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Minnehaha Teacher Receives Presidential Award

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 6, 2001) - Rich Enderton, a mathematics teacher at Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, is one of four Minnesota teachers to receive the 2000 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church sponsors Minnehaha Academy.

The Presidential Award is the nation's highest honor for teachers in mathematics and science in grades K-12. The National Science Foundation administers the program, established in 1983, on behalf of the White House.

Enderton, who teaches at Minnehaha's Upper School, was one of 200 teachers from across the United States recently honored during a series of events in Washington, D.C. The awards ceremony was held at the National Academy of Sciences. Other events included a breakfast with members of the U.S. Congress and a dinner at the State Department.

Enderton has been on the Minnehaha Academy faculty since 1982, teaching Middle School mathematics and Upper School courses in algebra, geometry, pre-calculus, advanced placement calculus and computer science.

The teacher has won a number of other honors, including the Tandy Technology Scholar Prize in 1998 and Electronic Learning magazine's National Educator of the Year award in 1992. Enderton also was involved in the National Education Supercomputer Program from 1990 to 1998.

A graduate of Northern Illinois University, Enderton earned a Master of Science degree from the University of St. Thomas in 1989. He has taught in the University of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Program (UMTYMP).

For more information on Minnehaha Academy, call 612-729-8321.

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