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About OC Math Circle
The Orange County Math Circle was founded in 2007 by math enthusiast Johnny Li (Harvard University, Class of 2015) to bring his experience from San Diego Math Circle to share with more students in his hometown. Please read Orange County Math Circle, A Service Learning Project by Dr. Michelle Muratori of Johns Hopkins University to learn more about its history.
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Dear friends,
An organization like ours consists of students that wish to contribute to the community. Not only do our volunteers care for the kids they help out, but they care about teaching for the sake of teaching and learning for the sake of learning.
The Orange County Math Circle is committed to bringing about change throughout OC. We hope to inspire children to learn and develop new critical thinking skills. But we also hope to change the environment in Orange County by raising awareness about math and science competitions.
That's why we are pleased to announce that OCMC is now in the news. Just last month we were covered by the Orange County Register for the New Year's Invitational and we have since been contacted by a Korean broadcasting channel to film our work in Santa Ana.
As we continue to provide service to our community, it is our hope that more coverage follows, since the work we do is important both for the students we help out NOW but also for the future OC students that one day might want to explore math.
Alex Zivkovic
President, OCMC
University High School, Class of 2013
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All Gilr's Math Tournament
May 20, 2012 at St. Anne School
The annual All-Girls Math Tournament held jointly by Orange County Math Circle and St. Anne School will be on Sunday, May 20th, 2012. Like years before, the tournament will be held at St. Anne School from 12:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon and is open to all girls 3rd through 8th grade. The tournament will consist of both a written individual round and an activity for team round. There will also be a guest speaker for the tournament, followed by awards for each grade and candy for top teams.
Registration is now open to about 40 students per grade level on a first-come first-serve basis. Please register using the link on the All-Girls Tournament event page. The registration deadline is May 13, 2012. For questions and tournament information please contact tournament co-directors Anne Chen and Staphany Hou.
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Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition
March 3, 2012 at California Institute of Technology
The Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition is a team competition for students who have high-school math level organized by the Caltech and Harvey Mudd math clubs. The 2012 Spring CHMMC will be held on Saturday, March 3 at Caltech.
Orange County Math Circle will send a team to this competition. Interested students should contact Alex Zivkovic.
For event information, click CHMMC 2012.
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Third Annual New Year's Invitational
January 14, 2012 On January 14th, over 150 students from all over Orange County attended OCMC's 2012 New Year's Invitational, held at University High School in Irvine and was organized by 30 high school volunteers. The tournament structure was based on that of MathCounts, the premier math competition for middle school students, and students gained valuable experience for the actual contest later this year. For more information, read |
Math for Service Grant Opportunity February - April, 2012 Jonathan Li, founder of Orange County Math Circle, has formed a new organization, Math for Service. The goal of Math for Service is to support students-initiated service-learning projects in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). One of our first initiatives is the Math for Service Grant. It will be aimed to help local start-up organizations prosper by providing some initial funding. We hope that this program will both encourage student initiatives, as well as ease the burden of finances. All are welcome to apply. Please email Jonathan Li at [email protected] if you are interested. |
| Santa Ana Math Club Filmed for EBS
February 11, 2012, Santa Ana, CA
On Saturday, February 11, the Korean broadcasting network, EBS, filmed OCMC volunteers helping out their students in Santa Ana. Students participated in mental math activities, estimation jars, and ran through a tournament-style 24 competition. The card game emphasized mental math skills and helped students prepare for tournament-style competitions in the future. The camera crew interviewed two Santa Ana students and OCMC's president, Alex Zivkovic.
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