IB Prep Course: Math AA and AI - For Students Entering Year 1 IB 

Credit gained: no credit

Prerequisites

none

Course description

Coming in the Summer of 2025

For Students Entering Year 1

The IB Prep Math Virtual course will focus on preparing students for the IB curriculum. The students will be exposed to the IB Mathematics Program and they will familiarize themselves with its expectations; the different terminology, levels, papers and the Internal Assessment requirements. They will also get a first glimpse of the extended essay in Group 5 which is an independent, self-directed piece of research.

The course will run for three weeks and the students will be investigating two major components of the syllabus: Statistics and Functions & Modeling. 

Course Requirements: All students must have access to a Graphic Display Calculator throughout the course. 

For further information and/or questions regarding the course material and objectives contact toumpakarie@acs.gr.

Course Start/End Date:

  • Coming in the Summer of 2025

Course Duration: 3 weeks

Cost: 450 Euros

Minimum Enrollment: 5 Students

If enrollment in a course fails to reach the minimum number of participants required for the class to run, the class will be canceled and tuition will be reimbursed.

Fellow/Online Instructor(s)

Toumpakari, Evelin, Fellow

Dr. Toumpakari was born and raised in Athens and attended the University of Athens where she studied Mathematics. She obtained a M.Sc. in Applied Statistics from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago on a full scholarship from the University, while being an honorary scholar of the Onassis Foundation.

Dr. Toumpakari has made presentations in several mathematics conferences in the US. Recently she presented at the 1st Congress of Greek Mathematicians on a statistical project she participated in at the Childhood Cancer Research Group at Oxford. Her teaching experience includes a variety of undergraduate classes at the University of Chicago, mentoring gifted teenagers at a math-themed summer camp and teaching under-privileged students in the Chicago Public Schools as well as teaching A-levels in the UK.

Dr. Toumpakari has been a teacher of mathematics at ACS Athens since 2012. Classes taught at ACS include Geometry Standard/Honors, Algebra 2 Trig Standard/Honors, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus, IB Higher Level, IB Applications and Interpretation HL/SL, Algebra 1 in the Middle School and in the Academy, Pre-Algebra, Math 7 and Math 6, as well as Grades 7-8 in the Math Circles Program. She is also a Fellow at the ACS Athens Virtual Institute, where she taught an IB Prep course during the summer of 2024. This year, Dr. Toumpakari is teaching Algebra 1 and Math 7 in the Middle School.

email: toumpakarie@acs.gr