The purpose of the contest is to recognize and honor outstanding mathematics
achievement among students in grades 6 through 12. Interested younger.
UNM-PNM State Wide Mathematics Contest 2012-2013 Dear Math Teacher: The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New Mexico and the PNM Foundation are pleased to announce the 2012‐2013 UNM‐PNM Statewide Mathematics Contest. The purpose of the contest is to recognize and honor outstanding mathematics achievement among students in grades 6 through 12. Interested younger students are also welcome to participate. The contest has two rounds. The exams are designed to test mathematical potential and ingenuity as well as formal knowledge. Round I is administered by volunteer teachers at the student's home school. It can be given at the teacher’s/student’s convenience in the period November 2‐5 and every student should be allowed three hours of uninterrupted work. The top 200 finalists are invited to the UNM Campus on Saturday, February 2, 2013, to compete in Round II. In the morning of February 2 there will be a public lecture by Professor Titu Andreescu, Assistant Coach of the USA IMO Team, Member of the IMO Advisory Board & Founder and Director of Awesome Math. The Round II exam will be administered in the afternoon after a lunch break. We realize that you are using your personal time to administer the First Round. There are funds to compensate you for proctoring the exam at your school. Proctoring teachers will need to send us the reimbursement form which will be available at https://mathcontest.unm.edu/treimbursement.html. If you are not able to offer the exam at your school, Room 105 Education Building at the UNM Campus will be available on Sunday, November 4 from 1‐4 pm for interested students from schools that cannot offer the exam or for students with conflicts. If you have students who would like to take the exam you should register for the exam even if no‐one at your school can proctor. We also have a registration page for the students to register for the exam. Students are not required to register online, but we believe this will help you to know how many students will be attending the first round of the exam. We plan to send you excel spreadsheets a week before the exam with the students who have registered online. You may use this to help recruit students who forgot to sign up and with creating the spreadsheet that you will send back to us with all the students who took the exam at your school. SUMMARY OF DATES AND WHAT TO DO: Saturday, October 22nd, 2012. Deadline for teachers and student registration. Register electronically at http://mathcontest.unm.edu . November 2 – 5, 2012, ROUND I Exam, 3 hours. Administered at the local schools or Sunday, November 4, 1‐4 PM, Room 105 Education Building UNM. Saturday, November 10, 9 AM – noon, Round I Exam grading. Please contact the organizers if you are able to help grading the Round I exam. Saturday, February 2, 2013, 10 – 11 AM, CONTEST LECTURE: Professor Titu Andreescu, University of Texas, Dallas, SMLC Auditorium UNM Campus. Saturday, February 2, 2013, ROUND II Exam, 1 ‐ 4 PM, SMLC Auditorium UNM Campus.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The University of New Mexico. MSC01 1115. 1 University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM 87131-1000. 505.277.4613 Email:
[email protected] . Web: mathcontest.unm.edu
UNM-PNM State Wide Mathematics Contest 2012-2013 Former contest exams in addition to information about the contest can be accessed by the internet address, http://mathcontest.unm.edu. Our goal in sponsoring the Mathematics Contest is to promote mathematical investigation and enhance problem solving skills among the students in our state. Please make copies of this letter for all the mathematics teachers at your school. We are hopeful that this will be an interesting, challenging, and educational contest to all applicable students. Enclosed you will find a contest poster to be hung in the Guidance Office and in math classes. Schools are encouraged to register electronically on the web: http://mathcontest.unm.edu by October 22nd, 2012. If you are unable to register electronically, please let us know so we can help you out. We plan on having a greater portion of the contest communication reach our participants electronically. Please be sure to include your contact person’s e‐mail address on the contest entry form. There will be a session for grading the Round I exam on Saturday, November 10, from 9:00 AM until 12:00 noon in the Science and Mathematics Learning Center Room 356 at UNM where refreshments will be served. We would love to have as many of you dedicated mathematics teachers as possible participating. We realize it is impractical for all but Albuquerque area teachers, but please let other teachers in your department know. Yet again PNM will sponsor the contest enabling us to expand and raise the level of contest awareness and recognition to a higher status. All of the benefits will be passed on directly to the students and their participating schools. Students who make it to the second round will receive a t‐shirt. Cash awards for the top scorers, the highest scoring seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen and 6th‐8th graders will also be given. In addition some of the 2nd‐5th place students in each grade category will receive cash awards. All winners will also receive award books. In appreciation for the tremendous support provided to the students, the teachers and all volunteers helping with the mathematics contest will also be recognized. A celebratory banquet will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Ballroom C of the Student Union Building on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque from noon‐2:30pm. Winners along with two personal guests and their teachers will be invited to attend this special occasion. We are looking forward to working with you. Please encourage your students to participate. Together we can provide an opportunity for your students that will increase their problem solving skills and receive some well‐deserved recognition for their efforts! Do not hesitate to call or e‐mail us if we can be of any assistance ‐ Department of Mathematics & Statistics: Janet Vassilev, phone 277‐2214, email
[email protected] or Dimiter Vassilev, 277‐2136,
[email protected]. Sincerely yours, Janet Vassilev Dimiter Vassilev UNM‐PNM Statewide Mathematics Contest Co‐Director
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The University of New Mexico. MSC01 1115. 1 University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM 87131-1000. 505.277.4613 Email:
[email protected] . Web: mathcontest.unm.edu
