On Saturday, August 29th, the math program will be providing Math Pentathlon games training for our full time coaches, rule experts, and club monitors. If your child is considering joining the Math Pentathlon program at Fern Bluff this year, we'd like to invite you to join us in the school cafeteria for this event, as we believe that you will find the training program valuable for understanding and encouraging your child's experience with Math Pentathlon and for at home play with your child. There is a small fee for the training which allows us to bring the program to our school. Adults who attend the training on Saturday, August 29th will be able to pre-register their children for the club. The training workshops are limited to 28 adults per division and we will place parents in the classes based on order of receipt of registration and payment. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, email the Math Club coordinator at mpcbobcats@hotmail.com for the registration forms.
We currently have parent staffing to enroll 40 students per division. If you are interested in volunteering EACH THURSDAY after school from 2:30-4 PM for the Math Club, your children will have automatic placement in the club and one registration fee will be waived. Please contact us immediately if you are able to join our team!
If you can not attend the training workshop on Aug 29th, the next opportunities for student registrations are (in priority order):
# 4. Students of parents who attended training in 2008, who went to tournament, and are changing divisions (by Sept 1)
# 5. Students who went to tournament in the prior year (by Sept 2)
#6. Students who were in Math club, but not at tournament (by Sept 3)
# 6. New Students & Parents attending Mini Orientation Session on September 3rd
# 7: New Students; Waiting List Replacements until September 30th
However, this priority placement list does not guarantee enrollment in the Math Pentathlon Club for 2009-2010. This simply states the order in which we will accept registrations. Once we have reached the capacity in any division, students will then be placed on a waiting list.
Regardless of when your student registers, we still expect a parent to volunteer for SIX hours during classes as a rotating volunteer or at a Saturday tournament as a supervisor.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Fern Bluff Makes Front Page News
Round Rock Leader, Tuesday, June 9, 2009
http://rrleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=21927&TM=28766.75
http://rrleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=21927&TM=28766.75
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Celebration Thanks!
HUGE Thanks to our special guests at the 2009 Math Pentathlon National Champions Celebration & Awards Ceremony!
There is only one school in the United States that can claim the title 2009 Math Pentathlon National Champions and it's Fern Bluff Elementary. Now there are one-hundred thirty-six students who will always be able to say, "We were National Champions!"
The celebration and awards ceremony was incredible and lovely in the school courtyard! Dr. Wilson, Principal, welcomed the crowd and introduced Lisa Mack, campus coordinator for the program. She shared her thanks for the strong parent support of the program and her pride in the kids growth and sportsmanship.
Round Rock ISD Director of Curriculmn, Suzanne Burke spoke on behalf of Superintendent Dr. Chavez in congratulating the students for their incredible achievement.
Dr. Lorenzo Sadun of the University of Texas who is the advisor to a collegiate math team spoke about real world applications of the math program and how how hoped to meet them again in 10 or 15 years at UT.
Jarrod Weaver presented a certificate of special congressional recognition on behalf of Congressman John Carter.
Rene LeBlanc, national director of the Pentathlon Institute honored Fern Bluff Elementary students with a trophy presentation.
Students then marched through the halls in the Parade of Champions getting high-fives from their classmates before getting their individual trophies in the gym.
Special thanks also to Round Rock ISD's Board of Trustees Member Charles Chadwell and Williamson County Commissioner Lisa Birkman's representative, Tammy Smith for joining our celebration!
LAST DAY TO SEND IN YOUR TOURNAMENT PHOTO
Tomorrow is the last day for to email us your tournament/club photo so we can try and include it in the OFFICIAL NMPAT PROGRAM
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS AT:
www.mathpentath.org/mpt/mptPHOTOS.html#tournament
Your group or child can be a part of the National Academic Mathematics Pentathlon Academic Tournament Program. This free program with tournament photos taken by parents and coaches can be accessed online soon. Updated information and pictures taken the day of the tournament will make this program more accurate and enjoyable to share with family, friends, and co-workers. The Pentathlon Institute is grateful to everyone who submits photos and will make every attempt to include at least one of your pictures in the Official National Tournament Program. However, some photos may not be included due to problems with resolution, downloading, dropped emails, and other unknown conflicts.
We are hoping ALL the Texas Official Programs will be up by June 12.
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS AT:
www.mathpentath.org/mpt/mptPHOTOS.html#tournament
Your group or child can be a part of the National Academic Mathematics Pentathlon Academic Tournament Program. This free program with tournament photos taken by parents and coaches can be accessed online soon. Updated information and pictures taken the day of the tournament will make this program more accurate and enjoyable to share with family, friends, and co-workers. The Pentathlon Institute is grateful to everyone who submits photos and will make every attempt to include at least one of your pictures in the Official National Tournament Program. However, some photos may not be included due to problems with resolution, downloading, dropped emails, and other unknown conflicts.
We are hoping ALL the Texas Official Programs will be up by June 12.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Awards Ceremony Address by Lisa Mack
Last spring, when we first began discussing the possibility of having a Math Pentathlon club here at Fern Bluff, I was encouraged to keep it small. Have 12 kids, maybe 20 total? Truly, my heart couldn’t handle the disappointment that would result in turning away any student (my disappointment) and so we set out to build a club in which parents could each offer their time and talents, which would allow us to grow it for more students. We set out to make a club where new friends from different grade levels helped each other learn how to play the games, how to think differently, how to see future moves, and how to defend their position. The Fern Bluff Math Pentathlon club is not simply an after-school activity. We are a family of families each participating in some aspect of the Math Pentathlon club at Fern Bluff. We knew the payoff was great: our kids would develop math strategies; and learn critical thinking skills, good sportsmanship, and self-confidence through game play. How can it get any better than that? Let me tell you how; by the numbers:
BY THE NUMBERS:
9 Teachers supporting us by letting us use their rooms each week for our classes
21 Moms & Dads as our full-time Volunteer Staff serving as coaches, rule experts, and monitors each and every Tuesday
32 Parents as rotating Volunteers on Tuesdays 57 Parents as Tournament Supervisors
136 Students in Math Pentathlon: 40 from Kinder/First, 60 from Second/Third, 36 from Fourth/Fifth
94 Students at 3 tournaments
20 Honorable Mentions earning 11 points
9 Bronze Medalists earning 12 points
17 Silver Medalists earning 13 points
5 Gold Medalists earning 14 points
7 Hall of Fame Gold Medalists earning 15 points. These kids won all 5 of their games!
And, finally, it gets better like this:
There is only ONE 2009 National Champion and it’s Fern Bluff Elementary!
BY THE NUMBERS:
9 Teachers supporting us by letting us use their rooms each week for our classes
21 Moms & Dads as our full-time Volunteer Staff serving as coaches, rule experts, and monitors each and every Tuesday
32 Parents as rotating Volunteers on Tuesdays 57 Parents as Tournament Supervisors
136 Students in Math Pentathlon: 40 from Kinder/First, 60 from Second/Third, 36 from Fourth/Fifth
94 Students at 3 tournaments
20 Honorable Mentions earning 11 points
9 Bronze Medalists earning 12 points
17 Silver Medalists earning 13 points
5 Gold Medalists earning 14 points
7 Hall of Fame Gold Medalists earning 15 points. These kids won all 5 of their games!
And, finally, it gets better like this:
There is only ONE 2009 National Champion and it’s Fern Bluff Elementary!
Students in the News
Look for your kids in the news and on the news . . .
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
KEYE 5 PM, 6 PM, & 10 PM
Saturday, June 6 or Tuesday, June 9
Round Rock Leader
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Community Impact
Web Article: http://impactnews.com/round-rock-pflugerville/recent-news/4688-fern-bluff-elementary-celebrates-math-pentathlon-national-victory
Wednesday June 3, 2009
Round Rock ISD Website
http://www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=3400&recordid=1564&returnURL=%2findex.aspx
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Statesman, Metro section
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
KEYE 5 PM, 6 PM, & 10 PM
Saturday, June 6 or Tuesday, June 9
Round Rock Leader
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Community Impact
Web Article: http://impactnews.com/round-rock-pflugerville/recent-news/4688-fern-bluff-elementary-celebrates-math-pentathlon-national-victory
Wednesday June 3, 2009
Round Rock ISD Website
http://www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=3400&recordid=1564&returnURL=%2findex.aspx
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Statesman, Metro section
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Championship Award Ceremony
Reminder: Have your student wear his/her Math T-Shirt tomorrow for the ceremony. If your child won a medal, have him/her wear the medal too! EVEN students who did not attend tournament are a part of our team so all kids in Math Pentathlon club should come to school with their club T-shirt.
Ceremony: We will begin at 8:00 AM in the school courtyard with a presentation of the National Trophy and some words from Dr. Wilson and district representatives. The kids will then have a parade of champions around the school and will end in the gym with donuts and juice for all pentathletes, parents, and invited guests.
Fern Bluff Elementary Named Math Pentathlon National Champion
There are 15 Math Pentathlon National Championship schools in the United States. Fern Bluff Elementary in Round Rock ISD is now one of them.
Yesterday, Rene LeBlanc, Associate Director of the Pentathlon Institute, announced that once scores had been counted and confirmed for all schools nationwide, the Kinder —5th grade team at Fern Bluff Elementary took the Championship with 352 points.
“This is truly an incredible achievement for our kids and our coaches,” said Lisa Mack, Fern Bluff Elementary Math Pentathlon campus coordinator. “We know our kids are truly special and now the whole country knows.”
Tournaments have been held for the past 31 years with national championships awarded since 1994. Texas has been hosting tournaments since 1997 and this is only the 2nd time a school in Texas has won the national championship. Thousands of schools around the US have Math Pentathlon games in the schools either in the classroom or as an extracurricular enrichment program. In 2008-2009 there were 219 schools that participated in the national tournament.
What’s even more astonishing about the win is that this is the first year Fern Bluff Elementary has even had a Math Pentathlon club on campus. “Clearly the dedication of the coaches, rule experts, and parent volunteers working with the kids each week has made a huge difference on that campus,” noted Mr. LeBlanc. “They have an exceptional program, an exceptional staff of parents running the program, and exceptional students.”
At 8:00 AM on Wednesday, June 3rd, the campus will celebrate their victory with a presentation by Mr. LeBlanc and reception.
Yesterday, Rene LeBlanc, Associate Director of the Pentathlon Institute, announced that once scores had been counted and confirmed for all schools nationwide, the Kinder —5th grade team at Fern Bluff Elementary took the Championship with 352 points.
“This is truly an incredible achievement for our kids and our coaches,” said Lisa Mack, Fern Bluff Elementary Math Pentathlon campus coordinator. “We know our kids are truly special and now the whole country knows.”
Tournaments have been held for the past 31 years with national championships awarded since 1994. Texas has been hosting tournaments since 1997 and this is only the 2nd time a school in Texas has won the national championship. Thousands of schools around the US have Math Pentathlon games in the schools either in the classroom or as an extracurricular enrichment program. In 2008-2009 there were 219 schools that participated in the national tournament.
What’s even more astonishing about the win is that this is the first year Fern Bluff Elementary has even had a Math Pentathlon club on campus. “Clearly the dedication of the coaches, rule experts, and parent volunteers working with the kids each week has made a huge difference on that campus,” noted Mr. LeBlanc. “They have an exceptional program, an exceptional staff of parents running the program, and exceptional students.”
At 8:00 AM on Wednesday, June 3rd, the campus will celebrate their victory with a presentation by Mr. LeBlanc and reception.
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