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Long Island Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame The following past and present members of the MOEMS Board of Directors have been inducted into the Long Island Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame which is jointly sponsored by NCMTA, NCAMS, and SCMTA. |
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Nicholas Restivo Executive Director, 2010 - present On July 1, 2010 Nicholas J. Restivo began his tenure as Executive Director of Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools. Nick has been involved in the educational arena for thirty-eight years as teacher and administrator. He served as a high school teacher of mathematics in New York City, Fort Worth Texas, and Plainview New York. He taught at H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square NY while serving as math chairman for grades 7 -12 and at Mineola High School while district curriculum director for grades pre K- 12. Mr. Restivo was principal at Long Beach (NY) High School from 2002 - 2010. Throughout his mathematics years, Nick was an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM), the New York State Association of Mathematics Supervisors (NYSAMS), as well as county-wide teachers' and supervisors' professional organizations. Mr. Restivo also served as a New York State Elementary Math Mentor from 1995 - 2002 and was a program co-chair for the NCTM Regional Conference held in 1997 in Uniondale, NY. He was chair for the Calculators Help All Teachers (CHAT) conferences for 10 years beginning in 1992, as well as a co-chair for three Student Symposia in Mathematics. He has made presentations at Family Math Day and LIMAÇON conferences. Topics included Boxes from Greeting Cards, Linear Programming, Calculator Tricks, and Designs with Compasses and Straight Edge. He frequently presented at Nassau County BOCES in his role as New York State Math Mentor to help usher in the original NYS fourth grade mathematics assessment, as well as the Math, Science, and Technology Learning Standards. Mr. Restivo is eager to "dive into" his new role as Executive Director of MOEMS where he feels he will be able to utilize his computer skills on a regular basis while returning to his "roots" as a mathematics educator and teacher education facilitator. |
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John Lufrano Executive Secretary (1996 - present ) Mr. Lufrano began his teaching career in Yonkers, NY, where he coached a mathlete team at Roosevelt HS in the Westchester Interscholastic Math League. He then began a long and distinguished career in the Valley Stream Central HS District on Long Island, NY as teacher (Central HS), department head (South HS) and Director of Mathematics at the High School District. He also served as Director of Mathematics in the Freeport Schools from 1990 - 1995. Mr. Lufrano received a BS from Manhattan College, an MA from Hunter College and a PD from St John's University. He had served as President of the Mathematical Olympiads from 1985 - 1995. In 1996 Mr. Lufrano became Executive Secretary of the Mathematical Olympiads and is responsible for maintaining and processing all the statistical data. In addition he is the CFO for the Olympiads. Awards And Accomplishments Nassau County (NY) Mathematics Teacher of the Year Award
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Marshalyn Baker MOEMS Board Member Since 1973, Marshalyn Baker has taught grades 4-8 at Belgrade Central School in Belgrade, Maine and Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland, Maine where she currently teaches grade 7. She is a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, earning her bachelor's degree in elementary education, her master's in literacy, and a certificate of advanced study in math, science, and technology. Marshalyn Baker's professional activities include serving as president of ATOMIM (the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine), board member of ATMNE (the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England), leadership cohort with the National Academy of Sciences, NCTM Affiliate Services committee and chair, board member of NCTM, Solar System Educator, GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) Satellite Master Teacher, and Northern New England Co-Mentoring Cohort mentor. Ms. Baker is a PICO for MOEMS and has lead Math Jams sessions for two years. She is a math team and Math Counts team coach. Marshalyn has presented at NCTM conferences and ATMNE conferences, as well as at numerous state and local conferences and workshops including conferences on Long Island and in South Dakota. She has organized and run affiliate leadership conferences for NCTM. In her "spare" time, Marshalyn enjoys being with her husband, two sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter, reading, playing games and solving puzzles, golfing with friends, and rooting for the Red Sox and Patriots. |
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Dr. Carl Bonuso MOEMS Board Member
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Judy Broadwin MOEMS Board Member Judy Broadwin along with George Lenchner and Martin Rudolph co-authored the AP Calculus Solutions Book from 1982 to 2001. The book gave detailed solutions to the Calculus AB and Calculus BC exams starting with the 1969 exam. Judy also taught AP Calculus at Jericho High and was on the Test Development Committee that made up the exam in the years preceding the adoption of the new curriculum. In addition Judy was an instructor for T^3 giving many workshops all over the world for Texas Instruments. She is currently teaching calculus and precalculus at Baruch College.
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Dr. Sam Carpentier President Dr. Carpentier, now an assistant professor at Molloy College in its graduate education program, is a retired elementary principal having served 33 years in the public school sector. He was appointed to the board in 1985. Prior to serving on the board, Dr. Carpentier was a PICO for many years. Throughout his years on the board he has held several positions before his election to the presidency in 2000.
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Grant Duffrin MOEMS Board Member
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Dr. Carole Greenes Dean, Educational Innovation and Teacher Preparationn
Carole Greenes received her Ed. D from Boston University. She teaches courses focusing on mathematics education research, curriculum issues, and programs for young children. She is author or co-author of more than 300 books and articles, and five musical mysteries and histories of mathematics education. Among her publications are: Big Math for Little Kids, Groundworks: Algebraic Thinking, Hot Math Topics, Houghton Mifflin Mathematics, Mathletics , the NCTM Navigations Series (PreK-Grade 2), The abc's of Algebra, and Niktu. Dr Greenes is co-PI for the National Science Foundation's Focus on Mathematics for middle and high school students; and member of the Executive Committee of The Conference Board of The Mathematical Sciences, Steering Committee for NCTM's Navigations Series, College Board's Curriculum Vertical Alignment committee, and Chelsea, Massachusetts School Management Team. She is a past President of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. In 2003, Dr. Greenes was elected to the Massachusetts Mathematics Educators' Hall of Fame. |
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Mort Harrison MOEMS Board Member
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Dorothy Hess MOEMS Board Member Dorothy Hess received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Brooklyn College, where her love of math was cultivated. Since college she has been involved in math. She began her career teaching in New York City in 1966. She is now retired from the Malverne School District where she taught math and computers at the middle school level from 1979 to 2001. During her years in Malverne she was a Math Olympiad PICO. While teaching in Malverne, she received the honor of being recognized as their Teacher of the Year. In 2003 she received an Educational Leadership Award from the Goudreau Museum of Mathematics. Dorothy served as a math research consultant on Square
One, a math television show sponsored by Childrens' Television Workshop.
She was Middle School Representative for the Association of Math Teachers
of NYS, and continues to serve in the Assembly. Dorothy is past president
of Nassau County Math Teachers Association and has been an active member
of the Executive Board since 1984. She has been co-chair of an annual
conference for teachers, K-8, at a local college since 1988. Dorothy Hess
is director of conferences for MOEMS. She handles all arrangements for
the exhibits and is an enthusiastic and energetic leader for the Math
Olympiad team at conferences around the country. |
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Karen Karp MOEMS Board Member Dr. Karp began her career as a public school elementary school teacher on Long Island in New York where she also holds secondary mathematics teaching certification. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Adelphi University and her doctoral degree from Hofstra University. Dr. Karp has numerous publications centered on mathematics education for underrepresented populations and successful teaching strategies. She has authored Feisty Females: Inspiring Girls to Think Mathematically, co-authored Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally and Growing Professionally: Readings from NCTM Journals. Dr. Karp is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She is also a past president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and in that role she was a member of the Conference Board of Mathematics Sciences. Karen attributes any success she has had in mathematics education to the mentoring she received from the late Sandy Cohen. |
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Margery Masters MOEMS Board Member Margery Masters is a graduate of SUNY at Geneseo with a
BS Degree in Early Childhood Education. She has an MS Degree in Education
from LIU at Southampton. For the last 23 years Margery has taught at Sag
Harbor Elementary School, holding the position of Math Specialist for
19 of those years. In this capacity, she coordinates the curriculum as
well as teaches in classrooms. Problem solving is a major concern at Sag
Harbor and the problems that MOEMS participants tackle are a part of the
daily lives of their students. |
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Dennis Mulhearn MOEMS Board Member Former math and computer teacher at Valley Stream South High School in Valley Stream (1969-2008). He has taught virtually every Math course and every level there from Math 7 through Advanced Algebra. When computers arrived in Valley Stream, Dennis began designing and teaching courses involving the computer. For 25 years, Dennis Mulhearn spent his summers teaching Math & Computers in VS's summer school programs. And for another 10 years, Dennis spent his after school time teaching in the private yeshiva Mesivta Ateres Yaakov in Elmont and Hewlett, NY. Along the way, he has moderated VS South's Computer Club, Computerletes team, Chess Club, and It's Academic team. Teachers have taken a number of in-service courses with Dennis, and many have participated in problem solving workshops led by Dennis. He has worked with Math Olympiads from the mid 1980's through the present. He has maintained the organizaion's data and programs and written additional programs when needed. Dennis has served as a problem reviewer. He is the webmaster for this site and represents MOEMS by conducting problem solving workshops. If your team's scores have been processed accurately and the MOEMS website delights you, Dennis did it. |
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Cheryl Novick MOEMS Board Member |
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Eric O'Brien MOEMS Board Member Eric M. O'Brien is a 6th grade teacher in Bellmore, New York and a coordinator at the Creative Problem Solving Institute at SUNY Old Westbury in Old Westbury, New York. Eric makes word problems and big concepts the focus of his classroom instruction, and he encourages his students to share their problem solving methods with each other. Since 2000 Eric has worked with Math Olympiads as an editor of M level problems. As an editor, Eric enjoys exploring word problems, looking for a variety of solutions and enriching follow-ups to use in his classroom and to share with others. Many of those follow-ups appear in the solutions enclosed with the monthly problems. Asked why he considers Math Olympiads a vital addition to a classroom, Eric answered, "While the contests are a great motivation for students, I enjoy discussing the problems afterwards with the kids. I present one problem per day, asking students to created various methods to solve each problem. The children gain greater mathematical abilities as they develop solutions and consider extensions to the original question." Some of the extensions Eric mentions have been quite involved. His presentation at the 2004 NCTM Annual Convention in Philadelphia highlighted the topic of Nested Squares and Rectangles, an enrichment of a Math Olympiad problem. Eric showed teachers a variety of extensions from the original problem that potentially can serve students for two to three weeks as they create methods to determine the number of squares or rectangles nested inside a larger square or rectangle. |
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Dr. James Rubillo MOEMS Board Member Jim Rubillo has been the executive director of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics since 2001. In the prior 30 years he served Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania in a variety of roles including professor of mathematics, associate dean for information systems and services, executive assistant to the president for planning assessment and research, and chairperson of the department of mathematics and computer science. Jim also served as a high school teacher and department chair. He has served as a consultant for many corporations in the areas of quality improvement and project management. He frequently conducts workshops for elementary school teachers. Jim is a frequent speaker at professional meetings and has made over 630 invited presentations in 50 states and 7 Canadian provinces. He earned a M.A, in mathematics degree from Villanova University, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by West Chester University of Pennsylvania. |
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J. Bryan Sullivan MOEMS Board Member A recently retired professional with 40 years of experience
in mathematics education including teaching and department chair duties
and math team coach at Hudson High School, Bryan is known locally, regionally,
and nationally as one of the most influential educators involved in student
math competitions. For most of his career in education, Bryan has been
involved in the Worcester County Mathematics League, the American Regions
Mathematics League (ARML), and the Massachusetts Association of Mathematics
League. He has been the coach of the Western Massachusetts ARML from 1976-2008.
He has been a member of the ARML Executive board since 1985 and is presently
the President of ARML. He has served as President of ATMIM (Association
of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts) and was a member of their
Board of Directors for almost thirty years. He also served as Conference
Chair of the 1988 and 2002 NCTM Regional Conferences in Boston. He is
the Conference Co-Chair of the ATMNE (Association of Teachers of Mathematics
in New England) conference in 2007. Bryan has been the recipient of the
Massachusetts Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics,
a Tandy Technology Scholar, the American Regions Mathematics League Founder’s
Award, and was inducted into the Massachusetts Mathematics Hall of Fame
in 2002. He was featured in a video production sponsored by NCTM and has
been recognized by Cornell University for his far reaching impact on students.
Bryan was the author of the MOEMS Division E contest problems for nine
years. This husband and father of two earned both his bachelor's and master's
degrees at Worcester State College. |
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Dr. Perletter Wright MOEMS Board Member |
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