MATHCOUNTS

MATHCOUNTS is a nationwide mathematics competition program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.  Each year, the National MATHCOUNTS Foundation provides free handbooks to teachers and schools across the country.  The handbook contains more than 300 challenging math problems designed to promote higher order thinking skills and problem solving strategies. 
MATHCOUNTS appreciates the generous donations from these sponsors:










 

Teachers use these materials to coach their students as part of the competition program and many supplement their regular lesson plans with MATHCOUNTS materials.  After several months of coaching, participating schools select students to compete individually or as part of a team in a local competitions coordinated by   TSPE Chapters.  Teachers or coaches may organize school competitions to determine official team members.        
 

Local Chapter Competitions are held in February each year and are comprised of three rounds of written testing – Sprint, Target, and Team.  The top 10 students from the written testing are selected to compete in a fast-paced head to head oral Countdown Round.  The Countdown Round is used for fun and to practice for the state level competition.  At least four (4) teams and four (4) individuals from the Preston Trail competition will advance to compete at the state level, where the top four (4) students and their coaches earn the right to represent their state at the national level.  The national competition is typically held in May.  Travel expenses for the State teams and coaches are paid by the MATHCOUNTS Foundation.

 

 

 

2012 MATHCOUNTS UPDATE

Congratulations Preston Trail Chapter for a strong showing at the MATHCOUNTS State competition!

Jeffrey Huang and Michael Ma along with 2 others are going to represent Texas at Nationals on May 11th !

2012 State Top 20 finishers (showing only Preston Trail Chapter)
1st -  Jeffrey Huang,  Rice Middle School
2nd -  Michael Ma, Rice Middle School
7th -  Vinjai Vale, Gnanam Academy
13th - Brian Du, Rice Middle School
19th - Daran Zhao, Rice Middle School

2012 State Top 40% Teams (showing only Preston Trail Chapter)
2nd place – Rice Middle School
14th place – Greenhill School
21st place – DeWitt Perry Middle School
23rd place – Hendrick Middle School

Full Results from the Texas state competition can be found HERE.

2012 MATHCOUNTS RESULTS

       

The following will be competing with schools around the state on March 24, 2012 in Austin!

 Preston Trail Chapter

TEAMS

  1. Rice Middle School
  2. Greenhill School
  3. Coppell Middle School West
  4. Hendrick Middle School
  5. Renner Middle School
  6. Coppell Middle School East (Wildcard addition)
  7. DeWitt Perry Middle School (Wildcard addition)

 

INDIVIDUALS

  1. Daran Zhao, Rice Middle School
  2. Vinjai Vale, Gnanam Academy
  3. Albert Yue, Rice Middle School
  4. Sachit Menon, Rice Middle School
  5. Sai Javangula, Coppell Middle School West

 

Northeast TX Chapter

TEAM

  1. Lone Oak Middle School

INDIVIDUALS

  1. Hannah Wooten, Lone Oak Middle School
  2. Cody Floyd, Lone Oak Middle School

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR TO CHECK OUT PICTURES FROM THIS YEARS COMPETITION!

2012 MATHCOUNTS INFORMATION

Preston Trail Chapter MATHCOUNTS
Chapter Competition Agenda & Volunteering
Saturday, February 11, 2012
@University of Texas at Dallas, Karl Hoblitzelle Hall

Want to help kids discover the love of math and engineering?  Come on Competition Day & volunteer with us.  Competition Day agenda and Volunteer duties descriptions can be found HERE.  Grab a few co-workers & friends and SIGN UP and send list to Angela Matthews (Add link to amatthews@saenzbury.com) by February 1, 2012.

7:30-8:30 am Registration, Calculator Check

·       SET UP (6:30am-7:30am)-setup signs, tables, chairs, and testing rooms

·       BREAKFAST/SNACK CREW (7:00am-10:30am)

·       GREETER (7:30am-8:45am)-hand out goodie bags and t-shirts, checks calculators

·       REGISTRATION (7:30am-8:45am)-check in schools, tally number of students, and verify name spelling

·       PROCTOR (8:15am-12:00pm)-Watches students, administers exam, checks calculators

·       GRADER (9:00am-1:00pm)-answers are provided, duties are to grade exams and trade with partner to grade the same exam twice.

·       RUNNER (Arrive by 8:00am)- assisting in running tests, materials and other coordination help from each room.

·       LUNCH CREW (11:00am-1:00pm)

·       CLEAN UP (2:00-3:30pm) pack up material and cleanup
8:30-8:55 am Opening Remarks
9:00-9:50 am Sprint Round (no spectators)
9:50-10:15 am Break
10:15-10:55 am Target Round (no spectators)
11:00-11:30 am Team Round (no spectators)
11:30am-1:00 pm Lunch
1:15-2:00 pm Countdown Round (Spectators Welcome)
2:00-3:00 pm Trophies, Awards, Prizes (Spectators Welcome)

Coffee, donuts and pizza lunch is provided on day of event.

Can’t make it on competition day but still want to help?  Contact us below.  We have other volunteer opportunities weeks & days before the event (i.e. assembling goodie bags, stuffing test packets, buying food, etc).

Email: Angela Matthews, amatthews@saeznbury.com or Michael Batuna, mbatuna@fugro.com for more information.

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MATHCOUNTS Tidbits

  • With over 23 years experience, MATHCOUNTS is one of the most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors and students.
  • To help familiarize teachers and coaches with the materials and to provide coaching methods and tips, TSPE/TEF sponsors and coordinates MATHCOUNTS teacher workshops across the state each year.
  • These workshops are free of charge and are recognized by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for Talented and Gifted Professional Development hours and by the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) for up to four (4) Awareness Certification hours.
  • MATHCOUNTS challenges students’ math skills, develops their self confidence and rewards them for their achievements.    

Upcoming Events / Dates

MATHCOUNTS COMPETITION
PRESTON TRAIL/NORTH EAST TEXAS CHAPTERS
Saturday, February 11, 2012
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) campus

Sponsorships

Please consider sponsoring this worthwhile outreach program in building our next generation of engineers.  As a sponsor, your funds will help us in providing awards, t-shirts, food, door prizes, goodies bags and supplies for nearly 250 students, 100+ teachers/coaches/parents and 50+ volunteers

Texas Engineering Foundation (make checks payable to TEF, our 501(c)3 foundation set up for fundraising)
MathCounts/Preston Trail Chapter
PO Box 2145
Austin, TX 78768-2145

Volunteer Information

Volunteers are needed every year to help with grading the tests, proctoring the competitions, and greeting the students and teachers the morning of the competition.  If you would be interesting in helping out, please contact Angela Matthews.

Past Winners & Results

2011 MATHCOUNTS Competition Results

Teams Advancing to State: Rice Middle School, Greenhill School,  Coppell Middle School West, Coppell Middle School North, Frankford Middle School

Individuals Advancing to State:  Franklin Zhang – Haggard Middle School, Nirmal Madhavapeddi – Murphy Middle School,  Brian Du – Rice Middle School, Shawn Ren – Rice Middle School, Michael Hashe – Rice Middle School

Link to the state results webpage.

2010 MATHCOUNTS Competition Results

Teams Advancing to State - Rice Middle School, Schimelpfening Middle School,  Frankford Middle School  Greenhill School, and Coppell Middle School West

Individuals Advancing to State - Niranjan Balachandar - Coppell Middle School West

Link to the state results webpage.

2009 MATHCOUNTS Competition Results

Teams Advancing to State - Rice Middle School, Schimelpfening Middle School,    Greenhill School, Robinson Middle School, and Dewitt Perry Middle School

Individuals Advancing to State - Keisuke Takaya - Coppell Middle School West, Ting (Emily) Wang - Rice Middle School,  Max Lu - Haggard Middle School, Cody Freitag - Austin Academy for Excellence, and Leon Chambers - Bowman Middle School

Need More Information?

Need more information on the MATHCOUNTS program? Visit their official website by clicking HERE.