8th Annual Mathematics Competition Hosting, April 26, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1:41PM On Thursday, April 26, 2012 the American Community Schools of Athens is hosting the
8th Annual Mathematics Competition for mathematically inclined students at International and English speaking schools.
Eight international schools will be competing in the subjects of: Algebra, Functions, Differentiation, Coordinate Geometry and Trigonometry.
The participating schools are
ACS Athens
Athens College, HAEF
Campion
The Costeas – Geitonas School
The Doukas School
The Ionios School
The Moraitis School
St. Catherine's British Embassy School
Guest Speaker
Prof. Dr. Stephan Klaus Scientific Administrator of the MFO and Adjunct Professor at Mainz University, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO) in Germany
Title: Algebraic Curves and Surfaces
The competition will be held at :
- Date/Time: Thursday April 26, 2012 from 9:00 am. - 2:45 pm.
- Location: Middle School - 2nd floor - Room 10
You may find more about the competition here, and about its rules, schedule and other details, here.
ACS Admin
The 8th ACS Math Competition took place past Thursday with great success. We had a record 72 students from 8 schools attending and a splendid lecture by Prof. Stephan Klaus. Students enjoyed a full day of doing Math at a high level. Our own Morgane Copp won gold medal for the group competition as a member of a team that included two Athens College boys and a Costeas-Geitonas girl.Congratulations to all who participated and many thanks to the very many people whose work made this event possible (Mr. Parakatis, Ms Augoustatos, Ms. Falidas, the members of the ACS Math literature club, Mr Neris and the maintenance crew, the people at the cafeteria and Mr. Jim Kolyras).K. A. Tsokos
Mathematics, Science and Technology
Faculty at Round Table discussion, National Library, April 28
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:09AM Ms. Maria Falidas (Mathematics teacher, ACS Athens) will be presenting in a round table discussion at the conference on Mathematics and Literature, on
Saturday April 28th, at 10:00 - 14:00 at the
Greek National Library - 32, Panepistimiou street, Athens
The conference will be in Greek, and aims in motivating teachers and university professors to start a reading group with their students promoting Science and Mathematics.
During the discussion she will be presenting the work of the Math Literature Club at ACS Athens.
Learn more : Thales + Friends (site in english and in greek) and also see original announcement.
American Mathematics Competition (AMC), February 7, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 2:57PM The Mathematics Department is proud to announce this year's winners of the Annual American Mathematics Competitions (AMC).
Congratulations to our AMC-8 student Winners:
• Beyongwoo Park (1st place)
• Maria Camano Garcia Fernandes (1st place)
• Destrenta Agjan (1st place)
Grade 7:
• Dimitris Rigas (1st place)
Grade 6:
• Eugenia Lampiri (1st place)
Congratulations to our AMC-10 student Winners:
• Demetris Kakaris (2nd place)
• Eitan Weil (3rd place)
Finally, we would like to congratulate the AMC-12 student winners:
• Guanyi Ji (2nd place)
• Peter Mitropoulos(3rd place)
The Mathematics/Technology Department would like to commend these students for their high achievement in Mathematics!
About the Competition:
Fifty Eight (58) students at ACS Athens participated in the 63rd annual American Mathematics Contest.
The contest was held on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
The students competed for local, regional and national student and school awards. The contest, which covers high school mathematics, is given in participating schools. Its purpose is to spur interest in mathematics and develop talent through the excitement of friendly competition at problem solving in a timed format. In 2011 over 220,000 students from 4,200 schools participated in the AMC 10 & AMC 12.
The AMC 12 (first offered in 1950), and the AMC 10 (first offered in 2000), are part of a series of contests sponsored each year by The Mathematical Association of America, through their program, the American Mathematics Competitions. The AMC offers the only math competition series internationally leading to the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP). From this group of students, the AMC sends the highly competitive USA Team to the prestigious annual International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
Math Bowl in Middle School
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 9:27AM 
The Math Bowl is designed to give students of all grades and ability levels the opportunity to apply skills in mathematics.
It’s a competition that gives students the drive and eagerness to complete as many activities as they can to accumulate the highest score.
Approximately 60 students...
Contest, Math Bowl, Middle school Middle School Math Projects Engaging Students' Minds
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 1:26PM 
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Students have fun engaging in projects that trigger their minds. The experience gives them a different perspective of the world. They develop an appreciation of knowledge. This I believe, gives them the freedom to apply themselves and to serve the world in the best manner they can.
In the sixth grade, students have worked on statistics projects: researching , organizing, displaying and learning how to analyze data.
They have created number patterns and have illustrated examples of patterns in our world. Students have developed a stronger awareness of existing patterns in our world, able to give brief explanations of each sequence and pattern.
Students have also done research on how mathematics was used by ancient civilizations and what inventions have affected mathematics over the centuries.
Students have investigated their own personal budgets by analyzing how much money they spend over a certain period of time. This has developed a greater awareness of daily life.
They have worked on creating their own recipes of their favorite dishes, using fractions. Students have compared the methods used to increase and decrease a recipe’s serving size.
In sixth grade students have also created their own measuring system by designing a new ruler for measuring distance.
In seventh grade, students have written ciphers and created keys with letters and symbols to decode their ciphers. Their deductive and logical reasoning skills have been exercised.
Students have also learned about currency exchange rates and calculated prices in different currencies. They have made pamphlets showing the prices of several items in the currencies of three other countries.
Over the centuries, people have come up with many different calendars. Students in the seventh grade have researched different kinds of calendars and have come up with original ones of their own.
In the seventh grade, students have also examined the time they spend on homework each day for each subject. They have used conversion skills to change time to fractions, decimals and percents.
In the eighth grade, students have developed an appreciation of geometry through research on the qualities of art, sculpture, architecture, nature, astronomy/astrology, designs and patterns.
Often we use linear equations to model a particular situation. We can use an equation using a fixed initial charge plus a variable charge to describe a situation. Students in the eighth grade have developed equations based on telephone rates, taxi rates, rental car rates etc. They have created linear graphs explaining the rate of change (slope) and the significance of andintercepts in each real situation.
Students have created their own Math Board Games by choosing problems from units of study to challenge themselves.
In the eighth grade students have also been introduced to the stock market. They have worked on investing money(hypothetically), and looking at how their stock values increase or decrease, illustrating this information through line graphs and analyzing the trends of different stock companies.
Dora Andrikopoulos
Math Coordinator