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Math Homework Hotline hands out plaques, T-shirts and gift cards; Mathnasium sponsor highlighted
Summary
On the Jan. 23 broadcast hosts described prizes for callers — engraved plaques, satchels, pencils, T-shirts and McDonald’s gift cards — announced winners including caller Nikita Sreedesh (challenge winner) and named Mathnasium as a sponsor with local Tampa-area locations.
During the Jan. 23 Math Homework Hotline episode, hosts Maggie Mixon and Lisa Arias described the program’s caller incentives and announced winners. The program awards a small satchel, pencils, a T-shirt and a McDonald’s gift card to challenge winners, and presents a plaque to the class and teacher that win a multi-show competition.
Mixon described the prize package: “It’s a plaque, it’s gonna be engraved,” and Arias detailed smaller items such as pencils and a satchel. Caller Nikita Sreedesh was named the challenge winner for correctly identifying a “strong negative” association on a scatterplot and will receive the announced prizes. The show also mentioned previous winners, including “Eva in Ms. Height’s class” as a recent GEMI winner; hosts noted they visit winners at their schools to present awards.
The broadcast said Mathnasium sponsors the show and invited listeners to schedule free assessments; the hosts named local Mathnasium locations (Brandon West, Carolwood, New Tampa, Riverview, South Tampa and Westchase). The hosts also previewed an upcoming STEM Awards event set for Feb. 12 and said there will be a GEMI award connected to the STEM event.
Why it matters: The prize structure and sponsor details explain how the program engages students and local schools and direct listeners to partner tutoring programs. The sponsors and on-air prizes are part of the show’s outreach and classroom reinforcement strategy.
Logistics and recycling of prizes: Mixon said the plaque shown on-air was a generic trophy used for security reasons when visiting classrooms; the production described using a different plaque per student for confidentiality.
The segment closed with additional T-shirt winners and shout-outs to students across schools. No funding amounts or formal contracts were discussed on-air; sponsorship is presented as a program partnership rather than a public contract.
