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LEAGUE OFFICE
Macalester College
103 Lampert
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-696-6475
651-696-6492 (fax)
Wayne Roberts
Director
Shari Colvin
Assistant Director
mathleague@macalester.edu
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The Minnesota State High School
Mathematics League was founded in 1980-81 and was modeled after leagues that
have flourished along the U.S. eastern seaboard since the mid 1940s.
The first year four schools participated, followed by sixteen schools in
the second year.
PURPOSE
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The League
exists to identify students who have unusual mathematical ability,
to give them recognition and encouragement, to bring them together
with similarly gifted students for mutual stimulation, and to prod
them into the study of topics not commonly taught in the high school
curriculum.
League
activities are focused on students with unusual mathematical
ability, but they are inextricably related to other concerns in
mathematics education. We have always believed that a program for
gifted students is shortsighted if it is not developed in a way that
strengthens mathematics education for all students. |
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Meet Dates
2008-2009 Season
| Meet 1 |
November 3, 2008 |
| Meet 2 |
November 24, 2008 |
| Meet 3 |
December 15, 2008 |
| Meet 4 |
January 12, 2009 |
| Meet 5 |
February 9, 2009 |
| State
Tournament |
March 9, 2009 |
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ORGANIZATION
Member schools belong to
a division of five to ten schools that often are aligned with their athletic
conference competitors. Each school has a team with a maximum of eight
students, although individual participation is also encouraged. The teams
in each division come together for five meets each season.
The top scoring team,
and in some circumstances the top two teams, and the top scoring students in
each division are invited to the State Tournament which is held on the second
Monday in March at South St Paul High School.
Currently there are
161 schools in the League in 24 divisions. Over 3,000 students participate.
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