Mathletes

Goals: 

• To stimulate enthusiasm and a love for Mathematics
• To teach major strategies for problem solving
• To develop flexibility in solving problems
• To strengthen Mathematical intuition
• To foster creativity and ingenuity
• To provide for the satisfaction, joy, and thrill of meeting challenges
• To learn to work effectively on a small team
• To cultivate risk taking and tenacity

Our philosophy: Your brain is like a muscle - you have to use it to make it stronger. Mathletes will be solving challenging problems every week in practice. 

Online Curriculum:  Our proprietary curriculum is online. As a result, students have the opportunity to tackle fun challenges through the week in practice AND at home.  We have organized problems into progressively more difficult problem sets. This gives Mathletes multiple opportunities to feel successful. All answers are processed online, giving students immediate feedback.

Math Competitions: Competitions do a fantastic job creating fun problems. They are often visual in nature, and are usually very different from what you find in a typical school setting. We do not approach competitions as a high-stakes endeavor. The goal is to have fun and try to solve some interesting - and challenging - problems.

Math Olympiad:  During the 'Olympiad Season' (Nov-March), students participate in 5 Math Olympiads during our regularly scheduled practices. Our team will be in Division E (4th, 5th, and 6th graders).  Students also participate in Junior Olympiads authored by Coach K.  

Math Kangaroo: Students are encouraged to sign up for Math Kangaroo. This competition takes place once a year. We will practice on problems throughout the school year. 

Fan4: This is a proprietary online math competition founded and authored by Coach K. Last spring (2022) over 100 teams with students from 59 schools in the Bay Area participated.