WSMA Services
1. Expansion of Math Club Programs
The Washington Student Math Association seeks to build and encourage the start-up
of math clubs in schools that do not yet have a math club program. We will provide
aspiring club leaders and coaches with the requisite materials and direction needed
to successfully start and run a school math club. Resoures and guidance will be
provided by schools that currently are a part of the WSMA network: our starter pack
materials. Guidance will be provided online in the form of a regularly updated mailing
list as well as through an informational website. Motivational seminars and informational
meetings will be held in central public locations throughout the year, as we invite
speakers from all levels of extracurricular math involvement to present their experiences
and wisdom. We will proactively expand through school district presentations, individual
school presentations, and member visits to individual clubs. Any daughter schools
will also become members and contributors to the WSMA network.
2. Sustaining a State-wide Network
The Washington Student Math Association also provides communicative and interactive
opportunities for all member schools through a symbiotic network. This network is
a means of sharing new ideas and circulating old practices to collaboratively construct
a higher standard for math club operations and infrastructure. The WSMA community
operates primarily through regular meetings, but can be available to the public
through publications (articles and video recordings) that are continually catalogued
online as well through a forum and Q&A services. The WSMA website is also an
accessible gateway where other math resources online and in print are available
and listed for public purposes.
3. Year-long Practice Opportunities
The Washington Student Math Association holds year-long practices open for current
and aspiring math club members, as well as other interested members of the public.
Meetings are hosted and arranged by the members of the ARML (American Regions Math
League) Washington state team. The ARML team consists of the top 30 individual high
school math competitors selected annually to represent the state of Washington at
the national ARML contest. All participants in these practices must either be a
registered member of WSMA or a member of the previous year's ARML team. To participate,
contact WSMA for more details.
4. Math Expos and Tutoring Events
The Washington Student Math Association hosts a series of "Math Expos" as free,
group math lessons and tutoring events on a monthly basis. Our aim with these expos
is to raise interest and excitement about mathematics among K-12 students. Students
who come to our expos will gain skills and problem solving abilities that will aid
them in later in their academic careers and the corporate world. Most importantly,
we seek to make math fun and engaging for students who are willing to take the extra
step outside of school to learn and/or seek help with math.
