Among the five Middle School 2005 Sliffe Awards winners in the Region 4 (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio), three are Michigan teachers: Roy Kenneth Downie of Smith Middle School, Randall C. Meono of Detroit Country Day Middle School, and Lynn Ann Serenson from Novi Middle School. Mark Schmitt of Detroit Country Day School, "the man who teaches for the love of working with mathematics and bright high school students", was the winner of the 2006 Edyth May Sliffe Awards for Distinguished High School Mathematics Teaching.
Following our tradition of recognizing the excellent achievements of the AMC winners, their teachers and their parents, two celebrations have been organized. The reception with Michigan Governor is pending for further arrangement. The Awards Ceremony was held on September 14 at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, with distinguished speaker Professor Nachman who presented a lecture on spherical geometry emphasizing the similarities and differences between familiar concepts in plane geometry and trigonometry and their corresponding concepts on the sphere. These events are funded by AMC, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Wolfram Research, and The Art of Problem Solving Foundation.
Please find the list of Michigan AMC winners in the AMC Awards booklet and Award Ceremony pictures here. This working website will be moved to its permanent location at the Michigan Section MAA AMC Coordinator site after the reception with the Governor.
Special thanks go to Professor Grossman, Oakland University, who kindly acted as the photographer for the AMC Awards Ceremony for MAA publications.