Math Club

2024-2025 Chairs: Daiki Sasaki and David Cui

mathclub@medinapta.org 

For 4th and 5th grade only. All levels welcome. Math Club will be after school on Tuesdays 2:45pm- 3:45pm for the 2024-2025 school year.

Math Club also hosts three math contests per year, open to all Medina Elementary students (not just those enrolled in Math Club's Tuesday classes):

• AMC 8 (4th and 5th grade) - Friday, 1/24/2025 (registration deadline: 11/24/2024)
• Math Kangaroo (1st-5th grade) - Thursday, 3/20/2025 (registration deadline: 12/13/2024)
• Math is Cool (4th and 5th grade) - (registration deadline: 1/19/2025)

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Info Night

Math Club and Debate Club are co-hosting an Info Night is on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, 6pm-7pm. The club chairs will share information about the club and answer any questions. Please join us! Both parents and students are welcome to attend!

Registration

Registration Opens: Tuesday, September 17 at 8:30am.

How to Register: Please purchase/renew your PTA annual membership before registration day. Otherwise, you cannot find the registration form on 9/17.

Find the Math Club registration form in My Family's Forms/Paperwork once registration opens. Complete the form and payment. Your registration is confirmed only after payment is received. 

You can choose to send a check. If the spots you want are all sold out, please join the waitlist.

IMPORTANT: To register, you must agree to all Math Club policies on the registration form by initialing next to each policy. Read the policies now.

Club Fees: $350

Fees cover coach's fees, materials, and general operating expenses. No math competitions are included: additional registration fees apply if you choose to compete.

If you need financial assistance to pay the club fee, please choose the "pay by check" option when checking out, so your registration will not be delayed. Then, contact our counselor Ms. Geck (gecke@bsd405.org) to initiate the process.

Refund Policy: A refund can be applied before the third meeting, and you will be charged for the number of classes that have occurred. After October 14th, there will be no refunds for any reason.

Club Meetings

Club meetings begin October 1st and run on Tuesdays, 2:45pm-3:45pm through May.

Tentative meeting dates are listed below, but all dates are dependent on room availability. If we must cancel Math Club, we will email parents with as much notice as possible.

Math competitions

Students are not automatically registered for any math competitions. Please read the following
information regarding each competition. Medina elementary students who are NOT registered in the
Math Club are also welcomed to participate in these competitions.

Volunteers for math competition days will be needed. Please email mathclub@medinapta.org if you would like to volunteer.

Math Kangaroo

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

Medina Math Club is excited to host Math Kangaroo for the 2025 Competition.

If you are new to Math Kangaroo please read Math Kangaroo History. At our center the competition will be in-person, proctored by Medina staff and parent volunteers.

The 2025 Competition will take place on Thursday, March 20th, 2025 at Medina Elementary School. The competition starts at 3:15pm. Registration is open for all 1st to 5th grade Medina Elementary students. We have a limited number of spots, and it's on a first come first served basis, so please register ASAP

Note: The competition at Medina Elementary School is only for Medina ES students. If students from other schools sign up at our location, they will be removed with no refund.

In brief, the competition is:

1. 75-minute multiple choice test.
2. 24 questions (grades 1 - 4), 8 questions for 3 points, 8 questions for 4 points and 8 questions for 5 points.
3. 30 questions (grades 5 - 12), 10 questions for 3 points, 10 questions for 4 points and 10 questions for 5 points.
4. Most questions are word problems; they are chosen by The International Math Kangaroo Committee annually.
5. Every student qualifies who can read and work independently at his/her school grade level.
6. Each registered student has free access to online video solutions for questions from previous years.
7. Each in-person or online center participant receives a T-shirt, an electronic certificate, and a gift.
8. The national winners (first 20 ranks) and state winners (first 3 ranks) are publicly recognized on our website.
9. Winners receive medals, ribbons, magnets, and electronic or in-kind prizes after the ranking announcement. Several sophomore students are awarded with math camps. Senior high school students with consistent top rankings in several consecutive years receive college grants.

Students can practice their skills and know how to solve Math Kangaroo questions through the complimentary sample questions from previous years, free online video solutions (available after register), free and paid workshops, books, and other study material. Practice material is available at: https://mathkangaroo.org/mks/practice/

Registration Details

 The 2025 Competition will take place on Thursday, March 20th, 2025 at our school. Registration is open for all 1st to 5th grade Medina Elementary students.

The registration link below is open:

Register for Math Kangaroo

The steps to register:

1. Please fill out the registration form by Friday, December 13th
2. Once we received your registration, a private invitational code will be shared with you through the registration receipt.
3. Go to: Math Kangaroo Registration Page 
4. Log in with your login and password or establish your user account if you are new.
5. Click on the tab By Invitation.
6. Copy and paste the code in the field Invitation Code found in the PTA Math Kangaroo registration receipt.
7. Do NOT share the code with anyone
8. You are ready to register. Screenshot tutorial here: Registration for Private Center. Math Kangaroo charges $18 for each student's registration. However, if you register after December 31st, the fee will increase to $35. The deadline to register is January 31st. 

AMC 8

January 24, 2025

What is the AMC 8?

The AMC 8 is a 40-minute, 25-question multiple choice examination. The material is designed for students in grades 6, 7, and 8. If you have any questions about whether this contest is appropriate for your child, please email mathclub@medinapta.org. You can learn more about the AMC 8 by visiting their website. 

This academic year, we will hold an in-person competition on Friday, January 24th, 2025 at Medina Elementary School. We have a limited number of spots, so please register ASAP.

While the exam is 40 minutes long, students should expect the entire testing process (including check-in,
verification, and check-out) to take at least 70 minutes.

Registration Details: 

The 2025 Competition will take place on January 24th, 2025 at our school. Registration is open for all 4th to 5th grade Medina Elementary students.

The registration link below is open:

Register for AMC

Please register using this form by Sunday, November 24th, 2024. Once you register through the Medina PTA website, you will receive an email from the Math Club in early December which instructs you to complete additional registration in the Mathematical Association of America website.

The registration deadline has been extended to Sunday, December 1st, 2024

Some AMC 8 Practice Problems can be found at:

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/AMC_8_Problems_and_Solutions 

On Competition Day:

Students are only allowed: writing utensils, blank paper, rulers, erasers.

Students are not allowed anything else, including: calculators, smartwatches, phones, computers, compasses, protractors, or graph paper.

Students are only allowed bathroom breaks- no other types of breaks.

While the exam is 40 minutes long, students should expect the entire testing process (including check-in, verification, and check-out) to take at least 70 minutes.

Please email mathclub@medinapta.org ahead of the competition day, if your child requires
accommodation for physical/learning disabilities.

After the Contest:

Students may not discuss the contest with anyone who did not take the test with them until January 29th. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES POST ANYTHING ONLINE. 

Math Is Cool (MIC)

 Math Club is excited to organize another Math contest - Math is Cool 2025. This is open to 4th and 5th graders. You can find more info on their website here. 

Students can choose to participate in teams (usually 4 people, but 3 is acceptable too) or individually. Each team should have a parent acting as the team's coach. The team coach is the POC for us to communicate any team/contest related info, e.g. student MIC ID. The team coach is also responsible to understand, communicate contest rules of different rounds to the students and get them familiar with the instructions before the actual contest. The team coach can optionally organize practice sessions with students on the team.

The cost to participate is expected to be $20-$30/person. Once we know how many teams/individuals we have this year, we can know the final per person cost.

Student may compete as an individual in their grade level or any higher grade. However, a student may compete as part of a team at only one grade level. (i.e. a 4th grader can compete at level 4 and level 5 as individuals. A 5th grader can compete at level 5 as individuals. But if the student participates in teams, he/she can only choose to complete either at his grade level or above.)

Our school can bring up to 8 teams for grade 4, and 8 teams for grade 5. it will be on a first come first serve basis. 

Please register using the form below by January 19th, 2025: 

Register for Math is Cool

This registration form  is only for team coaches and parents of individual contestants.

Policies

Updated: September 11, 2024

FEES: For a student to participate in any after-school club, there cannot be an outstanding balance on the family's PTA's account. Tuition and all outstanding fees must be paid in full by October 1st, 2024 (or by the next class date if registering after October 1st). If you do not pay all fees by this deadline, your child will be withdrawn from Math Club and a 5% tuition processing fee will be added to your account. 

To remain enrolled in Math Club, families must timely pay any Medina PTA fees (not just club fees) incurred during the course of the school year. You understand that failure to pay fees on time may result in your student being withdrawn from the club with no refund.

ELIGIBILITY: Our afterschool clubs (including Math Club) are ONLY for CURRENT-ENROLLED Medina Elementary students with ACTIVE Medina PTA membership. You must be enrolled with Medina Elementary school at the time of attending the club and have a valid Medina PTA family or individual membership for the 2024-2025 school year. You agree that if your kid is not currently enrolled with Medina Elementary school OR you do not purchase PTA membership by September 30, 2024, your child will be withdrawn from Medina Math Club immediately with no refund.

PROCESSING FEE: Any student registration for an afterschool club that you cancel will incur a 5% processing fee. This includes cancelling a duplicate registration (e.g., when the parents sign up the same child twice for the same club) or cancelling one registration to sign up for a different Medina PTA club on the same day. The 5% fee applies for all transaction types (credit card, cash, or check).

BEHAVIOR:

Intentional violent behavior directed at another individual during the club (including another student, teacher, coach/instructor, parent, or volunteer) and resulting in physical harm is grounds for immediate removal from that club without refund. Medina PTA retains the discretion to remove this student from all other enrolled afterschool clubs/programs and prevent this student from registering for future afterschool programs in the same school year.

Parents and students are expected to behave respectfully to each other and the coaches/instructors:

• If the club chair determines that a student’s behavior is disruptive during the program/club, or the student is consistently disrespectful, a warning will be issued to the student and parent. After the warning, a second offense will result in removal of the student from the club with no refund, unless the club chair decides to issue a second warning. The chair my also require the parent to provide full-time adult supervision of the student for the duration of the club. The adult supervisor must be a PTA member and have a BSD background check. A third offense will result in removal of the student from the club program with no refund. 
• If the club chair determines that a parent’s behavior is disruptive or consistently disrespectful, a warning will be issued to the parent. After the warning, a second offense will result in removal of that parent’s child from afterschool clubs with no refund. 
• At the discretion of Medina PTA, any withdrawal due to disruptive or disrespectful behavior may also affect the family’s ability to register for future afterschool programs.

PICK-UP: Our parent classroom volunteers are required to stay until the last child is picked up from class. Please respect our volunteers’ time by picking your child up promptly at dismissal time unless your child is staying at Medina Elementary with the Boys & Girls Club. If you wish to permit your child to sign him/herself out from class and walk/bike home, you must complete the Medina PTA Permission Slip for Self-Checkout of Afterschool Clubs 2024-2025 found on our website, and return it to our Math Club Co-Chairs. Repeated late pickups may result in withdrawal from Math Club with no refund, and you may forfeit the ability to register for future afterschool programs.

ABSENCES: If your child will not be at Math Club, you must email mathclub@medinapta.org prior to that day’s Math Club start time. You understand that two unexcused absences may result in removal of your student from the club without refund.

REFUND: A refund can be applied before the third meeting, and you will be charged for the number of classes that have occurred. After October 14th, there will be no refunds for any reason.

2021-2022 Recap

2020-2021 RECAP 

2019-2020 recap 

Questions? Contact mathclub@medinapta.org

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