I. Competitions – Last Saturday, November 16, was a big weekend for our QMVS Raiders! At Elkins, we had 46 sixth graders, 18 seventh graders and 10 ninth graders. Those students took FIRST PLACE in general math and FIRST PLACE in general science. All the individual results are posted on the green bulletin boards near Ms. Curtice’s room and near Ms. Boitz’s room. In Number Sense and Calculator we came in third with a third place Sweepstakes trophy. Thank you to all the parents who came to score and monitor the students! The competition ended an hour earlier than usual due to all the parent help! Your student should have his/her test results from Ms. Curtice.
II. Competitions – At the same time as the Elkins competition on Saturday, November 16 was occurring, Ms. Boitz and Ms. Nal had eighteen (18) Varsity students at Texas A&M University competing in the Mays Business Math Counts tournament. About thirty high schools and one middle school (QVMS) participated. In the AB level (pre-algebra and Algebra I), QVMS took 6 out of the 10 places! The in BC level (Algebra and Geometry) we had one students place 5th! We earned 4th place in Sweepstakes! Congratulations to all our Raiders for their excellent work! III. Upcoming Competitions – This Saturday, November 23 we travel to Dulles High School for the third practice TMSCA Competition. We have 45 sixth graders, 25 seventh graders and 15 eighth graders attending. This will be the first time ALL of our Raiders have been at the same completion! We are excited to see our combined strengths! Go to the Raidermath website www.raidermath.weebly.com for details and for information on late registration! IV. December Competitions – On December 14, Fort Settlement Middle School is hosting a Math League (Math Counts format) competition for intermediate and elementary. The morning session( 8:00 – 11:30) is for intermediate (7th and 8th graders and only very strong 6th graders). This is limited to 252 students. Then the afternoon session (1-4:30) is for elementary (4th - 6th grade) students. Again the limit is 252 students. I RECOMMEND our 6th graders take the elementary level as these test writers will write very challenging Sprint, Target and Team questions. This will be more for the experience of a different style test. For either session – the fee is $10.00. The registration forms are available on Monday, December 2. Registration is limited – so register EARLY if you want a guaranteed seat. Mrs. Curtice will NOT be able to attend the FSMS competition as she must go to Dallas to attend the TMSCA STATE Board meeting on December 13-14. She is the Middle School Director for the STATE TMSCA meet this April in San Antonio. THEREFORE – she is looking for a volunteer to be the coach for the morning session and/or the afternoon session. It can be two people. The parents did an excellent job at Clements. Although this is a different format, a coach is needed for both sessions to sign off on the papers and pick up materials. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Curtice. Volunteers will be needed to monitor the students and score. Please go to the www.raidermath.weebly.com website for more information and then to signupgenius to actually sign up. That link will be sent via email or you can contact Ms. Curtice . V. January Competitions – Our QVMS Fifth Annual Math Counts Competition will be held Saturday, January 18. We moved the date to avoid the conflict with FSMS and to allow Ms. Curtice to attend the STATE TMSCA Board Meeting in Dallas. All the volunteer information is on www.raidermath.weebly.com . Registration will be $7.00 for students and $10.00 for Late registration. More information regarding that will follow in December. Math Clubs – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Clubs will meet the week of December 2 and December 9. No clubs will meet the week of December 16-20 Cookie Dough – Available for $16.00 a tub – Raspberry filled turnovers(1) oatmeal raisin (2) chocolate chip (1) November 23rd TMSCA @ Dulles High School
Click here to view the schedule and detail information about the competiotion. Volunteers please click here to sign up at SignupGenius. 1. Competition Update
This Saturday eighteen QVMS students will leave at 6 a.m. to travel to TAMU (Texas A&M University) to compete in the TAMU Math Counts Competition. Mrs. Boitz will travel with the students and meet Ms. Nal, the Varsity Coach, in College Station. Those students attending are Andrew L., Kevin J., Shree M., Jenny Z., Michelle Z., Lauren Y., Brittany N., Adarsha P., Tony Y., Jeffrey Z., Michael Z., Allen Z., Ben W., Star N., Jackie S., Andy T., Brandon W., and Carter C., We wish them good luck. Also, this Saturday, ninety (90) QVMS) students will gather at Elkins High School to compete in the 2nd practice TMSCA meet. They have chosen to compete in number sense, calculator, general math and/or general science. They are under the direction of Mrs. Curtice, the math coach. Parents have volunteered to monitor the students as well as assist in scoring the tests. As our new Raidermath shirts have arrived, you will see a lot of “green Raiders” competing. We wish them success! Has your student brought home a “pink” registration form? It is time to register for our 3rd and final TMSCA practice for 2013. Dulles High School is hosting a math competition on Saturday, November 23 from 8:00 to 3:00. It is the same format as Clements and Elkins. The deadline to register is Tuesday, November 19. Remember – cash only, please. Any questions, please contact Mrs. Curtice 2. Math Clubs Monday – Varsity I Math Club and Junior Varsity #1 - We are lucky to have volunteer high school students who are former Academy students come over and work in small groups with some of our Junior Varsity.- 4:10 to 5:30 Tuesday – Junior Varsity #2 – 4:10-5:30 Wednesday – Junior Varsity #3 – 4:10-5:30 Thursday – Varsity Math Club #4 – 4:10 – 5:30 On occasion, Mrs. Curtice will have to cancel the weekly meeting as she must attend an after school event. Thank you for understanding. December 14 – Saturday – Have you visited www.raidermath.weebly.com to learn about our Fifth Annual QVMS Math Counts tournament? SIgnugenius has been activated as we will need many volunteers to make this successful. You could help with registration, concessions, hospitality, computer entry, monitoring, and/or scoring. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded. Plan to come and watch the Countdown. It is quite exciting! Any questions, please contact Mrs. Curtice Cookie Dough: We only have 3 items left for purchase – 1 box of raspberry cream-filled turnovers and 2 tubs of oatmeal raisin. Get your now before the holiday rush! Each is $16.00. VOLUNTEER SIGN UP for TMSCA on November 16 at Elkins High School! www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F044FACA72CA02-tmsca/13196313 I. Help-Wanted : Have you been receiving the “email blasts” regarding volunteering for our practice TMSCA competitions? If not, please email Mrs. Curtice so she can add your email to our QVMS math club parent group. Working alone this year, Mrs. Curtice must rely on this style of communication much more. Please help her reach all of you with our information.
II. SignUp Genius – is up and running. Thanks to Mrs. Brough. Here you can volunteer to score/and/or monitor at Elkins High School on November 16 and soon Dulles High School will be there for Saturday, November 23 TMSCA practice meet. III. www.raidermath.weebly.com – is our official website for the RAidermath Club. Please check it weekly for the latest information regarding competitions, etc. IV. The Raidermath Club has just purchased three more green bulletin boards for outside our math classrooms. Since we have many results to display and registrations to offer, we decided it was not fair to consume all the space on the regular QVMS bulletin boards. So outside Mrs. Curtice’s room , outside Ms. Boitz’s room, and outside Ms. Wylie’s room your student will be able to find all upcoming Math club news. MARK YOUR CALENDARS – Saturday, November 16 - #2 Practice TMSCA – Elkins High School – Deadline to register is Wednesday,November 13 – Cash only – Registration forms available outside each GT Math class. Saturday, November 23 - #3 Practice TMSCA – Dulles High School – Registration will be available Monday, November 11. Deadline to register is Tuesday, November 11. Saturday, December 14 – FIFTH ANNUAL QVMS MATH COUNTS COMPETITION – WE will need many parent volunteers to make this a success this year. Go to Sign up Genius to see a job description for the following areas and times needed: registration, computer entry, proctors, concession leader and concession workers, hospitality (library), scorers, photographer (awards), cleanup and more! We hope to see every one there. Last year we had over 300 students. It is great fun! OLD NEWS 1. Cookie Dough - is all delivered! Thank you very much for all your help and support! We do have 5 tubs available for purchase: 2 chocolate chip, 2 oatmeal raisin, 1 carnival (m&m) and a Raspberry Danish Twists. Each is $16.00. No more until next year! Contact Mrs. Curtice if interested! 2. RAIDERMATH Shirts – have arrived. Your student should have received his/her shirt. WE have extra shirts available in YM, YL, AS, AM. Each is $10. Send cash or Check to QVMS to Mrs. Curtice. Each student needs a shirt to compete in competitions. |
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