Fwd: Date Change: Next Math Circle 22 Feb 06

[Roger Frye-2]

A math circle is sort of a cross-institutional mathematics club.  There  
will be kick-off meeting for a local math circle at Santa Fe Prep, Room  
16, on this Wednesday, 22 February at 4pm.  All are welcome, but we are  
especially hoping to attract area teachers.

A pointer to the 1998 article in the San Jose Mercury News that got the  
ball rolling for math circles in the Bay area:
http://www.castilleja.org/faculty/josh_zucker/gunn/bamo/press/sjmerc981027.html

A recent article in the AMS Notices about math circles (PDF format):
http://www.ams.org/notices/200602/fea-tanton.pdf

-Roger

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Subject: Date Change: Next Math Circle 22 Feb 06
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:03:02 -0700

Hello All,
Based on the replies from several of you, I've changed the date of our
next meeting to be on Wednesday the 22nd.  Sorry for the inconvenience
to the rest of you.

Date: Wednesday, 22 February
Times: 4:00-6:00
Place: Santa Fe Prep http://www.sfprep.org/maps-directions.html, Room
16 http://www.sfprep.org/map-campus.html

Proposed agenda:
--A presentation of my experiences in the Bay area, Feb. 1-9.  I
visited math circles there and met with many people.  I also visited
some are schools to see how they integrate problem solving into school
curricula.  This will naturally lead to a discussion of...
--The organization of our own Circle, meeting days, times, and places.
How to recruit students, teachers, schools, and families.  When we will
first meet with students.  And so on.
--Students: I have had some good discussions with Irene Lee and folks
 from other schools and programs that I think willl be great starting
points for recruiting students and sustaining their participation.
--Naming the circle
--Starting a web site

I would also appreciate some thoughts about days and times that seem to
work best for each of you, or alternatively, days and times that won't.

Best,
James



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James C Taylor
Computer Science & Technology Department
Santa Fe Preparatory School
1101 Camino de la Cruz Blanca
Santa Fe, NM  87505
[phone] x241 (voice),  982-2897 (fax)
www.sfprep.org/dept-computer
jtaylor at sfprep.org

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