Fall 2014 Programs

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Congratulations on the start of the school year! Bard College and the surrounding school districts are coming back into session, and we’re excited about math circle programming for the fall.

Events at Bard College, Fall 2014

Saturday, October 18, 1-3pm. Math Circle, including puzzles and games, challenging problems, and a hands-on project that students can take home. We help students strengthen their critical thinking skills and make math more fun.

Saturday, November 15, 1-3pm. Math Circle, including puzzles and games, challenging problems, and a hands-on project that students can take home. We help students strengthen their critical thinking skills and make math more fun.

Tuesday, November 18, 4-7pm. The AMC 8. This Contest contains engaging math problems that are challenging at the middle school level. The exam is intended to inspire, promote enthusiasm, and a healthy attitude towards mathematics. Students will be exposed to the richness of middle school level mathematics at a deeper level than ordinarily encountered in the schools. And after the exam, students will be treated to an engaging math talk from a Bard math professor.

Each of these events is free, but students must register in advance. A registration form will be posted on this page in September. If you’d like us to email you the announcement for when registration opens, please send us a friendly email to bardmathcircle@gmail.com.

Library Programs

Each month also features a math circle at the Kingston and Tivoli libraries. Visit our library page to learn more!

Japheth Wood

I’m Japheth Wood (he/him), the Bard Math CAMP co-director, and a math professor at Bard College. CAMP (which is an acronym for Creative and Analytical Math Program) is a very special week of the year for our young math community. It's inspiring to see our students return year after year. This is our 11th summer of CAMP! We're back once again on the idyllic Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, and thankful to the CAMP students, parents, and staff, for making this mathemagical week happen. Notably, we've (finally) had our first CAMP reunion this past June, an event that I know will grow to be an integral part of what we do.

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Frances Stern

My name is Frances Stern (she/her/hers)! I’ve been teaching math at CAMP since the first year, making sure our math theme has a connection to art and computer. It’s fun to show students math that they don’t see in school. I've retired from daily teaching but continue to teach for the New York Math Circle & students who are seeking more math in their lives. My hobbies include learning to draw, paint, & juggle, reading, walking & folk dancing. I’ve written 2 books for teachers and parents called “Adding Math, Subtracting Tension” (for different age-ranges of children). They pay as much attention to how to keep out of a fight (what many parents told me is a problem) as they do to math.

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