Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics & Science

PIMMS News & Notes

The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) has awarded Dr. Robert A. Rosenbaum, PIMMS's founder and chair, its Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his exemplary career, with its many contributions to math and science education.

The award was presented on May 8 at the organization's annual awards banquet in Groton.

"Extending a well-known aphorism of Henry Adams," said Dr. Rosenbaum, "I remark that educators affect eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops."

Dr. Ted Sergi, President and CEO of the Connecticut Science Center, former Commissioner of the State Department of Education and a previous CAPSS Distinguished Service Award recipient, has characterized Dr. Rosenbaum by saying: "No person in the State of Connecticut - over the past thirty years - has done more for the improvement of math and science instruction than Robert A. Rosenbaum. [He] has directly and indirectly touched the lives of thousands of K-12 teachers in Connecticut."

Previous recipients of the CAPSS Distinguished Service Award, which is given only to non-members of CAPSS, include civil rights attorney Martha Stone, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Children's Advocacy and one of the lead attorneys in the Sheff v. O'Neill educational equity case; Lawrence D. McHugh, Chairman of the Connecticut State University System's Board of Trustees and President of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. David G. Carter Sr., Chancellor of the Connecticut State University System.

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Lorraine Karatkewicz, PIMMS Office Manager was honored by Wesleyan University for her 32 years of service. Lorraine will be honored by President Michael Roth at a luncheon for employees who have achieved a milestone of 20 or more years of service at the University on April 9th.

PIMMS expresses its appreciation to its dedicated consultants who devote so much of their time to helping to improve the mathematics and science instruction in Connecticut schools. The following PIMMS consultants have spent significant time during the 2008-2009 school year working to help good teachers become better teachers:

Barbara Austin, Karen Bailey, Judy Dailey, Dan Dolan, Eloise Farmer, Sandra Justin, Sue McInerney, Mari Muri, Marilyn Odell, Robert Segall, Delores Vecchiarelli