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. Comments are closed.
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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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