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Lincoln-Way Area Junior High Math Contest General Information |
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General Information Competition Rules and Procedures Schedule 2004 and Room Assignments
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The Lincoln-Way Area Grade School Math Contest (GSMC) was founded in 1970. Held in early Spring, the contest serves local junior high schools, providing them an opportunity for an open answer contest. The mission statement for the contest is:
The purpose of the Lincoln-Way area GSMC is to promote mathematics at the junior high level. A combination of challenge, fun, education, and the development of problem solving skills are stressed. The contest remains student run, and alternates between Lincoln-Way East High School and Lincoln-Way Central High School.
The uniqueness of our particular contest is its ‘student run’ philosophy. The role of the advisor is similar to the role of a principal in a school. The advisor does not write a singe question, proctor a contest, or grade a paper. This philosophy came about by many high school students’ desire to chair the contest they participated in as students.
This manual was prompted by an article written in the Chicago Tribune, where a participating junior high school student stated: “We spend most of the year (on math team) preparing for the Lincoln-Way Area Grade School Math Contest.” In addition, the contest has served as a recruiting tool for the Lincoln-Way High School math teams, which between the two schools has over 150 members. Signup for the team is held at the contest and junior high coaches are given information to do recruiting and sign up 8th grade graduating students.
The contest is popular in the Lincoln-Way area. Also, it is accomplishing quite a bit of mathematics at both the junior high and high school levels.
It should be noted, however, that this manual should be vied as a guideline. In ‘the old days’, the contest was run by an average of five students. Today, we have over 30 people participating in the running of a now grown contest. You are encouraged to edit and adjust for your own school |