Tuesday, 16 March 2021

At the monthly seminar, TIME 2000 students gained Desmos skills and learned new strategies/techniques for online teaching. Guest speakers Bobson Wong and Larisa Bukalov are math teachers at Bayside High School and co-authors of The Math Teacher's  Toolbox. The seminar was held virtually through Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tuesday, 8 December 2020

At the December seminar, seniors Christian Dorta, Tatijana Lonic, Hannah Chu, Maria Antonella Furca, and Betty Gee (pictured above from top left to bottom all members of T-20) shared lessons they created in their methods and technology courses. They demonstrated how well prepared they are to begin student teaching in spring 2021!  The seminar was held virtually through Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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September 2020 

Twelve TIME 2000 alumni share personal stories in the recently published book edited by TIME 2000 director Dr. Alice Artzt and Dr. Frances Curcio, The Inspirational Untold Stories of Secondary Mathematics.  Congratulations to Kendal Askins (T6), Alexandria Capozzoli (T9), Daniel De Sousa (T16), Angelina Ezratty (T16), Sabrina Joseph (T9), Young Mee Kim (T1), Irina Kimyagarov (T2), Maria Leon Chu (T9), Michael London (T6), Mara Markinson (T11), Nerline Payen (T13) and Julio Penagos (T5) who contributed chapters to the book!

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On Friday, 17 January, TIME 2000 students attended a field trip to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. They  participated in hands-on activities as they learned how moving images are connected to mathematics.

On Wednesday, 11 December, Ms. Lisa San Martin, Class of 2009, was one of 7 New York City public school secondary science and mathematics teachers honored by the Sloan Foundation at Cooper Union, in Manhattan, for exemplary teaching. Many of Ms. San Martin secondary mathematics students were present to cheer for her. Also present were several QSI faculty members and staff, the QSI principal, Ms. Meredith Inbal, and members of Lisa's family. Each year the Sloan Foundation recognizes 7 outstanding, dedicated, and passionate mathematics and science teachers for making a difference in the lives of their students and motivating them to learn. Teachers receive $5,000 and the schools receive $2,500 for their science/mathematics programs. CONGRATULATIONS, LISA!

Tuesday 10 December 2019
At the December seminar, seniors, Amanda Seidman, Nicole Mleczkowski, Movina Seepersaud, and Minwoo Jeon (pictured left to right) shared lessons they created in their methods course. They demonstrated how well prepared they are to begin student teaching in spring 2020!

​November Seminar

At the monthly seminar, TIME 2000 students learned how to make mathematics lessons engaging and interactive from guest speaker Lisa Clark, Floral Park Memorial High School math teacher, and her presentation, “Yummy Math, Bubbles and More!”   Students were engaged in activities such as building geodesic domes with toothpicks and gum drops and creating cube-shaped bubbles.

On Friday, 1 November, TIME 2000 hosted its 18th annual conference, Celebrating Mathematics Teaching.  The keynote address was delivered by Jim Matthews of Siena College who engaged and amazed the audience of 430 high school students from schools from New York City (Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn), Long Island, and New Jersey with 27 of their mathematics teachers, and 80 Queens College undergraduates as well as college faculty members.  Exemplary mathematics teachers led workshops that involved the conference participants in mathematical investigations and explorations.  One of the high school students who attended the conference wrote that it “opened my mind to how math can be interesting and fun. It made me appreciate math more.”  Many thanks to Mathematics for America (MfA) for generously funding the conference. 

Wednesday, October 23, 2019
TIME 2000 juniors Chiara Maniscalco and Sophia Nanas organized and ran a Portfolio Fair for the members of TIME 2000.  The purpose of the fair was to help students learn how to create an end-of-year portfolio in which they reflect on their learning and which documents their academic experiences. Upperclassmen volunteered to share their knowledge and their portfolios with others.

The guest speaker at the monthly seminar was Dr. Po-Shen Loh of Carnegie Mellon University.  Dr. Loh was excited to share his new approach for solving quadratic equations, now referred to as the Loh Method.  As it turns out, his Quadratic Formula proof was published the same day as his visit to TIME 2000.  If it withstands peer review, then the TIME 2000 students will have witnessed a historical moment:  the first presentation of the Loh Method in an academic setting!

On Tuesday, 10 September, new freshmen and qualifying students had the opportunity to meet their TIME 2000 peers at the first monthly seminar of the 2019-2020 academic year.  Freshmen through seniors were able to meet and get to know each other as well as members of the TIME 2000 faculty.