alert, Alert,
Alert! ALERT!
There is NO math team today!
With the AIME working into the afternoon, we will cancel math team today so that students don’t burn their eyes out with math stacked on math.
Please check your google classrooms for material and updates for your year and for regionals
see you next week!
daMathTeam
blink … blink, blink…
What in the world? What happened to January?!?
The school days are slow, but the school year is fast. For perspective…
1. This week we will engage in math combat in NSML 4… FOUR! There are only 5 of these every year.
2. There are only a dozen MATH TEAM meetings left…. for the entire year!
3. If you’re a senior, you will say “It’s Friday!” at school only 14 more times in your high school life.
This week in our Tuesday MATH TEAM meeting, we will do our last preparations and practices for NSML 4 on Thursday. After Tuesday, we will notify those who will make the bus to Vernon Hills. But if you do not make the bus, do not fret! Come and learn. Come and do math. Come and hang out. We just want to see some new problems and see how we handle ourselves. Being correct is only satisfying if the chance of being wrong is real. Let’s get some problems right together. =)
NOTE: Some grade levels are doing their last vetting contest. If you are unable to come, please discuss with your coach.
There are also 2person and calculator practices going on… 8 person is on a pause until we get on the other side of NSML 4. (I need to protect my bandwidth a little bit).
In other news,
Congrats to the folks who came out to Neuqua Valley high school last week. =)
This was a practice regional event to get some nerves out and to experience what the team events feel like. To calibrate these scores, know that both Neuqua and Metea finished in the top 10 at state last year.
So come celebrate the end of January with us as we do some math.
If you’re a regular, we look forward to seeing you again!
If you haven’t been around in a while, find a buddy then come on by to mash problems with us.
1/31/20223
3:44ish – 4:29ish
frosh 1500/1502
soph 1506
jr 1508
sr 1510
daMathTeam
MATH TEAM assemble!!!
Good problems are a resource. Good problems ignite curiosity, inspire study, and humble us as we expand our view of all there is in mathematics.
Sure, they can also make us feel like poop, make us cry on the inside… and sometimes on the outside too. But that’s part of it! There is no satisfaction in being right if there is no chance of being wrong.
Tomorrow, each grade level will continue their study and practice of:
frosh: number theory and divisibility in room 1500 / 1502
soph: circles in room 1506
jr: conics in 1508
sr: sequences and series in 1510
Come and mash problems with us, debrief, and discuss strategies!
We begin at 3:40ish and will end around 4:30ish
…
and now I asked Chat GPT to make this email into a rap….
enjoy:
Yo, listen up, I got a rap to drop ‘Bout math problems, the real deal, non-stop Good problems, they a resource, ignite Curiosity, inspire study, make us strive
To expand our view of all there is in math It humbles us, makes us wanna take a bath In the sea of knowledge, but hold up, wait Sometimes they make us feel like poop, ain’t great
But that’s part of the game, can’t deny The satisfaction of being right, it’s high But without the chance of being wrong, it’s low So bring on the problems, let’s go, go, go
Tomorrow, each grade level got a plan Frosh study number theory, divisibility, understand Sophomores circles, juniors conics, seniors sequences and series Come mash problems with us, debrief, discuss, no fears
We begin at 3:40ish, end at 4:30ish Math team assemble, let’s solve and flourish
Truly, this is what AI was made for.
daMathTeam
Math, math, math, math maaath….
Lots going on friends…
Tomorrow, come to math team and:
1. Sign in to 5-star to keep your eligibility fresh
2. Hear about a service opportunity this upcoming spring
3. Consider some math team swag
4. Prepare for NSML #4, brushing up on:
frosh: number theory
soph: circles
jr: conics
sr: sequences and series
5. Updates on 8 person and 2 person and calculator competitions – if you signed up, look out for google classrooms and/or emails to help get organized
To help us get organized on our end, please fill out this simple google form to establish your availability for NSML #4 and for a regional competition practice at at Neuqua valley
Hope you enjoyed the day off and have a great short week!
(whew, thank goodness for a short week!)
daMathTeam
May 15, 2022 10:55 PM
The last meeting is upon us this week!
Come by 1500/1502 after school for so many reasons!
1. Rubik’s Cube competition!
2. State winning hardware has arrived! Celebrate team and individual honors
3. Hardware and prizes from other competitions have also arrived!
4. Find out who our next modelers are!
5. Find out who our next leaders are!
6. Clearing out the cabinet!
7. We have some extra t-shirts from the math circle this year and last year! All shirts are $5… and comes with a free Optiveer t-shirt!
=)
last full week of school! woot!
See ya Tuesday
1500/1502
3:40 – 4:25ish
daMathTeam
Mon, Mar 7, 9:56 PM
Anybody else feel like Tuesday crept up on us really fast?
Anybody else feel like they forgot how to “do school” after a long weekend?
Anybody else weirded out that it was 70° and sunny and then a winter wonderland on the same weekend?
Despite how you feel, the fact is that MATH TEAM meets tomorrow! It’s a busy week with lots of news, so let’s get at it.
1. REGIONAL RESULTS ARE IN!
With an unofficial score of 863, Stevenson high school wins region 12, and has the highest score across all other regions! Here are the top 10 across all regions:
Many individual honors will be given to several of you for scoring in the top 8 individually or for placing in a team event. These awards will be passed out to you during math team when they come in! Check out shsmathteam.com for a full list of awardees… in a few days. =)
2. THURSDAY = NSML 5
The previous head math team coach, the honorable Mr. Thibadeau, has stated to me a few times that winning NSML is just as big, if not bigger, than winning state. Thursday is NSML 5, the last NSML event of the year. After this event, grand totals for the year are summed. That’s 375 possible points at each grade level plus 200 possible points for orals – a grand total of 1700 possible points.
These are the standings now, with a possible 1400 points: 300 at each grade level and 200 for orals:
Good luck to those going out on Thursday!
3. Math models
Every year, we select 10 students to participate in math modeling competitions. This week, our teams will be submitting final projects in the Modeling the Future Challenge and finding out next week if they make it to the next round of the M3Challenge. At the conclusion of these events, we will begin forming our teams for next year, so keep an eye out for invitations.
4. Looking ahead
Next week Wednesday is ARML and the co-curricular fair. If you have an 8th grade sibling, tell them to swing by the math team booth!
5. Athletes
To our Mathlete athletes, congratulations on making one of our sports teams. Please be sure to communicate with your coaches so that we can keep you looped in.
See you tomorrow for some 2p fun and nsml prep:
Tuesday 3/8/2022
3:35ish – 4:30ish
1500/1502 FROSH SOPH
1608/1610 Jr Sr
=)
daMathTeam
Sun, Feb 27, 7:49 PM
Whoah… you See that off in the distance? That, my friend, is the end of the school year. It’s nUts that our next meeting will be in March. The days are getting longer and the weather is getting warMer, soon it will be that magical word: like a 6 lEtter wordle where the two middle letters are the same and happen to be one of the two middle letteRs of the alphabet. I can’t write out lest I scare it away… but man, it’s close!
Congratulations to the 50+ students that participated in regionals this past weekend! It’s exciting to know that many of you are putting your talents out there to see how you are improving and competing with other mathematicians in the region. Official scores are still not up, so I will not discuss results beyond saying we are so glad that you offer your time to participate and toil in mathematics with others.
Coming up in two weeks, March 10, is meet #5 in the NSML. The 50+ schools of the league will descend upon Glenbrook South at the same time, and so we are limited to bring only 5 students at each grade level. Coaches will be discussing with each other and looking at previous contests and practices in deciding who will be on the bus with us.
Accordingly, this week in math team, we will take time to clan up and spend some time with math together. We will look at contests from previous years and possibly look through a few different activities.
btw, check out https://shsmathteam.com/ as new content is being dropped into the page weekly.
See ya Tuesday
2022_0301
3:40 – 4:30ish
1500/1502 FR/SO
1606/1608 Jr/Sr
daMathTeam
Mon, Feb 21, 8:20 PM
2morrow it’s going to happen!
2/22/22
Whaaaa!!!!
2 celebrate our time 2gether, un2 you, we capi2late our time on 2sday 2 2 things
• We will meet in our typical rooms, BUT all calculator team participants will start in 1500/1502. There, Mr. Anderson will do a practice calculator session. For all students not in calculator, remain in your typical rooms where we will spend time working through a practice regional/state competition specific to your year. The best way to anticipate the difficulty of questions is to work through old contests.
• at about 4:05, we will go our two room setup:
frosh/soph in 1500/1502
Jr/Sr in rooms 1606/1608
We will work through 8 person events during that time.
All this as we prepare for the regionals competition which will be this Saturday.
For those that are participating in regionals, earlier today you received our second of four emails detailing how our time will be spent on Saturday. Further emails confirmed your registration for individual, 8 person, and calculator events. If you did not receive email confirmations, then we do not have you on our list of regional participants. If you find that this is in error, please contact your coach.
take time 2 2ly accen2ate the details of this email, 2se to 2 on the details, even2ually you will come 2 appreciate… ok, i’m done.
After school to 4:05ish
1500/1502 Frosh/Calculator
1506 Soph
1606 Jr
1608 Sr
then:
1500/1502 Frosh/Soph
1608 Jr/Sr
until 2morrow, 2daloo!
daMathTeam
Sun, Feb 13, 4:22 PM
hello, Hello HELLO!
Excited to see everyone again this Tuesday! After taking a week off, quite a few things have happened so let me fill you in.
1. Congratulations to AIME qualifiers. Last week Tuesday, over 30 of us sat for the AIME exam, the second leg of the three test path to MOP and international mathing. We hope some of you make it to the next round, but we celebrate those who made it this far. Pretty awesome.
2. NSML #4 is behind us, and our math team has opened up a whopping 59 point lead over second place second place Whitney Young, 1197 to 1138. One more round to go! NSML #5 is scheduled to be held in person with all 50 plus teams invited to descend upon GlenBrook South. It’s a fun time to see the entire high school math community in one place. Our next weeks will be spent in preparing for NSML #5 and regional and State competition. https://nsml.org/statistics/ranked/cumulative/4/
3. ARML qualifiers. There are quite a few of us invited to train up for the American Regions Math League. Please make sure to keep your eye on emails from Mr. Anderson as there are assignments and bus rides in the near future.
4. This week, we’re going to meet in larger groupings. Freshmen and Sophomores will join together in 1500/1502; Juniors and Seniors will meet together in room 1608 (or 1606). We will spend time working in groups to practice math topics for state and nsml, hanging with math and hanging with each other. While of course, the true reward for math is the math itself, we also will supply some CHOCOLATE! =) There should be plenty of opportunities for your groups to win some chocolate and some other random gifts. =)
So enjoy the Super Bowl and we’ll see ya Tuesday,
3:45 – 4:30 ish
Frosh/Soph 1500/1502
Jr/Sr 1606 or 1608
DaMathTeam
Fri, Feb 4, 1:42 PM
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—- for those of you that don’t understand my text lingo, here you go —
Hello Math Team!
This upcoming Tuesday, 2/8/2022, we are going to take a “mental health day”
break. Several of you will be taking the aime earlier in the day, and we acknowledge the fact that your brain will be mush. Accordingly, we will not be meeting for math team. So relax, take a walk, hang with friends, do some recreational math, check out the google classroom for new material, and enjoy a little break.
We will see you again on February 15! And take heart, starting the week of February 15, we have 5 four day weeks and then it is spring break.
Woot! The Stevenson calendar gods smile upon us
daMathTeam
Stevenson Math Team