Registration for MATHCOUNTS ®
2008-2009 Programs for All U.S. Middle Schools is Now Open
MATHCOUNTS OPLET, a web-based library
of MATHCOUNTS problems scheduled to launch late Fall 2008
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) September 3, 2008 --
As students return to classrooms to begin the new school year,
MATHCOUNTS (www.mathcounts.org)
is gearing up for its 26th year of providing
teachers and coaches with new programs, promotions and math problems
that engage and educate middle-schoolers in fun and exciting ways. In
addition to the free Math Club Program available to any middle school
that wants to form a math club, The MATHCOUNTS Competition Program will
also help prepare them for the national Math Bee that will be held this
year on May 8, 2009 in Orlando, Florida.
MATHCOUNTS® is a
non-profit national math enrichment, coaching and competition program
that promotes middle school mathematics achievement in every U.S. state
and territory, and is one of the most successful education partnerships
involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors and students in
America.
“Middle school is the perfect time to teach
kids about creative problem solving and to encourage and help guide
critical thinking,” according to Lou DiGioia,
Executive Director of the MATHCOUNTS Foundation. “Our
Competition and Math Club materials help make learning math as fun and
as challenging as a school sport. It’s a
winning experience - and one that prepares our Mathletes®
for success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers.
They represent our future in a changing world and global economy.”
Registration for the 2008-2009 MATHCOUNTS Competition Program or
MATHCOUNTS Club Program is now open by registering on the web site (www.mathcounts.org),
and currently more than 50,000 copies of the MATHCOUNTS School
Handbook will be distributed to middle schools across the country
this week. Thousands of teachers currently use the free materials every
year to supplement classroom materials or as an extracurricular activity.
MATHCOUNTS programs capitalize on a pivotal point in a child’s
development by exposing students to more math and engaging them in fun
activities. The programs offer teachers, kids and parents terrific free
materials to aid them in math enrichment and MATHCOUNTS prepares kids
for a high-tech future that will require mathematics related skills to
achieve success. Over the last 25 years, more than 7 million students
have used MATHCOUNTS materials and over 41,000 middle-schoolers from all
50 states and U.S. Territories compete in local and regional MATHCOUNTS
Competitions each year. The final 228 students advance to the Raytheon
MATHCOUNTS National Competition to vie for the top spot as the national
math bee winner.
Launching in late fall 2008 will be an invaluable math resource, the
MATHCOUNTS OPLET (Online Problem Library and Extraction Tool), a
database of 10,000 problems and the ability to work with them to create
personalized worksheets, flash cards and Problems of the Day. After
purchasing a 12-month subscription to this online resource, the user
will have access to MATHCOUNTS School Handbook and MATHCOUNTS
competition problems from the past 10 years and the ability to extract
the problems in personalized formats. Materials and information are
available at the newly redesigned website www.mathcounts.org.
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