Saturday, May 21, 2022

Practice this weekend, permission slips, Po-Shen Loh talks

Hi everyone, 

Our final Bay Area practice of the season will be on Sunday, May 22, 10am-5pm at AlphaStar Academy in Santa Clara. Note that we're going back to the 5pm end time for this practice. Lunch will also be provided. As always, details can be found at https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~moorxu/2022ARML/.

At this weekend's practice, in addition to the usual content, we're also going to participate in FARML, which is written by one of the ARML authors as an annual practice scrimmage - we'll be competing against other teams from across the country. As such, we'd appreciate if everyone could make an extra effort to come on time.

Many of you still need to turn in permission slips. If you have not yet submitted a notarized permission slip (either by mail or by handing one to me), please bring it to this weekend's practice. You can find a notary at most banks, UPS stores, and so on - and many of these places are open today! It's important that we take care of this paperwork ASAP.

For those of you in Sacramento, I will be at Saturday's practice at UC Davis and can take permission slips from anyone who needs to submit one at that time.

If anyone is looking for some more math this weekend, our friend Prof Po Shen Loh from CMU (aka the founder of Expii and USA international math olympiad coach) is visiting the Bay Area and giving some public talks this weekend. Information is included below.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend!

Best,
Moor

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Hi there,

I'm on tour (https://poshenloh.com/tour), giving free public math talks in 30 cities over 5 weeks. My SF weekend is coming up, and I'm trying to figure out how to reach more people to let students and families know that there is a fun and enlightening math event that they could attend. Might you be willing to share this with your communities and mailing list?

The talk is for families of students in grades 4-11, and it will be a math talk like none other. I am a professional mathematician who also uses math to invent solutions to significant real-world problems. I'll talk about some of those inventions, placing everything in the context of how students can build up similar mathematical invention skills of their own. There will be math, there will be storytelling, and there will be tips for more effective learning. I've already gone around many cities in this month's tour, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly and enthusiastically positive. Registration is free, and the SF events are all listed at: https://poshenloh.com/tour. They start this Fri May 20, and run in various Bay Area locations on Sat May 21 and Sun May 22.

Best,
Po

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