Registration for the 2024-2025 Foothill Math Team is now open!
About the FOOTHILL MATH TEAM 2024-2025
Our Math Team has three leagues: 1st graders, Junior League (2nd and 3rd graders) and our Senior League is for 4th and 5th graders. The Math League will be managed by Anirban Rahut.
1st GRADE AND JUNIOR MATH LEAGUE
(For 1st through 3rd grade team members)
Welcome to Junior Math League! Each week, we will introduce a different topic seen on math concepts. Students will have the opportunity to practice math ideas, play math games, and participate in math contests. Please register by clicking below before September 13, 2024.
Practice Dates: We will meet weekly on Fridays at 3pm in the MPR.
Competition Dates: Our Junior Math Team will participate in the Noetic Math competitions this year.
TBA - Math Noetic Competition
Students can participate in as many or as few of these contests as they'd like.
Please register before September 13th by clicking below.
SENIOR MATH LEAGUE
(For 4th through 5th grade team members)
Welcome to Senior Math League! Each week, we will introduce a different math concept. Students will have the opportunity to practice math ideas, play math games, and participate in math contests. Please register before September 13, 2024.
Practice problem sets will be divided into ‘Apprentice’, ‘Builder’, and ‘Challenge’ levels for each topic. Students can choose to work on each topic at their level of comfort. All materials will be collected together in a Google Classroom site.
In general, we introduce all topics from George Lenchner’s book, Creative Problem Solving, as early in the year as possible so that students are familiar with a topic before they see it at a contest. We then review and add content as the year progresses.
Coaches will hold office hours during set times each week and will answer any questions left in the Google Classroom. During office hours, we may go over problems, have the students work together in small groups, or play math games.
During the year, students have the opportunity to participate in:
- 5 total Math Olympiads contests
- Noetic Math Competitions
- individualized lessons and activities on Math Kangaroo Online
Students are free to participate in as many or as few of these contests as they choose.
Please register before September 13th by clicking below.
Parental Commitment:
All Parents must be current on their PTA membership dues and be available to volunteer for a minimum of one session, scrimmage or competition.
Please also ensure that you've completed the parent volunteer waiver and student participant waiver.
All Parents must volunteer for a minimum of one practice session, scrimmage or competition. We will share a sign-up sheet upon registration.
Recommended Resources:
Please note these resources are not mandatory; we are just including for your reference.
George Lenchner. Creative Problem Solving. 1983. This is the primary ‘textbook’ used by MOEMS.
George Polya. How to Solve It. 1945. This classic is still used heavily in mathematics circles and is one of the inspirations for Dr. George Lenchner’s book. You can also read via this PDF online.
Beast Academy. A set of comic books targeting deeper math concepts for students in 2nd-5th grades.
Youcubed contains numerous math games and apps with a low floor (easy to get started) and a high ceiling (room for deep thought about math concepts).
Glen Ellison. Hard Math for Elementary School. 2013. Each chapter goes deeper on a basic mathematical concept. A good resource for longer-term math projects.
Sandor Lehoczky and Richard Rusczyk. The Art of Problem Solving. Volume 1: The Basics, 7th Edition. 2014. This book has clear descriptions of the most common math concepts used in math contests worldwide.
