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It takes a village – Eastlake teacher wins award for motivating students in mathematics

It takes a village – Eastlake teacher wins award for motivating students in mathematics
Gregory Emerson, EHS math teacher

Behind the students who succeed in specific subjects are the teachers who help them get there. Gregory Emerson, Eastlake High School (EHS), is certainly one of those teachers as he is one of 20 teachers throughout the country who was awarded the Edyth May Sliffe Award. The Edyth May Sliffe Awards for Distinguished Mathematics Teaching in Middle School and High School are given annually to middle and high school mathematics teachers who have done outstanding work to motivate students in mathematics by participating in one of the MAA American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) competitions.

Emerson was nominated by the students who participate in the STEM & Leaf club and the EHS Math Honor Society. The STEM & Leaf club is a math club where students prepare for and compete in math competitions.

Nineteen students from EHS qualified to take the prestigious American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), which is a selective test given to those who rank in the top 5% on the AMC 12 or top 2.5% on the AMC 10. AMC stands for American Mathematics Competitions. Only a few thousand students qualify for the AIME each year.

Below is the criteria for what the committee is looking for in selecting its award winners, according to the Edyth May Sliffe Award website:

  • Improvement in AMC scores from past years;
  • An increase in the number of students participating in the AMC 8 or AMC 10/12 competitions;
  • An increase in the number of students who have gone on to participate in invitational competitions, such as AIME and USAMO;
  • Efforts to encourage students to pursue mathematical training outside the classroom through math clubs, coaching students, providing extra mathematical training materials, etc.

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