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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,
With the onset of the holiday season and the end of 2012, I would like to thank everyone who has participated in OCMC events. Most of all, I would like to thank everyone who made a contribution for our cause at the Thanksgiving Tournament-all of your help is much appreciated. As a new year approaches (or maybe the end of the world, according to the Mayans), OCMC is bouncing around new ideas and suggestions. As always, I would be happy to hear your opinions on anything that we could improve on or any events that you would like to see take place.
I hope everyone has a joyous and stress-free holiday as well as a great start to the New Year. Good luck to all the seniors applying for colleges!
Thanks again,
Holly Zhou
Newsletter Editor, OCMC
Villa Park High School, Class of 2014
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Problem of the Month
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Yang, the winner of the November Problem of the Month! The answer to last month's problem was 40.
December's Problem: If p is a prime number greater than 3, then how many factors does the number 6p have? Please submit all answers to: hollyz@outlook.com. The participant who submits the correct answer first will receive a prize. Have any ideas for the next problem of the month? Please submit your problem ideas to hollyz@outlook.com.
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OC Register Golden Envelopes
As many of you know, it takes a lot of support from volunteers, parents, and the community to keep OCMC going. Daily subscribers of the OC Register are being sent "golden envelopes," with a $100 cheque enclosed that can be written out to any nonprofit organization of their choice. After filling the check in, all subscribers have to do is to mail it back to OC Register (an enveloped is enclosed), and the organization you pick will receive $100 towards advertising and promoting! So, if you and your family happen to be daily subscribers of OC Register, please be on the lookout for this envelope. If you receive it, please write Orange County Math Circle on the check, sign it, and send it back to OC Register! Thank you so much for your support!
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2012 Thanksgiving Toy Drive
A huge Thank You to all the participants and their families who contributed toys to our toy Thanksgiving Tournament Toy Drive. We collected over 60 toys! Thanks to you, 60 students at Franklin Elementary School, Santa Ana, will be receiving toys this Christmas. Thank you for warming their hearts. |
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2012 AMC 8 Results
The Orange County Math Circle hosted the 2012 AMC 8 with 178 participants. We want to send out a special thank you to Professor Alessandra Pantano from UC Irvine Math Department for supervising the event and our parent volunteers who proctored the exam. Providing a gap in the community, the OCMC stepped in to provide the AMC competitions this year. We had received the results and notified all students of their scores. Overall, 18 students were awarded Distinction (top 1% nationwide, score >=22), 41 students received Honor Roll (top 5% nationwide, score >= 18), and 30 students made Achievement Roll (6th grade or below and score >= 15). One student, Edward Xu, received a perfect score. Congratulations to all participants! For more information, please visit OCMC Website. |
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OC Math Circle hosts a successful Thanksgiving Math Tournament
The Orange County Math Circle held its 4th annual Thanksgiving Tournament November 24th. A hefty attendance of at least 142 elementary school students from across Orange County gathered at this big event to celebrate Thanksgiving in their own way. In a rigorous math competition, students passionate about math engaged in a friendly but fast-paced contest of mathematical skill. Like the previous tournaments, this year's consisted of an individual round and a team round - a refreshing opportunity for students to exercise their creativity, tackle challenging problems with friends, and go beyond what they are taught in school.
Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition
On Saturday, November 17, 2012, 45 teams of approximately 6 students per team gathered in the small square of the Harvey Mudd College, milling into the Galileo building for a fun-filled day of math. These students came from all over Southern California, including a few teams from Northern California, who have traveled to participate in the competition held by the Caltech and Harvey Mudd Math Clubs.
Afterward came a welcoming lecture on the magic of 3 by 3 magic squares, and an introduction of the Harvey Mudd Math Club members and the competition's organizers.
Interested students in joining this extremely fun and mathematical event should participate next year's Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competition, held at Caltech.
TEDxYouth
Sunday, December 9 was a sunny winter day, full of possibilities, and none were better than the possibilities at TEDxYouthBommerCanyon, an independently organized TED event held at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California to a sold-out audience. Three members of the OC Scholar staff were there and enjoyed an afternoon filled with ideas, activities, and speeches from twelve speakers who discussed topics ranging from skateboarding to hip hop dance to musical therapy.
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| New Year Invitational, a MATHCOUNTS Scrimmage
To have an exciting afternoon filled with math and fun, come to the 2013 New Year Invitational hosted by the Orange County Math Circle! It will be held at University High School on January 19, 2013, from 1 to 5 PM. The format will be similar to the MATHCOUNTS competition, with a Sprint round of 30 problems and a Target round of 8 problems, as well as a Team Round. At the very end, there will be an extremely fascinating round called the Countdown Round in which a few of the top placers compete in speed. Fifth to eighth graders, come to reunite with old friends, make new friends, and most of all, have fun! Visit the OCMC New Year Invitational Event Page to register.
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2013 AMC 10/12 Registrations The Orange County Math Circle will be providing the 2013 AMC 10 and 12 on February 5 and 20. More information is available here for those who would like to register. |
High School Math Club Stanford Math Tournament: Orange County Math Circle plans to field a team for the Stanford Math Tournament at Stanford University on February 2, 2013. This is an onsite competition, so team members will travel to Stanford on Friday and compete on Saturday. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Eric Xu. Math Day at the Beach: CSULB's annual Math Day at the Beach competition will be on March 23, 2013. High school students who are interested should contact their schools to register a team. If your school will not send a team but you would still like to attend, please contact Dr. Kent Merryfield. Upcoming Meetings:
The next High School Math Club meeting will be on January 20, 2013 beginning at 1:30 PM at UCI Natural Sciences II Room 1201 (Campus Map). The meetings prepare students for high school math tournaments, as well as the AMC 10/12 and AIME. Anyone who is interested is encouraged to attend.
The next UCI Math Circle meeting will be on January 26, 2013 from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM at UCI Natural Sciences II Room 1201. See here for more information.
If you have any questions, please contact Eric Xu or Yelena Mandelshtam. |
| MATHCOUNTS Preparation
After preparing students for the AMC 8 exam in November, the OC Math Circle is now hosting free MATHCOUNTS classes for the upcoming competition in February. Former MATHCOUNTS competitors are teaching 6-8 grade students key concepts and problem solving techniques through practice tests and engaging activities.
Classes will resume after winter break on January 12, January 26, and February 2. For an updated calendar, please visit the OCMC website.
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer as a mentor, please contact either Dennis Shim or Wendy Wei.
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| Santa Ana Math Club
After having a month of no lessons, the Santa Ana Math Club students were itching to resume, and instructors kicked right into algebra and functions, the main focus of the day. As the last session of the year, Christmas spirit filled the air, and we mixed games and treats with lessons.
The next SAMC meeting will be held on January 19th at Lathrop Intermediate (1111 South Broadway, Santa Ana). If you would like to volunteer as an instructor, please email Anne Chen.
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