Hi Parents! The year is off to a great start, and I wanted to add some Math Contest dates to your calendars. Please continue reading if you are interested in having your child compete in Math Contests this year, and let me know if you would like to help coordinate local contests for Riverdale students in addition to the dates below.
- Tuesday, November 16, 2010. The AMC 8 (in class for all Algebra, Geometry students. Other interested students should get in touch with me and are invited to participate)
- Week of January 13th. School Mathcounts Contest to determine school team for ...
- Sometime in February, Regional Mathcounts Contest (10 Riverdale Students can compete).
- Friday, April 29th, 2001: Pentagames. (9 students can participate, we will need a few parents to help drive students to and from the event)
- Thursday, December 9th, 2010: Riverdale Winter
Our first contest, the AMC8, is an in-class multiple choice test. All Algebra and Geometry students will take it on Tuesday, November 16th, 2010. Students from other sections are welcome to take it as well. If they are interested, they will need to find a free period on the 16th to take the test. Please email me if your student would like to participate. Students from all over the world participate in the AMC 8; students who place in the top two percent have their names published in a book of recognition distributed across the world.
The next major contest is Mathcounts, a very rigorous, national contest. Mathcounts has not yet published the dates for the "Chapter" (Regional) contest. The Chapter contest must take place in February, and the State contest takes place in March. Students interested in Participating in the Mathcounts contest must compete in the School Contest which will take place the week of January 13th. We will conduct an Individual Sprint (40 minutes), Target (40 minutes) and Team Round (20 minutes). Students not enrolled in the Mathletics elective should seek permission of their elective teacher to attend Mathletics during that week.The top four students from this competition will invited to form the RGS team at the Chapter contest. The next six students will be invited as individuals to the Chapter contest. Individuals get to compete in all the same events as those on the school team. Only the students on the school team have scores which count towards our school total. The top team from the Chapter contest will advance to the State Contest in March. The top students at the state event will be invited to the National Contest to take place in May. Mathcounts is widely recognized as the premiere math contest for students at the Middle School level. Watch a video of the top students, and you'll be very impressed.
Pentagames is the last math contest of the year and this year, will be held on Friday, April 29th, 2011. Only current 7th and 8th graders are eligible to compete. The school team will consist of three seventh graders in Pre-Algebra, three eighth graders in Algebra, and three students who do not fit in either of the other categories make up the Open squad. Interested students will take a test and the top three qualifiers eligible at each level will form the Riverdale Team.
Pentagames often requires parent assistance to drive students to the event which is held on Friday. Students will miss one day of school, do lots of math, eat pizza, and have a great time!
We are looking to add a few more contests to the agenda. If you would like to help with the logistics, it would be great to host a Riverdale Fall and Winter Math Contest. It would be great to offer prizes and snacks. If you would be interested in helping coordinate a contest, please get a hold of me.
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