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Math Olympiad for Middle Schools

The Math Olympiad Track prepares students for major math competitions at middle school and high school levels. Depends on students’ personal interests and priorities, they can find meaningful and challenging programs to meet their needs. We provide training and opportunities, and mentorship for our students to compete in major middle school math competitions such as MATHCOUNTS, AMC 8, and MOEMS.

Overview

Avid Academy will offer the following math competitions to middle school students during the 2006 - 2007 school year:

MOEMS Division M - Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle School Division M
AMC 8
AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME (High school competitions available to top middle school students)
MATHCOUNTS
California Math League
Orange County Math League
Orange County Math Olympiad

All Avid students are eligible to participate if a contest is not available at their school.

E210 - Introductory Math Competitions

In this introductory course, we will teach a four-step problem solving method developed by Dr. George Polya in the context of 10 commonly used problem solving strategies:

Drawing a picture or diagram
Making an organized list
Making a table
Solving a simpler related problem
Finding a pattern
Guessing and checking
Experimenting
Acting out the problem
Working backwards
Writing an equation

Problems selected from past MOEMS (Math Olympiad for Elementary and Middle Schools) competitions will be used to illustrate the concepts and teach the techniques. The students will also participate in five rounds of MOEMS Division M competition.

Prerequisite:	Students in GATE programs
Grades:	6^th - 7^th Grade Honor students
Total Time:	60 Hours (30 meetings at 2.0 hours per meeting)
Next Course:	E220 - Intermediate Math Competitions

E220 - Intermediate Math Competitions

This class continues the development of problem solving skills, but focus more on problem solving speed and accuracy. The students will be challenged to solve difficult problems in several different settings:

Countdown – solve problems mentally.
Sprint – solve problems in less than 1 minute each without using a calculator.
Target – solve complex problems in 3 minutes each using a calculator.
Team – solve difficult problems with a team of four students.

Problems selected from past MATHCOUNTS competitions will be used to illustrate the concepts and teach the techniques. The students will participate in MOEMS Division M as well as AMC 8 and MATHCOUNTS contests.

Prerequisite:	E210 - Introductory Math Competitions
Grades:	7^th - 8^th Grade Honor students
Total Time:	60 Hours (30 meetings at 2.0 hour per meeting)
Next Course:	E230 - Advanced Math Competitions

E230 - Advanced Math Competitions

This class is a bridge between middle school and high school math competitions. Top students will compete for regional and national awards on middle school math competitions while participate in high school contests such as AMC 10 and AMC 12.

Prerequisite:	E220 - Intermediate Math Competitions
Grades:	7^th - 8^th Grade Honor students
Total Time:	60 Hours (30 meetings at 2.0 hour per meeting)
Next Course:	G210 - Introductory Math Olympiad

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