Pitsco Education will be a national sponsor for the MATHCOUNTS Club Program in the 2010 program year. The Club Program is a math enrichment initiative providing the structure and activities needed to encourage the formation of math clubs within schools. According to MATHCOUNTS, upon request, middle schools receive free problem sets and group activities to foster a social atmosphere as the students work together to earn recognition and rewards.
Pitsco Education is providing in-kind donations of hands-on activities in support of the MATHCOUNTS Club Program.
“Pitsco Education is proud to be involved with MATHCOUNTS’ efforts to show students that hands-on applications of math can be fun and educational at the same time,” said Pitsco Education President Lisa Paterni. “Putting math in an age-appropriate, real-world context is key to capturing the attention of middle school students.”
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About MATHCOUNTS: MATHCOUNTS is America’s only nationwide enrichment, club, and competition program that motivates and rewards middle school students for math achievement. More than 7,000 schools participate in MATHCOUNTS programs annually from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Department of Defense and State Department schools worldwide. MATHCOUNTS currently distributes free resources to more than 48,000 middle schools.
A 501(c)(3) organization, funding for MATHCOUNTS comes primarily from its National Sponsors: Pitsco Education, Raytheon Company, National Defense Education Program, Northrop Grumman Foundation, National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation, ConocoPhillips, Texas Instruments Incorporated, and 3M Foundation. MATHCOUNTS was founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Learn more at www.mathcounts.org.