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Thirty-Five Teachers of Mathematics Receive Toyota Time Grants

22 April 1999

Thirty-Five Teachers of Mathematics Receive Toyota Time Grants

    SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 -- Thirty-five teachers were awarded
today with Toyota's Investment in Mathematics Excellence (TIME) grants of up
to $10,000 each for excellence in mathematics teaching.
    Presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
77th annual meeting, the grants are designed to improve mathematics education
by giving kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers added support to develop
and implement innovative mathematics projects in the classroom.
    The TIME program, in its third year, is provided by a partnership between
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. and NCTM, and is one of the largest
national grant programs offered to teachers of mathematics.  The 1999 grant
recipients were selected from a pool of more than 500 applications by a panel
of mathematics education experts.
    "Toyota TIME teachers continue to set the standard for excellence in the
classroom," said Bill Plourde, TMS senior vice president.  "Education programs
are an important investment for all of us, and Toyota is proud to continue its
corporate leadership in this field."
    "When we reflect upon where exciting things are happening in the
classroom, the first teachers we think about are our Toyota TIME grant
winners," said Glenda Lappan, president of NCTM.  "Their students are not only
benefiting from the excellent projects and materials being developed, they are
also learning to appreciate the uses and applications of mathematics."
    Toyota TIME grants are distributed over a two year period, allowing for
extended project-development time.  Toyota also sponsors a summer seminar,
administered by NCTM, for grant winners and experienced mentors from the
mathematics community.
    TIME is administered by NCTM and its Mathematics Education Trust (MET)
foundation.

                      1999 Toyota TIME Grant Recipients

    -- Mr. Joel N. Albright, Douglas High School, Box Elder, S.D.
    -- Mrs. Stacey Atwood, Washington Township Elementary School,
       Valparaiso, Ind.
    -- Ms. Sue Barnes, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
    -- Mrs. Valerie L. Bilek, J. Sterling Morton High School (East),
       Cicero, Ill.
    -- Ms. Mary Brophy, Shawnee Elementary School, Cincinnati, Ohio
    -- Dr. Thomas M. Brown, W.T. White High School, Dallas, Texas
    -- Ms. Joan Chrismer-McNatt, Dickinson High School, Dickinson, Texas
    -- Mr. Peter F. Crump, Donlin Drive Elementary School, Liverpool, N.Y.
    -- Mrs. Margaret H. Duffey, W.E. Waters Middle School, Portsmouth, Va.
    -- Ms. Suzanne May Evans, Blackmon Road School, Columbus, Ga.
    -- Mrs. Irene Gerstle, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, N.M.
    -- Ms. Deborah L. Gribskov, Cascade Middle School, Longview, Wash.
    -- Mrs. Kathryn Hart, Jeffrey Intermediate School, Madison, Conn.
    -- Ms. Cynthia Hernandez, Lincoln Park Elementary School,
       Grand Junction, Colo.
    -- Mrs. Renee W. Hill, D'Iberville Middle School, D'Iberville, Miss.
    -- Ms. J. Annie Keith, John Muir Elementary School, Madison, Wis.
    -- Mr. Matthew A. Klass, Russell Elementary School, Broomall, Penn.
    -- Ms. Stacey LeBrun, Gregg Middle School, Summerville, S.C.
    -- Mrs. Paula Lemmermann, Alabama School of Math & Science, Mobile, Ala.
    -- Mr. Jon Mamon, Manassas Park Middle School, Manassas Park, Va.
    -- Mrs. Catherine McAtee, Elk Mountain Elementary School,
       Elk Mountain, Wyo.
    -- Ms. Elizabeth F. Muente, Maple Hill School, Middletown, N.Y.
    -- Mrs. Valerie M. Muller, Eastside High School, Taylors, S.C.
    -- Mr. Raymond F. Newell, Don Bonjour Elementary School, Lenexa, Kan.
    -- Mr. Dale Nowlin, Columbus North High School, Columbus, Ind.
    -- Mr. Daniel Parvu, Lighthouse Elementary School, Jupiter, Fla.
    -- Mr. Peter L. Seyffart, Livingston Elementary School, Union, N.J.
    -- Ms. Sharon Shrader, Lyman High School, Longwood, Fla.
    -- Mrs. Karen Simms, s24 Cooke Middle School, Northville, Mich.
    -- Mrs. Barbara Skinner, Ottawa River Elementary School, Toledo, Ohio
    -- Ms. Cyrene Slegona, Cornish Elementary School, Cornish, Maine
    -- Mrs. Bonnie Smyth, Magowan School, Edgewater Park, N.J.
    -- Ms. Jan Truchot, Sundance Elementary School, Sundance, Wyo.
    -- Mrs. Mary Lee Webeck, Klondike Elementary School, West Lafayette, Ind.
    -- Mrs. Margaret Lynn Woods, St. Gregory the Great Catholic School,
       Virginia Beach, Va.