Boyd Blackburn, a math teacher at Smith Middle School, has received the 2009 Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Junior High Mathematics Teaching. He was one of 48 teachers across the country recognized with this honor. The award is presented by the Mathematical Association of America. Students who enter the American Mathematics Competition in the previous year nominate teachers for the award.
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Boyd also volunteers to supervise a handful of students who produce Teen Spirit, a radio show on WCOM, the community radio station serving Carrboro and Chapel Hill, every Sunday afternoon. You can hear Teen Spirit on the radio dial at 103.5 fm or on the web at wcomFM.org Sundays from 1 to 3 pm.