12/1/2020 Math Team

Mon, Nov 30, 11:25 PM

Wow!

It’s December and we are still staring at screens!  Yikes…

Well, if I have to stare at screens, I’m glad it can be together with you fellas.

Tomorrow we will run through some announcements and then do some last minute nsml prep.

Remember, our NSML event is Wednesday… if you will be participating, be sure to fill out this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenIkuN5175ENl2DPWUKtpCCLq0wNLdTTw02IAQwd-sqZU8Xw/viewform?usp=sf_link

We will likely announce contestants and such in our breakout rooms.

Then at about 4:05 we will press on to Madness and glory. 

I’m really proud of you guys and excited for all the problems you are being exposed to, strategies you are learning, and minor victories you are able to have along the way.

See ya tomorrow in zoom room: band-aid boom, rude bacon 

Tuesday. 12/1/2020

3:35 – 4:25ish

https://zoom.us/j/92119341972

pk

11/24/2020 Equipo de matemáticas

Mon, Nov 23, 8:33 PM

Sí amigos,

Mañana tenemos un reunión!

Tuesday. 11/24/2020

3:35 – 4:25ish

https://zoom.us/j/92119341972

Tomorrow, after some funtivities and group learning, we will spend the bulk of our time in breakout rooms, working on topics and contests for NSML.

woot!  Can you believe that is Thanksgiving week?  Short week!  Aaaaaaahhh!  

See ya’ll tomorrow after school.  It will be fun.  I’m pretty excited really…

pk

ARTHUR BENJAMIN: 11/17/2020 Math team

Sun, Nov 15, 7:46 PM

Dear math team, 

Woot!  Big week coming up.

Tuesday we will take a small break from our typical preparation and here from Havey Mudd professor and TED speaker, Arthur Benjamin.  His talk will begin around 3:40 and go for about half an hour, so be sure to zoom on in.  The majority of his time will be on mental math… should be fun!

After our time with the professor, we will spend about 15 minutes in our breakout rooms to prepare for NSML #3.  Remember, we are literally one four point question away from first place!  Every single question counts, and we want to put ourselves in the best position to perform well.  

Then, we continue in the madness!  After the first official round, Stevenson is….. ranked first!

But remember, each week is single elimination against the school that we compete in.  This week we compete against Diamond Bar High School of Diamond Bar, California. We will likely begin the madness around 4:35, so please try your best to stay with for a longer Tuesday event.  If you need to register, please be sure to contact Mr. Anderson or Ms. Renken.

I leave ya’ll with a couple tidbits.  

1.  Each week we seem to add a few more people to our email distribution list.  It’s encouraging that more and more people are reaching out to be a part of math team.  Big hello and welcome to newcomers this week!

2.  Do. More. Problems!  Each week I also seem to get an email asking, what can I do to get better?  It really is simple.  Do more problems.  Your NSML coach probably has given you a bunch of problems, and every AMC and AIME contest for the past few decades can easily be found online with worked out solutions.  So after completing your NSML problem sets, why not just work systematically through AMC contests?  I suggest starting with the year you were born, and work every problem, read up on solutions, and keep going until you get to 2020.  I suggest dedicating a notebook to this work, or keeping well organized notability documents.  Personally I prefer doing problems on paper, but I’m quickly appreciating the colors, highlighters, and shape tools as I do geometry problems digitally.  Find what works for you, and JUST DO PROBLEMS!

I’ll email again Tuesday morning to remind you of the meeting… until then, enjoy doing some recreational math on your own!

Math Team

Tuesdays. 3:35 – 4:25+

https://zoom.us/j/92119341972

pk

11/10/2020 Math Team

Mon, Nov 9, 11:27 PM

Ma-ma-ma-Maaaaaaaaaaath Teeeeeeam-eam-eam-eam-eam …

Yup, Tuesday is math day.

Tomorrow we will provide an update on how our contests have been going, give a few shout outs to high performers, preview our guest speaker for next week, lay down the calendar for the next few months, start our study of the next NSML topic, and end with some math madness!

It will be fun.  =)  

3:35 – 4:30 Tuesday

https://zoom.us/j/92119341972

pk

11/4/2020 Math team

Fri, Oct 30, 10:55 PM

To our beloved math team, 

Opening congratulations.

It looks like the first qualifying round of the national Math Madness has concluded, and we are up on the leaderboard!  

Taking the top 5 scoring students at a time, we are 100% accurate and in 6th place!

And when taking the top 10 scoring students at a time, we are 96% accurate and in 3rd place!

Going 20 students deep, we are in fourth place.  

I love that so many of us are participating.  Thank you to Mr. Anderson for organizing along with the other math team coaches.  Poke around on their website and you may even find your name. =)

https://www.aretelabs.com/math_madness/51/rankings

Mid-game responsibilities.

As we prepare for our week to come, please fill out the following google form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZs4O07bMy_0DpzazK9Ri8cQUeEyOUXdvvdWz6EH1J58aELA/viewform?usp=sf_link

It tells us your intentions to:

1. Participate in NSML #2 on Wednesday around 6 PM

2. Participate in the second math madness round on Wednesday at 5:20 PM

For NSML, your coach will confirm via email the specific time slot and zoom link you will be testing at, but assume it to be similar to last time.

End-game scenarios

Hey, just enjoy the long weekend!  …well, it’s just one hour longer than normal, but I will gladly take it.  It should be nice out Saturday, go for a walk, enjoy the fall colors, show kindness to another.

=)

pk

10/27/2020 MATH TEAM

Mon, Oct 26, 8:53 PM

Hey, it’s Tuesday!  Time for math team…

Tomorrow we will

1. Run through some quick announcements and updates on contests

2. Do some quick NSML prep

3. MATH MADNESS official round 1 contest!!!

Next week we will be off due to it being election day, so this will be the last time we have the gang together before our NSML #2 contest next week on Wednesday.

See ya tomorrow!  Get ready to do some quality work

pk

10/13/2020 math team

Mon, Oct 12, 3:55 PM

Yo!

1.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will talk about the Harvard MIT Math Tournament (HMMT), going over the November and February tournaments and how SHS gets involved.

2.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will make sure we are good for math madness and AMC

3.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will continue to prep the next NSML topics for each grade level in breakout rooms… the next competition is under one month away.

Zoom it up here!: https://zoom.us/j/92119341972

3:35 – 4:25 on Tuesday 10/13

10/6/2020 Math team

Mon, Oct 5, 9:33 PM

So. Much. News

1.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will detail how to get set up for the AMC contest… the first step on your path to working with Professor Loh at the Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP)

2.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will detail how to get involved in Math Madness

3.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will introduce the next NSML topics for each grade level

4.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will see if there is new interest in orals.

5.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will see if there is interest in running a third unofficial m3 team.

6.  Tomorrow in our meeting we will detail our NSML results after the first meet.

All that here: https://zoom.us/j/92119341972

3:35 – 4:25 on Tuesday 10/6

PROFESSOR PO-SHEN LOH: Math team week of 9/29/2020

Sun, Sep 27, 9:54 PM

Let’s go!!!

Big week.

Monday: Enjoy the day off, because the next few nights are going to be a bit long.

Tuesday: Professor Po-Shen Loh will be zooming in to address our math team and the NSML!  Really important that you use this new zoom channel for this Tuesday meeting.  Our old and usual link will not be active for this week so that we can support a larger audience.

https://zoom.us/j/97612996090

Then later that night our oralist for this first contest will be preparing and presenting… so wish him or her luck!  =)

Wednesday: NSML #1.  Your faculty advisor should be setting up the mechanic to receive and submit work for this contest.  Remember it is to be done without notes, without help, and without calculators across all levels for this contest.

This week, I will be sending reminder emails the day before each event with more details.  

Enjoy the day off!

pk