Registration for School Year 2023-2024 is closed!

Registration will remain open from August 25th until October 19th, 2023. The link will close on midnight on October 19th. After the link closes, NO new registrations will be accepted under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, so if you want to experience the enrichment of math club, please make sure you register before the link closes. 

Please read through EMS PTSA Enrichment General Policies and Procedures before registration.

Registration Tips:

1. Math Club will organize the students to participate in the AMC10A/B, AMC8, AIME, MATHCOUNTS and Math is Cool. If you are not sure about the interest in the above math tournaments, please try to do some practice before joining the math club. 
   AMC 10 Previous Tests and Solutions
   AMC 8 Previous Tests and Solutions
   MATHCOUNTS Example Exams
   Math is Cool Past Tests
2. Please make sure you go through every single step of the registration process if you want to ensure that you are registered.
3. Immediately after you put the item "math club" in your shopping cart, you will get a confirmation email from the system before you complete the payment. This does NOT mean that your registration has been completed. You must go through all the steps and ensure that the payment has gone through to make sure that you are registered.
4. You can pay either via check or online. If you pay online, you will be charged a small processing fee. If you choose to pay via check, there may be a 1–2-week delay for the PTSA Treasurer to manually process the payment. If you choose to pay via check, you must also write student's full name, grade, and "2023-24 EMS PTSA Math Club fee on the payment.
5. After all the registrations are finished, you will get an email on October 20th, 2023, from the math club detailing next steps. 

Who can participate in the math club?

  The Math Club only permits the following types of students:

1. 1. Students who are currently enrolled in Evergreen Middle School, from 6th to 8th grade.
   2. Homeschooled students who have Evergreen as a home school, AND their age must correspond to 6th to 8th grade.
   3. Choice school students who have Evergreen as a home school, and their home schools do not offer a similar enrichment program.

  Notes: 

1. According to the Math is Cool competition rules Math is Cool (academicsarecool.com), A student may compete only for his or her official school of record. A student's school of record is the student's base or main school. So, the homeschooled students and Choice school students who are eligible to join the EMS PTSA math club can only compete in the "individual section" but are not permitted to team up with other students who are currently attending the Evergreen Middle School to compete in the Math is Cool team section. 

2.  Homeschooled students and choice school students who are eligible to join the EMS PTSA math club are not eligible to participate in the EMS MATHCOUNTS school round test. According to MATHCOUNTS rules, MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION SERIES | MATHCOUNTS Foundation The students' parents or guardians should register the students for the MATHCOUNTS on the official competition website directly by themselves as non-school competitor (NSC) in grades 6-8 if their child’s school will not register for the MATHCOUNTS Competition Series.

Volunteering

 All enrolled EMS math club families must have at least one family member volunteering for math club AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. We have a few requirements for these volunteers.

 Adult Volunteer Requirements: 

• • Be passionate about math.
  • Be willing and comfortable with working with middle school students to help them AMC8 and above questions. 
  • Must be an LWSD approved volunteer (even if you have been previously certified, please recheck your volunteer approval status to make sure it is up to date. LWSD volunteer website: link)

 Student Volunteer Requirements:

• • Be 9th grader and above. 
  • Be passionate about math.
  • Be comfortable and willing to study with middle school students to help them AMC8 and above questions. 
  • It would be preferrable for them to have a solid math track record, but this is not required.

Volunteer hour matching program

• What is the volunteer hour match program?
  • The volunteer hour match program is a program that some companies have, where if an employee volunteers at a non-profit for a certain amount of time or donates a certain amount of money, the company will "match" that contribution to the non-profit.
• Why does the math club need your support to submit volunteer hours?
  • $10 per student is far below what is actually necessary to cover all math club costs. The only reason why we are able to offer such a low and affordable club fee is because in the past, many passionate parents volunteered a lot at the math club, and submitted their volunteer hours, granting us a lot of funds, which we still run on to this day. However, this won't last forever, so we need new volunteers to submit their hours so we can still give students the affordable $10 entry fee. Even if we have excess funds, we will NOT reimburse them to anyone, as we will use them in following years. 
• How do I submit them?
  • Firstly, you should sign up to volunteer for the math club. Then, you check with your company to look at the volunteer hour match policies. After you do your volunteering activities, submit the hours to your company system, and choose the donation recipient to be the EMS PTSA, then in the notes, to say that the money is for the EMS PTSA Math Club, to ensure that the money goes to supporting the math club. After that, the PTSA Treasurer will ensure that the support that you have garnered will go to the math club.

Club Fee & Other payment

Everyone who joins math club should pay a flat fee of $10 in order to cover club fees including operational costs, competition fees and various activities. Even if you only participate in some of the math club activities, you will still have to pay this $10 fee. We will NOT split costs. If this $10 per person is unable to consider math club costs, then we will notify families about the collection of extra fees. 

If some families have financial difficulties in meeting this fee and are in need of a scholarship, they may talk to the school counselor to get one. 

Math Competition Overview  

In the 2023-24 school year, the math club will organize students to participate in the following competitions. By enrolling in the math club, you will automatically be enrolled in the following competitions, unless you specifically request to opt out. All the test takers must participate in these competitions at the scheduled date and time. No make-up will be provided! 

AMC10(A/B)

EMS will host the AMC10A/B on these following two days immediately after school at EMS Commons. This competition is open to all math club students, including 6th/7th/8th graders. EMS math teacher will register all students and administer these competitions. Test takers are permitted to enroll in ONE competition center. If you try to enroll in two places, this is forbidden, and your account will get locked, stopping you from taking the competition at all. 

• • AMC 10_A Competition Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 1:00PM-2:45PM 
  • AMC 10_B Competition Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 2:30PM-4:15PM 

AIME 

the AIME is an invitational tournament based on the student's AMC10 score. Students who do qualify for the AIME will be notified as such. The EMS will only offer this one competition time during the middle of the school day. 

• •  AIME Competition Date: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024

AMC8

The AMC8 will also be administered and registered for by EMS math teachers. The competition will be held immediately after school at EMS Commons. Test takers are permitted to enroll in ONE competition center. If you try to enroll in two places, this is forbidden, and your account will get locked, stopping you from taking the competition at all. 

• • Competition Date: Thursday, January 18, 2024, 2:30PM-3:45PM 

MATHCOUNTS

EMS math teacher will enroll the EMS for the MATHCOUNTS competition. All students are forbidden to sign up for the competition by themselves. When the MATHCOUNTS SYSTEM detects Evergreen middle School as having been enrolled in the 2023-24 MATHCOUNTS, your enrollment will be cancelled automatically no matter what your enrollment is before or after EMS enrollment, and no refund will be guaranteed. The EMS math teacher will administer the school round at the EMS Commons. The School Round has 4 Parts—Sprint Round, Target Round, Team Round and Countdown Round. Altogether the rounds are designed to take about 3 hours to complete. The sprint and target rounds will count towards qualifying - the two other parts will be "fun practice".  So, if students have to leave early, that is OK.  From school round results, the top 12 scorers will be permitted to move on to the Chapter Round. The top 4 students will represent EMS as a team at the Chapter Round and the other 8 students will participate in the sprint round and target round ONLY. If there are any ties at the school round, tie-breaker rounds will be organized by math teacher on the different date and the results will be communicated via email to the relevant students.

• • School Round Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 1:00PM-4:00PM   

• Note: The Homeschooled students and choice school students who are eligible to join the EMS PTSA math club should not participate in the EMS MATHCOUNTS school round test. According to MATHCOUNTS rules, MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION SERIES | MATHCOUNTS Foundation the parents or guardians should register the students for the MATHCOUNTS on the official competition website directly by themselves as non-school competitor (NSC) in grades 6-8 if their child’s school will not register for the MATHCOUNTS Competition Series.

MATH IS COOL

The math club will register all math club students for the Math is Cool in-person tournament ONLY. According to the latest rules, students and families are forbidden from registering themselves as individual competitors, and math club chair will enroll all the participating students and teams. 

If students would like to take place in the team section, they must team up by themselves. Math club will NOT help students form teams. A team must have 4 students to lower the total registration cost for math club. If the team has less than 4 students, Math club will randomly assign the students to that team to fill the gap.

If EMS is advancing to the MIC Masters contest, only the top scorers (Mental math and Individual tests account for the total individual score) in the Championships contest will participate in the Masters contest for the Evergreen Middle School.  

According to the Math is Cool competition rules Math is Cool (academicsarecool.com), A student may compete only for his or her official school of record. A student's school of record is the student's base or main school. So, the homeschooled students and Choice school students who are eligible to join the EMS PTSA math club can only compete in the mental math and individual tests but are not permitted to team up with other students who are currently attending the Evergreen Middle School to compete in the Math is Cool team section. 

• • • Competition Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024, 9:00 AM-2:00PM 
    • Competition Location: Liberty High School (Address:16655 SE 136th St Renton, WA 98059)

Weekly Online Coaching Session & Wednesday In-person Meet-up 

1. The math club will offer once a week online coaching sessions. These are all optional. We will have online meetups between October 23, 2023, and April 22, 2024, weekly, between 6:00 and 7:00 in the evening. We will discuss a new math topic each week. This activity is optional. Here is the tentative schedule. 

• • October 2023: 23,30
  • November 2023: 27
  • December 2023: 4,11
  • January 2024: 2,8,16,22,29
  • February 2024: 5,12,22,26
  • March,2024:4,11,18,25
  • April:1,15,22

2. On Wednesday's afternoon, we will also have weekly in-person meet in the EMS commons after school releases, between 1:00PM and 2:10PM. Students will finish a set of AMC8 level questions. This activity is optional as well. Here is the tentative schedule. 

• • October 2023: 25 
  • November 2023: 29
  • December 2023: 6,13
  • January 2024: 3,10,24,31
  • February 2024: 7,14,21,28
  • March,2024:6,13,20,27
  • April:3,17,24

3. NO Math Club activities:

• • No-school days.
  • Extreme weathers
  • If there is a math competition in a week, NO online coaching session or NO Wednesday in-person meets.
  • If there are any other unexpected situations, we will also cancel the weekly online coaching session and Wednesday in-person meets, but we will notify students and parents with at least 24 hours' notice. 

Activity Guideline 

  Please adhere to the following guidelines when taking part in various activities organized by EMS PTA Math Club:

  Online Coaching Session:

1. Recording or screenshots during online coaching sessions are strictly prohibited.
2. The Math Club does not provide session recordings for missed sessions.
3. Upon joining the virtual meeting, students should update their display name to their real full name and mute themselves. Questions can be raised using the "raise your hand" feature.
4. The chat window is designated for sharing answers, discussing problem solutions, and anything related to learning.

      5. All participants must show respect to each other and adhere to virtual etiquette. Poor etiquette may result in removal              from virtual meetings.

   Wednesday In-Person Meeting: 

1. No pictures or videos are allowed throughout the event, except for authorized photography approved by Evergreen Middle School, supervised by school teachers or staff.
2. Students are responsible to bring a fully charged laptop, scratch paper, and a pencil for the duration of the event.
3. Video games are strictly prohibited on phones or computers during in-person meetings. Please stow your cell phones in your backpacks.
4. Questions should be completed independently. The Wednesday in-person meeting is designed for academic activities. Participants are encouraged to actively engage with volunteer coaches for questions and solutions.
5. The in-person meeting will conclude at 2:10 pm. Parents/guardians are kindly requested to promptly pick up their students. If students continue with robotic activities, they should stay at the area reserved for the Robotics club.

  On-Site Math Tournaments at Evergreen Middle School: 

1. No pictures or videos are permitted during the entire event under any circumstances.
2. Test takers are expected to bring all items specified by the math club for the math competitions.
3. Strict adherence to the competition rules and regulations is mandatory for all test takers. Any violations of the competition rules will result in the disqualification. 

  Off-Site Math Competitions at Local High Schools/Universities/Companies:

1. No pictures or videos are allowed during off-site math competitions. Participants and their families wishing to capture moments should handle this individually. Obtain permission from competition organizers and venue providers in advance. If capturing people's faces is involved, seek explicit permission and communicate the purpose of photography or videography beforehand. Note that these personal activities are not endorsed, supported, or approved by the math club. Any complaints about photography or videography during off-site events should be directed to the individual responsible. The math club is not involved in this process.
2. Test takers are expected to bring all items specified by the math club for the math competitions.
3. Strict adherence to the competition rules and regulations is mandatory for all test takers. Any violations of the competition rules will result in disqualification.
4. Test takers are expected to show respect to the onsite competition coordinators and any supporting volunteers who are contributing to the event.
5. It is mandatory for test takers to adhere to all rules specified by the onsite coordinators to ensure fair and smooth competition.
6. Test takers are strictly forbidden to take anything within the venue without explicit permission.
7. In the event of any issues arising during the competition, participants should immediately escalate the matter to the EMS chief coach or designated on-site volunteers for prompt resolution.

Spirit of Competition

During the competition cycle, students are NOT allowed to share problems from competitions such as discussion, posting the questions on the forum etc. If the competition states that problems cannot be saved, then these rules must be followed. 

We highly encourage all the students to treat the math competitions as the study tool focusing on learning instead of winning! Hope all the students enjoy the 2023-24 math tournaments! 

Contact us

If you have any questions, please contact us: mathclub@evergreenptsa.org

Club Chair: Liying Cai at Liying@evergreenptsa.org. 

Head Coach & Chief Curriculum Designer: Hongning Wang at s-howang@lwsd.org 

Sr. Coach & Curriculum Designer: Ethan Li at s-yixili@lwsd.org 

Sr. Coach & Curriculum Designer: Alon Ragoler at alan.ragoler@gmail.com