Math Circle 2024-2025

NOTE: This Programs is Online

Math Circle 2-3 (now open to 1st graders)

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 Assessments

Take-Home Placement Tests for Grades 3-4 and 4-5

Download the take-home placement tests to help determine the appropriate level for your student. Tests are available for the following grade levels:

Grade 3-4 Placement Test: Designed to assess skills typically covered in Grades 3-4.
Grade 4-5 Placement Test: Designed to assess skills typically covered in Grades 4-5.

Answer sheets are included for your convenience. A score of 50 or higher is recommended for placement in the class.

Assessment 4th

Answer Key 4th

Assessment 5th

Answer Key 5th

Math Circle Orientation

Math Circle Info Night Slides

Registration

Registration link: 

2-3 Grade & Grade 1 (Ms. Xiang):Wednesdays 4-5:30pm

https://somersetptsa.org/Packet/MathCircle24

3-4 Grade (Mr. Lin): Monday 7-8:30pm

https://somersetptsa.org/Packet/MathCircle3424

4-5 Grade (Mr. Lin): Thursday 7-8:30pm

https://somersetptsa.org/Packet/MathCircle4524

We highly recommend that you maintain an active PTSA membership.

PTSA member registration opens at 10 am  on September 30, 2024. General registration will open on October 4, 2024 at 3:00 p.m., if the class has not sold out. Registration will close the earlier  on reaching the max capacity of the class or October 7, 2024 at 11:59pm.

Please purchase a membership prior to starting the registration process. Create/Renew PTSA Membership. (Please note that new memberships may take up to 24 hours to be reflected on the website. )

Please check and update your child's grade and teacher's name prior to registration through My Account. 

Payment Method

Tuition Fee: $120 per student (with an additional 3% transaction fee that will be added during the checkout) will be collected during registration. You will be redirected to PayPal at the end to submit payment information.

There is a small chance that this needs to be adjusted if the enrollment number is lower than expected.

No refunds after registration.

All tuition received will be allocated to pay Independent Contractor fees, administrative processing fees, costs and fees, fees and costs passed on by Bellevue School District, scholarships, and any other expenses or costs related to after school programs. Any tuition that was not used by the end of the program will be accounted for as a donation under the Somerset PTSA general fundraiser.

Competition fees are not included in tuition.

• This year we don't require team name for the registration. We will gather team information when registering team-based competition(s) later.
• 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 (Now Open to 1st Graders) (Ms. Xiang):Wednesdays 4:00-5:30pm 2024 sessions: 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18,  (No class on 11/27, 12/25) 2025 sessions: 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 (No class on 1/1) (total 13 lessons)
• 3-4 Grade (Mr. Lin): Monday 7-8:30pm (total 18 lessons:  10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 11/25, 12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24)
• 4-5 Grade (Mr. Lin): Thursday 7-8:30pm (total 18 lessons: 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19, 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20)

Parent Volunteer

IMPORTANT: By registering you are agreeing to the After School Policy last revised September 9, 2024, click to review.

Parent volunteers must be PTSA members. 

For the 3^rd to 5^th 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.
• Weiwei Zhou, Yuan Xiao and Karen Yuan are the chairs for this program, please click on their name to connect with them.

Q and A

• Frequently Asked Questions