Math Circle 2023-2024

Greetings from the Math Circle Club at Somerset and welcome back to school! We are excited to announce that MC is kicking off this year’s activities with the upcoming orientation and club registration. Please join us to hear our plan for the year, ask questions, share your thoughts, and meet our wonderful team of volunteers. We look forward to seeing you!

 

Math Circle Orientation

Math Circle Orientation Slides

Registration

Opens: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 10am

Closes: Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:59pm

Registration Fee: $120 per student, non-refundable. 

  • This year we don't require team name for the registration. We will gather team information when registering team-based competition(s) later.
  • Make sure to update your student teacher and grade information here and to renew your PTSA membership here prior to registration.
  • As the coaches use google classroom to distribute lesson materials, we will require your Gmail address at registration. Please sign up for one if you don't have one here

Online Class Schedule

  • 2-3 Grade (Ms. Anh): Wednesday 4:30-6pm (total 13 lessons: 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7)
  • 3-4 Grade (Mr. Lin): Monday 7-8:30pm (total 19 lessons: 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1)
  • 4-5 Grade (Mr. Lin): Thursday 7-8:30pm (total 19 lessons: 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/29, 3/7,3/14, 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/18)

Parent Volunteer

Please sign up here as parent volunteer to help co-host the classes:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B4DA5A72CA3FD0-44507625-20232024#/

For the 3rd to 5th grade online zoom classes, due to the big class size, we need parent volunteers to help co-host to maintain classroom discipline. As a co-host, you need to:

  • Join Mr. Lin's zoom class 5 minutes before class starts (7pm), sync with Mr. Lin and let him put you as co-host.
  • During the first 15 minutes, when there is a join request from a student, you will see a pop-up window, and a button to approve that request. You will let in all students first.
  • In the next 15 minutes, please remove unregistered students from the Zoom meeting. You can check all students’ names with the name list we have shared with you through email and remove anyone who is not in the list. We require students to join the zoom meeting using their full name. If the student uses a different name, please give them a warning first. If they don't change in 3 minutes, please remove them from the class. You can allow them to join back after they change to their full name.
  • We do not expect and will not approve students joining 20 minutes after class starts, except that, in case any students join late because of power or internet problems, please add them into the class after checking their names. 
  • Please stay in the class till class ends (8:30pm).  
  • If the online class is too noisy, remind the class to mute when not talking, and only open their mic when they need to interact with Mr. Lin.

Q and A

 

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