Fall is a Busy Time for ecae 

The competition math season is just getting underway.  This fall, ecae has added two new sections to the Competitive Math Training program.  Karl Bunday’s Math for Young Competitors (also known as Math Level ZERO) now has an early and late morning session.  The two groups are defined by students who have previously participated in the class  and those who are new to the program.  Matthias Hunt’s Competitive Math Training Level 1 also has an early and late morning session.  Due to lower numbers, the late morning session is being run as a small group tutorial rather than a traditional class.

All classes participate in at least one math competition.  This is, afterall, competitive math training!  Many parents ask if their student needs to have competed before, or are concerned that the competition may be too overwhelming.  Our experience has shown that incorporating competition in math is simply a natural extension of a student’s desire to do it well.  The competitions we select are fun, engaging, and always a challenge to students.  Almost all come away with the desire to know the correct solution, and more importantly, find out how it was solved.  This fall, ecae students will be competing in the following math competitions:  Continental Math League Pythogorean Division Grade 5, Math Olympiad Middle School Division Grade 6-8, American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 8 and AMC 12.  The AMC competitions require students to register separately.  Registration information is available under “Mathematics Competitions”.

West Metro Physics Team Meets on Tuesdays

The physics team has begun meeting weekly on Tuesday nights.  Twelve students from the surrounding metro area get together to tackle competitive physics problem solving approaches.  Andrzej Stankiewicz is in his fourth year as coach of the team and is being assisted this year by Pankaj Mishra, a professional engineer who also has a student on the team.  The team will continue to prepare for the USPT United States Physics Team qualifying exam in January and the Physics Bowl in April.