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Local classroom outreach: teacher contest, STEM fair shout-outs and Mathnasium sponsorship
Summary
Hosts announced a teacher-calling contest and STEM fair shout-outs, named a teacher winner (Miss Garrison at Dorothy C. York Innovation Academy) and several student t-shirt winners, and ran a Mathnasium sponsorship clip highlighting local locations.
On the broadcast the hosts highlighted several community-education items tied to the Math Homework Hotline’s outreach.
Maggie Mixon announced a teacher contest that tallies classroom phone calls. “The winner is Miss Garrison over at Dorothy C York Innovation Academy,” Mixon said; she said she would visit the winning classroom and deliver prizes. The hosts identified Williams Middle Magnet as one classroom whose student, shown in an on-air photo, had been a recent challenge winner.
The program also promoted an upcoming STEM fair and said the show will recognize a student “JEMI” winner at that event for innovative use of math in a project. Multiple t-shirt and prize winners were named on air: Georgia from Progress Village, Dominique from Barrington, Nolan from Lowry (listed as “Nolan, yay”), and later Malcolm (Boyette Springs), Best (Barrington) and Rivers (Walker).
The hosts aired a sponsored segment from Mathnasium (Westchase and other local centers) and directed families to mathnasium.com for free assessment and local locations (Brandon West, Carrollwood, New Tampa, Riverview, South Tampa, Westchase).
Mixon framed the outreach as part of the program’s effort to support Hillsborough County classrooms, noting the county’s size during the announcement. The segment combined prize recognition, school outreach, and local sponsor messaging.
