outstanding Individual Achievement at the General George A. McCall Elementary School Centennial Gala on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at The National Liberty Museum.
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UPPER MARLBORO, MD—Prince George’s County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. William R. Hite, Jr. gave a State of the School System Address to a crowd of more than 1,000 on October 6, 2009.
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MIRAMAR, FL—The halls of Sunset Lakes Elementary School are emblazoned with beautiful, hand-painted murals depicting many eras of our nation’s history. A love of Social Studies is apparent, but under the surface—math rules! The Broward county, Florida school is implementing the First In Math® Online Program in all 34 of it’s second- through fifth-grade classrooms this year.
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EASTON, PA—Exciting new trends are emerging barely two months into the 2009/2010 First In Math season, according to FIM Account Manager Cynthia Anderson. "Every student in the National Top Ten is from a different region!
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LITTLE ROCK, AR—“I knew when I saw it that I had to bring First In Math® Online into our schools,” says Vanessa Cleaver, Director of Mathematics for Little Rock School District.
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HARRISBURG, PA—Student achievement has risen across the board in Pennsylvania according to a 50-state study of test results by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization. Pennsylvania was identified as the only state to see increases in student achievement in elementary, middle and high school from 2002 to 2008.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA—On June 16, First In Math Ambassador Cred Dobson and Program Assistant Molla Netsky traveled to Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School to help honor Kara Keeneghan and her third grade class during an assembly program.
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UPPER DARBY, PA—May 18 was a well-deserved day of celebration for Philadelphia's Catholic schools. Like their public-school counterparts, Archdiocese of Philadelphia Schools, as well as individual teams and students throughout the Archdiocese, earned state and national honors in The First In Math® Online Program.
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OREFIELD, PA & LA MESA, CA— After a year-long challenge involving thousands of schools in more than 40 states, a mere 834 stickers separated the top two teams at the end of the 2008-2009 First In Math® Online Program Top Ten Competition.
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