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The Association of Mathematics Teachers Annual Conference was held recently at the Somerset Doubletree Hotel. This year's theme was "Challenging Ourselves and Our Students". One of the highlights of the conference was the Exhibit of Student Work, the primary goals of which are to motivate students to pursue their interest in math and science, give students the opportunity to showcase work that demonstrates these understandings, and to meet students from different areas of the state.
"Room by Design", a scaled drawing, 3D model and PowerPoint presentation of a bedroom, was submitted by students Vashea Sinclair, Nida Rabbani and Ivette Yi-Santiago. Their presentation brought them second place in the middle school category. The students received a ribbon for the school, certificates of participation and $100 savings bonds for each. "Tornadoes and Hurricanes", a display of Venn diagrams tracking the hurricanes that hit the state of Florida in the fall, was submitted by seventh grade students Myasia Barr and Tasia Tabor. They received a third place ribbon in the middle school category, along with certificates of participation and savings bonds of $75. Two other exhibits, "Take a Walk in My Shoes" (7th graders Naya Burney, Rhondasia Haywood and LaShari Tann) which calculated and compared the area and perimeter of their shoe with those of their classmates and "Logic" (5th graders Donre Shivers, Quasim Francis and Justin Jones), which gave a graphic look on steps to solving an open ended question, received certificates of participation. Teachers M. Hall, D. Hoyle, A. Cantatore, C. Holder and L. Mankovitch guided the NST students in this effort.
The choir at the Academy of Performing Arts, led by music director Dr. Merry Nadeo, recently won the grand prize in the "Curtis and Kuby Christmas Carol Contest" on WABC 77-AM radio in New York. The academy, which teaches students in grades five through eight, has received a 55-inch rear projection TV worth nearly $3,000 as the grand prize. The choir beat thousands of other school choirs with a rendition of "Silent Night" from their annual holiday CD. January 29, 2005 By KYE-RYUNG LEE HERALD NEWS
Paterson teacher Burnie Bristow has achieved National Board Certification according to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Bristow serves as a technology coordinator for the PANTHER Academy Planetarium. A voluntary process established by the NBPTS, certification is achieved through a "rigorous performance- based assessment that takes between one and three years to complete and measures what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do" stated the press release announcing Bristow's achievement. There are more than 40,000 teachers certified by the NBPTS. The NBPTS is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan and nongovenmental organization, governed by a board of directors, the majority of whom are classroom teachers. Its mission is to establish high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do. The NBPTS certification is not recognized as the equivalent of any state certification however.. |
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students from the Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School of Technology
participated in these exhibits.