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Top First In Math Kindergarten Team in the Nation Meets Inventor
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2019-2020 Top Ten Rankings Competition Special Announcement

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Northwest Region First In Math® Principal of the Year Honored

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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Florida Fourth-Grader Shatters Last Year's Sticker-Count Record

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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First In Math® National Top Ten Competition Focuses Schools on Math

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 School Celebrates Centennial by Honoring Contributors to Society

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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Prince George's County Public Schools, Students Are Focused on Excellence

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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Math Rules At Sunset Lakes Elementary

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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First In Math® Top Ten Competition Spreads Nationally—Looks Globally

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, Arkansas, Schools Join the First In Math® Party!

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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PENNSYLVANIA LEADS NATION IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GAINS; Only State with Rising Test Scores Across the Board

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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Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School Honored For First In Math® Achievement

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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Robert Sun Presents Awards to Nationally-Ranked First In Math® Students and Teachers in Archdiocese of Philadelphia Schools

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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East Coast, West Coast Schools Compete for Coveted "Top First In Math School" Title

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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