SoL Math Team Schedule
Summary
SoL Math Team sessions are generally scheduled school-day Wednesdays (Forum JH on competition math) and Fridays (symposia on recreational math) from September through February. after school from 4:30 to about 5:30 pm via Zoom. JH Math League meets occur on five Mondays (usually) from 4:30 to about 5:30 pm (maybe longer) via a web-based competition application.
Monthly calendars are provided below. For handy reference, here is the 2020-21 ERA Academic Calendar.
JH Math League Meet Schedule
The JH Math League regular season consists of 5 after-school meets. The tentative meet dates and times for the 2020-21 season are as follows:
- Meet 1: 4:30-5:30 pm Monday, 10/5 2020, online via a web-based competition application
- Meet 2: 4:30-5:30 pm Monday, 10/26 2020, online via a web-based competition application
- Meet 3: 4:30-5:30 pm Friday , 12/18 2020, online via a web-based competition application
- Meet 4: 4:30-5:30 pm Monday, 1/8 2020, online via a web-based competition application
- Meet 5: 4:30-5:30 pm Wednesday, 1/27 2021, online via a web-based competition application
SoL Math Team September 2020 Schedule
Here is the September 2020 schedule. All sessions begin at 4:30 pm and last up to an hour. Meets may last a little longer. Wednesday forums explore competition (school-like) junior-high (JH) math. Friday symposia explore recreational (game-like) math.
Week of 21-25 September 2020
- Mon 9/21 Joint SoL Math Team and SoR Math Team information session
- Wed 9/23 Forum JH: SoL Math Team welcome, JH Math League overview, Meet 1 preparation
- Fri 9/25 Symposium: magic squares
- Wed 9/30 Forum JH: Meet 1 preparation
- Fri 10/2 Symposium: Matchstick problems
SoL Math Team October 2020 Schedule
Week of 5-9 October 2020
- Mon 10/5 Forum JH: The MNJHML online meet site
- Wed 10/7 Forum JH: Topic TBD
- Fri 10/9 Symposium: Topic TBD
- [Tentative] Mon 10/5: SoL Meet 1
- [No school; Parent/teacher conferences & Fall break]
- Wed 10/21 Forum JH: Topic TBD
- Fri 10/23 Symposium: numerology, triskaidekaphobia, Halloween
- [Tentative] Mon 10/26: SoL Meet 2
- Wed 10/28 Forum JH: Topic TBD
- Fri 10/30: [No school, Staff development]
SoL Math Team November 2020 Schedule
Week of 2-6 November 2020
- Wed 11/4 Forum JH: Topic TBD
- Fri 11/6 Symposium: Topic TBD
- Tue 11/10: AMC 8 [Time & Location TBD]
- Wed 11/11 Forum JH: Topic TBD
- Fri 11/13 Symposium: Topic TBD
- [Tentative] Mon 11/16: SoL Meet 3
- Wed 11/18 Forum JH: Topic TBD
- Fri 11/20 Symposium: Topic TBD
- [No school Wed or Fri, Thanksgiving Break]
SoL Math Team December 2020 Schedule
Week of 30 November - 4 December 2020
- Wed 12/2 Forum JH
- Fri 12/4 Symposium: Greatest common factor, least common multiple, percent
- Mon 12/7: SoL Meet 2
- Wed 12/9 Forum JH: Percent (continued), negative and zero exponents, square roots (simplifying radical expressions)
- Fri 12/11 Forum JH: Solving more complex one-variable equations, surface area and volume, counting with combinations
- Wed 12/16 Symposium: The book Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol (pen name of mathematician Charles Dodgson)
- Mon 12/18: SoL Meet 3
- [No school, Winter Break]
- [No school, Winter Break]