BARD MATH CIRCLE

MAY We Expect You at these Upcoming Events?

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You May wish to take note of some of these cool upcoming math events, especially since this is the last month of our mathematical school year!

May Library Programs

We have two library programs this month.

Tivoli Free Library

On Friday, May 6th, please join us at the Tivoli Free Library on 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583. We will play games, solve puzzles, and tackle interesting problems from 4:00 until 5:30 pm.

Kingston Library

On Saturday, May 14th, we welcome one and all to the Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401. The Children’s Department is undergoing renovation, so we will meet upstairs in the Story Hour Room. Join us at 1:00 until 3:00 pm for some enriching problem solving and fun, math-themed crafts! OR, come by early to participate in the 6th annual Chalk Walk from 12:30pm-2:00pm. Bring your creativity! The chalk is provided.

All library programs are run on a drop-in basis, and registration is not required. We do ask students to sign in each time, and to provide their name, grade, and school. This is done electronically for Kingston, so please sign in using this link at least once this year.

C.A.M.P. Summer 2016

The 2016 CAMP Application is live; Apply for CAMP 2016 here!

The Bard Math Circle is pleased to announce the CAMP (Creative and Analytical Math Program), set for August 22–26, 2016. This advanced week-long math enrichment program is intended for motivated middle school students currently in grades 5–8.

Dates: Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM each day
Location: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Cost: $225. Need-based financial aid is available.
Lunch: Lunch will be provided in Kline Commons, the Bard College cafeteria.

For more information about CAMP, please visit bardmathcircle.org. This website contains the latest information about the program, as well as archival blog posts and information from last summer.

Purple Comet! Results

We would like to extend thanks to all who participated in the Purple Comet! math contest at Bard this year! Our two teams ranked 9th and 20th place in New York State; check out our website soon for more detailed results. Great job, everyone! We invite you all to participate again next year, whether you competed this year or not.

Let’s end this year with a bang! We are excited to see you all at these final events to close out a great year.

Bard Math Circle
bardmathcircle.org
bardmathcircle@gmail.com

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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