I. Competition News Update
QVMS Varsity Wins 2nd and 5th Place in San Antonio Math Counts Competition Sixteen members of the Varsity Math Club #1 traveled to San Antonio on Friday, October 25 to compete in the San Antonio Spurs Math Counts Competition held on Saturday, October 26. The four teams of four attending were: Carter C., Brittany N., Andrew L., Ben W., Shree M., Adarsha P., Jenny Z., Michael Z., Allen Z., Brandon W., Lauren Y., Kevin J., Kevin L., Andy Z., Helen W., Ethan Z. Their coach was Ms. Nal. The first two teams mentioned earned second and fifth place, respectively. We thank Ms. Lee for accompanying the QVMS students on the bus. Congratulation for a job well done! QVMS Students WIN 2nd PLACE SWEEPSTAKES at Clements TMSCA! One hundred QVMS students gathered at Clements High School Saturday morning, October 26. They competed in number sense, calculator, general math and general science. They earned a FIRST Place overall in Science and SECOND Place in number sense, calculator and general math. We had one eight grader, Andy T., who scored a perfect 250 in general math! Individual scores are displayed in the math hallways. A huge thank you to all the parents who volunteered as monitors and scorers and to our co-coaches, Mr. Cherivirala and Mr. Singal. You all made it possible and a huge success! We are off to a super start! II. Upcoming Events Saturday, November 16 Varsity Club #1 will travel to Texas A&M to compete in the A&M Math Counts competition. Those attending are Allen Z., Ben W., Andrew L., Shree M., Adarsha P., Kevin J., Kevin L., Lauren Y., Carter C., Brittany N., Jenny Z., Michael Z., Michelle Z., Jeffrey Z., Star X., Andy T., Brandon W., Ribhu N., Jackie S. They will leave from QVMS at 6:a.m. with Ms. Boitz, participate in the competition from 9-3 and return home by 5:30 to QVMS. Good Luck!! Saturday, November 16 Elkins High School is the site for our next TMSCA Practice Meet #2. Sign up now. Get your form from the math hallway bulletin boards. Deadline to register is Friday, November7. Students can select from number sense, calculator, general math and general science. Once again, if your student has not been studying number sense and calculator at home, he /she should select math and/or science tests. Deadline to register is Friday, November 7 . FBISD no longer accepts personal checks so please send cash. Getting a school check is very difficult. Give all registrations to Mrs. Curtice ASAP. The event is from 8:00 to 3:00. This includes the awards ceremony. No concessions will be available. Volunteers are welcome as monitors and scorers. Please go to http://www.Signupgenius.com to volunteer. Mrs. Brough is helping Mrs. Curtice with the technology to set up this website. Saturday, November 16 The Houston Chapter of Math Counts is hosting their math counts competition at the Toyota Center at 1:00 on Saturday, November 16. The signup material is on the bulletin board outside the Algebra math class. NO QVMS math teachers will be going. If your student wishes to participate, you MUST buy a ticket and go as the coach. The ticket is $25 as it includes entry to the Rocket’s basketball game. Mrs. Nal will be in A&M and Mrs. Curtice will be at Elkins. Saturday, December 14 QVMS is hosting its own Math Counts Competition on Saturday, December 14. All students are welcome to sign up and experience another type of competition. Last year we hosted over 300 students. We need volunteers in many areas: concessions, registration, hospitality room, proctors to walk among the testing students, scorers, photographer and computer entry people. Look for more information on signupgenius. III. Fundraiser Update All cookie dough was delivered and picked up! Thank you! We made about $3000 for the club with 400 orders. Our top sales students were Pranav T., Hannah C., Harrison P., Claire G. and Crystal C. and Shivani G. Then we had another 25 students who made donation totaling $1900. We appreciate each person’s generous contribution of time and effort. Ms. Curtice and Ms. Nal greatly appreciate each one of you. IV. Raidermath Shirts Our Raidermath shirts should be delivered at the beginning of next week. Mrs. Curtice will distribute them. If your student did NOT order one, there should be extra ones available for purchase. A QVMS student must wear the Raidermath shirt for competitions. V. Looking for Exxon-Mobil Employees We have some parents who currently work for Exxon Mobil and they would like to know of more to join their group. Exxon Mobil allows volunteer hours at a competition of four adults who work from 9-2 to earn for the school $500.00. Out Math Club has benefited from this donation program for 3 years and hope to continue this year. Please send your name to Mrs. Curtice and she will connect you to other Exxon Mobil parents. If your employeer offers any special donation program, please let Mrs. Curtice know. VI. RaiderMath website Remember to go to www.raidermath.weebly.com to get the latest math club information. Mrs. Dali Fu is managing it for the club. VII. Emails needed If you did NOT complete a white info card at one of the 2 parent meetings earlier this year, please send your email to Mrs. Curtice. She will check to see if your email is on our large mail out. If not, she will get you listed. With over 100 students in the Varsity and Junior Varsity Math Club and Contest Math Elective, Mrs. Curtice needs a way to get an email distributed quickly. VIII. Students Volunteers Needed High School Students are welcome to come after school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursday to earn YES hours by helping our math students. We currently have 5 coming on Monday. Mrs. Curtice would like 1-3 for Tuesday and Wednesday to help instruct calculator and/or number sense or just help solve general math. Also, on Thursday afternoon the 7th and 8th graders who are Varsity come to practice TMSCA. All are welcome! Please contact Mrs. Curtice, if interested. Mark your calendars for December 14. We will need ALL the high school volunteers to help with the scoring and be runners. More information later. 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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