Talk for Parents by Prof. Po-Shen Loh on Saturday 5/22

Hi everyone,

Prof. Po-Shen Loh has agreed to give a talk for parents on our teams and the surrounding region on Saturday 5/22, 3:00-4:30pm PDT, immediately preceding our practice this Saturday (which remains 4pm-7pm Pacific time, as usual). He is a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, founder of NOVID, Expii, and the Daily Challenge, and national coach of the USA International Mathematics Olympiad team.

One of my personal goals for our ARML team is to develop it into a hub not just for ARML, but for all sorts of opportunities in the region. That's one reason for the activities in the final hour of practice every weekend. I've really enjoyed working with students and coaches from a diverse set of math organizations such as AlphaStar, AMT, BMT, Euler Circle, mathleague.org, MMT, NanoMath, SMT, etc to create a wide range of activities, including some fun activities this weekend. Prof. Loh's talk is a natural addition to this lineup of activities.

While most of our activities have been for students, I recognize that parents play an important role in our ecosystem as well. The challenges of supporting remote learning has also made this an especially difficult year for many parents. That's why when Prof. Loh and I started brainstorming about ways to get him involved with our team, it was natural to set up a talk for parents. We hope that this topic will be helpful for you. 

And in the theme of our team being a hub for opportunities, Prof. Loh and I didn't want to limit this talk to only parents from our ARML teams. Parents everywhere can attend this talk as well. Feel free to forward this email to anyone who you think might benefit, and invite them to spread the word! 

To register for the event, please use the Zoom registration link at the bottom of this email. Note that this is the Zoom link for Prof. Loh's talk, not for practice on Saturday -- as usual, we will follow up with an email later in the week regarding this weekend's practice.

While I have your attention, a few logistical notes for our team:

• Information about practices, including a full practice and tryout schedule, is available at our practice website.
• Practice materials from last weekend's practice are now also available at the practice website. Use username=sfba and password=arml to access these materials.
• We will participate in FARML at the next practice, so please make an extra effort to come on time at 4pm Pacific time. If you need to miss a practice, fill out the Practice Absence Form on the practice website.
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Best,

Moor

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Given the many risks and opportunities that living online our children and young people are facing today, how can parents actually help kids build intellectual creativity? This time, Prof. Po-Shen Loh is going to share his first-hand experience of how teachers and parents can cultivate the ability of creativity, especially through math learning.

This livestream consists of a 60 min talk by Prof. Loh and a 30 min open Q&A session. Bring any of your concerns about education and math learning to us. We are looking forward to meeting you!

Agenda:
60 min
· What is intellectual creativity
· Why is intellectual creativity essential to self-actualization
· How to help your children build this ability
· How does competition math help to build the ability of creative thinking
30 min
· Open Q&A

Zoom registration:
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 22, 2021 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpduGtqj8jGNct4pxdyAqANfdb-7_46ukv
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.