Summer Classes
Please look at each one listed below. The Village School classes are for one (1) week – 5 class days only) where the Star Learning are for 4 weeks. The Art of Problem Solving Schedule varies. Look on line. This is not a complete list, but if you are interested, please look ASAP and apply. Star Learning (#2) has $50 to $100 off registration if you register by May 15, or $150 discount before May 1. Depending on your students TMSCA State Scores, he/she may be eligible for a scholarship to apply to the tuition for a camp. Last year we had about 15-20 students attending various number sense, calculator and general math at The Village School. Ms. Nal will be teaching at Star Learning this summer. For number sense and calculator, I must recommend The Village School. For General Math, both The Village and Star Learning have classes for TMSCA. Five days versus 4 weeks – it will depend on your schedule. Also, Star Learning has TMSCA/number Sense classes or AMC 8 Classes. Next year’s Math Clubs will be primarily run from the Competition Math Class Elective as 6th, 7th, and 8th graders may request this elective. There will not be math clubs every day after school. Therefore, strengthening and enriching one’s number sense, calculator and/or general math skills are encouraged. The Math Club is not offering scholarships for Science Camps. 1. The Village School – See attachment and link. The classes are for 5 days and are by topic. Ms. Curtice recommends the Number Sense, Calculator, and General Math. The Math Counts I and Math Counts II are good if you are just beginning your journey with Math Counts and want to become a better problem solver. http://www.TheVillageSchool.com/summer The Village School Summer Math Camp Flyer 2. Star Learning – a new business on Hwy 6 and Settlers Way in the Luby’s Shopping Center. Ms. Nal will be teaching there. Please go to http://starlearning.com/gt/challenge.html Sign Up before May 1st, and receive up to $150 discount. They also have another summer program for on level and advanced students who want to improve their math and English skills. 3. The Art of Problem Solving – for the advanced student who wants to strengthen problem solving skills and learn advanced math. This is conducive with Math Counts. The Art of Problem Solving summer schedule of online classes is now available at https://www.artofproblemsolving.com/School/classlist.php We offer the following courses starting in late May, June, or July: Introduction level (Grades 5-10): Prealgebra 1 Prealgebra 2 Algebra 1 Introduction to Counting & Probability Introduction to Number Theory Algebra 2 Introduction to Geometry MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Basics Advanced MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Should Mrs. Curtice become aware of any other summer camps to promote number sense, calculator, and/or general math, she will get them added to the www.raidermath.weebly.com website. Please email any questions. Mrs. Curtice is working on next year’s budget before she can commit to any scholarships. Thank you for understanding. Monday and Tuesday Math Clubs – will run for ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS – April 28 and 29 and May 5 and 6. They are for any students interested in learning calculator and number sense. We are NOT working on TMSCA math.
Summer Opportunities Mrs. Curtice is compiling a list of places you might be interested in visiting to take Number Sense, Calculator and/or General Math classes. Please check the www.raidermath.weebly.com website for more information. Did you hear the FANTASTIC NEWS???
QUAIL VALLEY RAIDERS - #1 in the State of Texas in MATH; #2 in the State of Texas in Number Sense; #2 in the State of Texas in Science (barely missed #1) and #4 in the State of Texas in Calculator. Go to www.tmsca.org and click on Results. Scroll down to 5A and you can view ALL the results for each test for each student! Any students (6, 7, or 8th) grade who has not picked up his/her test, should come to Mrs. Curtice’s room Monday or Tuesday. Mrs. Curtice is planning to do a per cent report of the results, but that will have to wait until reports cards as done. MATH CLUB NEWS MATH CLUBS are CHANGING = Monday and Tuesday Math Clubs will be for students interested in learning number sense and calculator. All 6th and 7th graders are invited to attend. Students should bring their flip books from the first of the year and be ready to start learning the number sense rules and practicing them. Next year membership will be based solely on number sense and calculator skill. Also, we will start showing the basic calculator input directions and provide practice sheets. Ms. Curtice would like to enlist any parents or high school students to work with these students even one day a week. Many students checked out a HP calculator at the beginning of the year. Mrs. Curtice will be asking the individually students to return those in the next 2 weeks as well as the large packet of number sense rules, unless he/she is actively using it. Ms. Nal will be having her Varsity math clubs. We hope to have some photos available for our website soon. GREAT WEEKEND FOR OUR RAIDERS! A huge thank you to the 20+ parent chaperones for scoring, proctoring and monitoring our 122 students! Thank you, Thank you to Ms. Boitz, Ms. Gilbert and Mr. Anderson for attending as our QVMS teachers and moving this large group from Sugar land; to pizza, to hotel, to the University of Texas and back home! Mrs. Curtice owes all of you and thanks you endlessly. PHOTOS needed! If you are a parent who took pictures of our group at San Antonio, please send some to Mrs. Curtice. She is trying to get this into the QVMS yearbook. RESULTS from QVMS STUDENTS Some of our 6th, 7th and 8th Raiders participated in THE MATHEMATICS LEAGUE as well as THE PURPLE COMET and AIME. Those results should be available soon. Any questions, please contact Mrs.Curtice |
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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