PCTM Honors Three as Outstanding Mathematics Students; Nominations needed for Educator Awards

Janet Song, Deepthi Shashidhar, and Anna Jon Sabo were selected as the co-winners of the 2009 Annalee Henderson Award for Outstanding Senior Achievement in Mathematics Award. Janet is from Methacton High School, Deepthi is from Great Valley High School, and Anna is from Shady Side Academy.

Nominations are being accepted NOW for the other PCTM Awards to be given in 2009:

• the New Teacher award (three years experience or less);
• Oustanding Contribution to Mathematics award;
• Outstanding Contribution to PCTM award;
• Hall of Fame award.

Nominations are due by August 1, 2009. Winners will be honored at the next PCTM Conference banquet.

PCTM has announced that its 2009 Annual Conference will be held at the Radisson in the Green Tree section of Pittsburgh on November 4-6, 2009.

The last time the PCTM annual conference was held in Pittsburgh was in March of 2001.  We are excited about some differences in this conference.  PCTM will be sharing time and space on the first day with the Math & Science Collaborative to showcase the Math Science Partnerships’ work in Southwestern PA around understanding student thinking.  This partnership will add a new dimension to the conference. 

A variety of sessions for all levels from elementary, through middle school and high school, and into college will be offered.  There will also be a variety of general interest sessions and featured speakers.

PCTM Election Results

Congratulations to the following individuals who were elected to leadership positions in PCTM:

• President-Elect, Pauline Chow;
• Secretary, Carolyn Marchetti;
• Delegate-at-Large, Ian Winn.

The council is grateful for your pledge of service in these roles!