U.S. Innovative Math Teachers Awarded Toyota Time Grants; $250,000 Distributed in Support of Mathematics Education.Business Editors & Education Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2001 Students who aspire to design a heart-strengthening program, to partner with the Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics to devise a test plane and to develop an efficient electric vehicle will get their chance thanks to $250,000 in grants awarded by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.'s Investment in Mathematics Excellence (TIME) program. Presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) was founded in 1920. It has grown to be the world's largest organization concerned with mathematics education, having close to 100,000 members across the USA and Canada, and internationally. (NCTM) in Orlando, Fla., 25 mathematics teachers from across the nation received grants of $10,000 each to implement innovative math programs for their K-12 classes. "TIME recognizes math teachers who help students understand and experience mathematics in real life situations," said Irv Miller, group vice president of external affairs at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. "Toyota is honored to be a part of a program that rewards innovative thought in the classroom." Developed through a partnership between Toyota and NCTM, TIME is one of the largest national grant programs offered to teachers of mathematics. Since 1997, Toyota and NCTM have awarded 149 grants to teachers in 45 states. "The projects that develop through Toyota TIME grants are truly inspirational," said Lee Stiff, president of NCTM. "These grants provide opportunities to students of all ages to engage in more challenging and creative mathematics." Administered by NCTM and its Mathematics Education Trust Foundation, TIME grants are evaluated by mathematics education experts and based on criteria such as new instructional strategies, innovative approaches and community and business partnerships. Among the innovative projects awarded grants this year is a fourth-grade class that will develop an exercise routine to increase cardiovascular strength, a group of sixth-graders in Rockledge, Fla., who will work with the Kennedy Space Center to design and build a test plane and a Philadelphia teacher whose "at-risk" students will build an electrical vehicle to enter in competitions. Toyota TIME grants are distributed during a two-year period, allowing for extended project-development time. Toyota also sponsors a summer seminar, between the first and second year of the grant, for recipients and experienced mentors from the mathematics community. Toyota TIME grants are one element of Toyota's national education program that comprises kindergarten through 12th-grade education initiatives, family literacy, technical training and support for higher education. In 2000, Toyota contributed more than $22 million to U.S. charities, with nearly 70 percent funding education. Recipients of 2001 TIME grants are: Donna Biros, Timothy Dwight School in Fairfield, Conn. Kim Blomsness, Port Lions School in Port Lions, Alaska Port Lions is a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 256. Port Lions was built to house the inhabitants of Ag'waneq from the neighboring island of Afognak after their Mary A. Boognl, Kirtland Central High School in Kirtland, N.M. Allison Clark, Bolton High School Bolton High School is a secondary educational institution located in the Garden District of Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in central Louisiana. The school is named for its benefactor, James W. in Arlington, Tenn. Sharon Daniels, Golfview Elementary/Magnet School in Rockledge, Fla. Linda Espinoza Edmonds, Windham Middle School in Willimantic, Conn. Benjamin Frisch, Friends Seminary School in New York, N.Y. Gayle Gottlieb, Trinity School-Communication Arts & Technology in New Rochelle, N.Y. Simon Hauger, West Philadelphia High School West Philadelphia High School is a secondary school located in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school was completed on November 1, 1912. and occupies an entire city block between 46th and 47th streets, between Walnut Street and Locust Street. in Philadelphia, Pa. Suzanne Jennings, Vancleave High School in Vancleave, Miss. Bobbie Klaus, West Elementary School West Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Hillsborough, California, a suburb about 20 miles south of San Francisco, as part of the Hillsborough City School District. in Carlinville, Ill. Charles R. Komp, Goodman-Armstrong Creek Schools in Goodman, Wis. Stacey Krumsick, Cedar Heights Junior High School in Port Orchard, Wash. Nancy Leonard, Eastern Elementary School in Bloomfield, Ind. Cindy Ludden, Rochelle Township High School Rochelle Township High School, commonly referred to as RTHS, is a secondary school located in Rochelle, Illinois. Originally built in 1918, with nearly a dozen additions built on over the next 80 years, the entire edifice was razed in 2006 upon the completion of a new in Rochelle, Ill. Sherri Martinie, Wamego Middle School in Wamego, Kan. Theresa McCain, Gardner School in Gardner, Colo. 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