QUALIFYING UPDATE-
On Saturday, February 22, one hundred fourteen (114) sixth, seventh and eighth graders traveled to The Village School to participate in the first of three qualifying TMSCA tournaments. Over 600 students were there! We are proud to announce that eighty-one (81) QVMS qualified in either number sense, calculator, general math and/or general science. They have earned a “place on the bus” for the State TMSCA Competition in April in San Antonio at the University of Texas. QVMS earned third place in Sweepstakes with over 5400 points! Way to go! FIRST COLONY MIDDLE SCHOOL – This Saturday, March 1, eighty-nine (89) QVMS students will convene at FCMS to participate in the 2nd TMSCA qualifying tournament. While many of these students qualified at The Village and are going for the experience of additional practice, many are trying to qualify for their “seat on the bus”. Number sense, calculator, general math and general science will be the testing areas. Go to www.raidermath.weebly.com for more information. If you did not preregister with Ms. Curtice, you can still register that Saturday morning from 7:45-8:30. All volunteer scorers are welcome. Also, please contact Ms. Curtice if you are available to monitor our QVMS students from 9:00 to noon. She must be in the scoring room as the coach and QVMS is required to have a 2-3 parent monitors. IT IS COMING!!! QVMS REGIONAL TMSCA – FINAL QUALIFIER Only one week away –QVMS is hosting the Regional TMSCA competition on Saturday, March 8. MANY volunteers are needed to make this event successful! Visit signupgenius for the link to volunteer. This is the last opportunity to earn a “seat on the bus” for the STATE TMSCA COMPETITION in April in San Antonio at the University of Texas. Registration is open – If your student has not registered, PLEASE DO SO NOW!!! HELP NEEDED! Ms. Curtice will be setting up for the Regional meet on Friday, March 7 starting at 4:15. She needs some volunteers to put up room signs, put trophies on the stage, move the concessions into the commons area, ice down soft drinks and water, set up the library for the scorers, pack testing packets (can only be parents of students who have already qualified), labeling coaches packets, and more. Also, Mrs. Curtice needs 2-4 moms who are available to make “con queso” in crock pots and prepare “taco meat” in crock pot for serving Saturday for the volunteers in the library. The math club will purchase the items – she needs some moms to prepare the food items and deliver them. We can store them in the frig Friday night, if needed. Ms. Curtice is lining up extra crock pots to be available. MATH CLUBS Monday - Junior Varsity - will meet on March 3 Monday – Varsity Club #1 – Ms. Nal is working with the five (5) QVMS students who will be competing in Austin at the STATE MathCounts competition on March 21-22. They are Carter C., Andrew L., Shree M., Ben W., and Jenny Z. We wish them the best! Tuesday – Junior Varsity – will meet on March 4. Thursday – Varsity #2 – will meet March 6 BUT only from 4:15 – 5:00. Open House is that evening at 5:30. Question: How does my student get his/her paper work results from the weekend competition? ANSWER: If you are a 7th or 8th grader who is NOT in the competition math elective class, PLEASE come to Ms. Curtice’s room on Monday or Tuesday of the following week to pick up your results. Ms. Curtice does not access to each student’s schedule. If you are a 6th grader with Ms. Hitchcock, check with Ms. Curtice for your papers. She tries to hand out the papers during classes, but if you are unable to go to the Club meeting, your papers remain with Ms. Curtice. She needs you to come pick them up. YOU MIGHT HAVE WON A MEDAL and/or TROPHY. She is unable to track down everyone! UPCOMING STATE TMSCA – San Antonio, April 5-6 Very soon, all students who have qualified for the State TMSCA will receive directions and information. This competition involves an overnight stay in San Antonio. Ms. Curtice will need some parent volunteers to accompany the students on the bus. A QVMS teacher will be on each bus, also. If you are interested, contact Ms. Curtice ASAP. There will be limited seating available. PARENT ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR HOTEL – The LaQuinta Inns and Suites in the San Antonio Conference Center has been our hotel for the last 3 years. The manager there has a block of rooms for parents available for $89 a night (our school rate), but they will be released after MARCH 15. If you think you would like to reserve one, please call (210) 535-8090 and book your reservation. Please mention Parent Block. Jorge Recio is the sales manager. Contact Ms. Curtice if you have a question. All parents are responsible for payment of their rooms. Double beds are available so they can be shared (2 moms). YOU ARE NOT BOOKING FOR YOUR STUDENT – only yourself. Ms. Curtice handles the students and she will handle that following the last qualifier on March 8. If you are coming or would like to volunteer on Saturday March 8th at QVMS TMSCA Competition, please use the link below. Thank you.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044FACA72CA02-tmsca1 Good News!
Some of our Varsity Math Club went to Rice University on Saturday February 15th to compete in a math competition. Please read the results below and note that 80% of the participants were High school freshman to juniors. Our Middle School Raiders held their own! We are RaiderProud! Congratulations to Andrew L. who got 1st place overall in General Test. Ben W. got 4th, Shree M. 7th and Carter C. ROUD 11th. It is quite an achievement. There were 101 students in General Category. More than 80% of these students were freshmen to juniors. Thank you to Ms. Isil Nal for accompanying them as their coach. FIRST TMSCA QUALIFIER – The Village – Saturday, February 22 Over 110 QVMS students from 6th, 7th and 8th grade will compete at The Village School on Saturday, February 22 to try to qualify for the State TMSCA Competition to be held in San Antonio on April 4-5. Students have chosen to test in number sense, calculator, general math, and/or general science. The qualifying scores are posted on the raidermath website www.raidermath.weebly.com. Good luck to all and a huge thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help. Without you, none of this is possible because Ms. Curtice must be in the scoring room and parents are desperately needed to monitor our students. As the largest group, we are responsible for their behavior. Raider pride and raider respect are important everywhere and the crowds will be great at this event. Sign up now for the second qualifier – First Colony Middle School on Saturday, March 1. The deadline is MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. Remember – the final TMSCA qualifier is being hosted by us, QVMS, on Saturday, March 8. Sign up now to participate. MANY volunteers are needed. See the website for details. The Math League Contest Ms. Curtice will administer the Math League Contest for 6th graders on Wednesday, February 26, during 4th period (gym). It is a 30 minute competition. Please come to Room 119 instead of going to gym that day. YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER with Ms. Curtice on Monday or Tuesday. There is no fee for taking this test – you must simply be a 6th grader. Any questions, please contact Mrs. Curtice Our Raidermath team took FIRST PLACE at the Houston Chapter of Math Counts - this is the largest chapter in the nation and we were the dark horse! We beat FSMS, The Village, Beck. Go to our website www.raidermath.weebly. com for more details.
Please congratulate Carter C., Andrew L., Shree M., and Ben W. as well as Jenny Z, Brandon W., Kevin J., Brittany N., Michael Z.,and Allen Z. The first four and Jenny Z (who qualified as one of the top 7 individuals will advance to State on March 23 in Austin. A huge thank you to Isil Nal, the coach, who has volunteered her time since September to travel to QVMS and work with these students. Hard work pays off! Eight years of work and we made it! It was a great weekend! UPCOMING EVENTS/COMPETITIONS Twelve Raidermath students are traveling to Rice University this weekend to participate in a Math Counts competition. Good luck! Saturday, February 22 – The Village School is hosting the first TMSCA qualifier. We have almost 90 students going to this event. The qualifying scores are listed online and at QVMS. Saturday, March 1 – First Colony Middle School is hosting the second TMSCA qualifier. The pink registration forms are available at school on the bulletin boards as well as online. The deadline to register is Monday, February 24. Saturday, March 8 – Quail Valley Middle School is hosting the final TMSCA qualifier known as Regional TMSCA. The bright orange forms are available at school on the bulletin boards as well as online. The deadline to register is Wednesday, March 6. RAIDERMATH Clubs Monday Junior Varsity – will meet regular time – 4:15 to 5:30. Thursday students are welcome to come and work with the high school students for the next few Mondays. Tuesday Junior Varsity – will ONLY meet from 4;15 to 5:00. Mrs. Curtice has a meeting. |
RaiderMathRaiderMath is the Math Club at Quail Valley Middle School. The club emphasizes competition and is active in many contests throughout the school year. Archives
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