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Florence High School Mu Alpha Theta
Mu Alpha Theta is the National High School and Two-Year College
Mathematics Honor Society. Requirements are: Must have
completed Geometry CB or Honors Geometry, Algebra II with Trig
or Honors Algebra II with Trig and have completed or be enrolled
in the second semester of Precalculus with Trig., Honors
Precalculus with Trig or Algebra III/ Stats. Students must have
a 90 overall average in these mathematics courses and have an
overall GPA of at least 85, must be enrolled in a math course
and have distinguished themselves in the pursuit of
mathematics. Students are usually in their second semester of
their junior year when they meet these requirements and we
induct in the spring.
Sponsors: Jackie Griffith and Lydia Barnett
Officers for the 2010-2011
school year for Mu Alpha Theta (National
High School
and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society) are:
President:
Alex Kassels
Vice-President:
Taryn Burgess
Secretary:
Abbey Dobbs
Treasurer:
Jui Paul
Florence
High School
participates each year in the American Scholastic Mathematics
Association (ASMA) math competition.
This is a national contest that consists
of six 35 minute tests that are given on Thursday mornings at 7:15
a.m.
The competition is open to any math
student and is an excellent way for students to improve on test
taking skills and problem solving abilities.
The dates for this year’s test are:
October 14, 2010
November 10, 2010
December 9, 2010
January 13, 2011
February 10, 2011
March
10, 2011
See your math teacher for more details.
Applications for Mu
Alpha Theta, the honor society for mathematics, are now
available from Mrs. Brown (room 34) and Mrs. Barnett (room 36).
These completed applications are due by Friday,
March 11, at 3:05 PM. Students must have already
completed Algebra II with Trig plus one semester of a higher level
math class to be considered.
Congratulations to the March ASMA winners:
1st Place
with a perfect score of 7 correct answers:
Davis Tran
2nd Place with 5 correct answers:
Hannah Beer, Hannah Marsh
3rd Place with 4 correct
answers:
Sarah Abroms,
Ashley Grissom, Matthew Kassels and Whitney Smith
Congratulations
to the December ASMA winners:
1st
Place
with a score of 5 correct answers:
Hannah Beer, Taryn
Burgess, Allen Mao
2nd
Place
with 4 correct answers:
Courtney Brown, Carrie Ann Davison, Alex
Kassels, Stephanie Skinner
3rd Place
with 3 correct answers:
Ashley
Grissom, Hannah Marsh,
Stephen
Mokulis
Congratulations to the October ASMA winners:
1st
Place
with a score of 5 correct answers:
Whitney Smith
2nd
Place
with 4 correct answers:
Hannah Marsh
Jui Paul
3rd
Place
with 3 correct answers:
Grace Carter
Stephen Mokulis
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