Which Private High Schools Have Really Strong Math Programs?

[Anonymous]

Here's the link to AMC, the schools listed for the winners will give you a good idea about the strength of math programs;

http://amc.maa.org/

The only private school that has had winners from this area other magnets, TJ, Blair, etc.

is Georgetown Day School

Good luck to your son!

[Anonymous]

It's useful to know that the math competitors are coached outside the regular math classes. There's going to be at least one very strong math teacher at each if these schools, someone who can coach the math team. But unless your kid is definitely planning to join the school's math team, and makes the team, the math curriculum for "merely" advanced math kids is what you need to investigate.

[Anonymous]

^^^ That's true. These kids are phenoms but schools that regularly compete all tend to have especially strong math departments. Also, it's a lot more fun and rewarding to be with others who are especially good at math rather than being the "one and only." If your son is "excellent at math", going where other similar kids go can gauge exactly how good he really is.

On a side note. It always kills me how elite math is always skewed toward boys http://www.maa.org/news/usamo2011/ceremony.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the link to AMC, the schools listed for the winners will give you a good idea about the strength of math programs;

http://amc.maa.org/

The only private school that has had winners from this area other magnets, TJ, Blair, etc.

is Georgetown Day School

Good luck to your son!

I think you're mistaken. I just looked at a couple pages of contest results, and I see students from Sidwell, Landon, and a couple other local private schools too.

[Anonymous]

Kids who won/were in the top 12 not just competed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ That's true. These kids are phenoms but schools that regularly compete all tend to have especially strong math departments. Also, it's a lot more fun and rewarding to be with others who are especially good at math rather than being the "one and only." If your son is "excellent at math", going where other similar kids go can gauge exactly how good he really is.

On a side note. It always kills me how elite math is always skewed toward boys http://www.maa.org/news/usamo2011/ceremony.html

Yes, I meant to say the math departments at these schools are generally strong. But I was also trying to convey that the math curriculum for regular students--those not prepping for the team--may be targeted more at the regular students. I have no idea about these schools, except where magnet classes are involved where you can pretty much assume the classes would be very advanced. but I was just trying to suggest to OP that she should look into the curriculum and not just stop at the fact of math team success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On a side note. It always kills me how elite math is always skewed toward boys http://www.maa.org/news/usamo2011/ceremony.html

Me too. Here's an interesting statistical comparison -- http://amc.maa.org/amc1012/2012/stats/12B/statestatistics/_Overall/Grade_and_Gender_Average.pdf

Girls severely lagging boys in # of participants, and in average scores, at all grade levels. One bright spot: the 6th & 7th grade girls who participated had an average score pretty similar to the boys in those grades!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assumed that by "recruiting math genius kids" the poster was talking about the teachers. Not the students.

Why would they recruit genius teachers?

[Anonymous]

Agreed. Poster is clueless in regards the discipline of mathematics and how such is nurtured even in elementary and middle schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Poster is clueless in regards the discipline of mathematics and how such is nurtured even in elementary and middle schools.

I'm not the poster you're beating up, but anyone who writes like this is no Einstein. You are really mean, though. Go punch a pillow or something, and come back when you can use good manners again.

[Anonymous]

I go to GDS and I suck at math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go to GDS and I suck at math.

No social life either... Hanging around DCUM with people your parents and grandparents age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Poster is clueless in regards the discipline of mathematics and how such is nurtured even in elementary and middle schools.

I'm not the poster you're beating up, but anyone who writes like this is no Einstein. You are really mean, though. Go punch a pillow or something, and come back when you can use good manners again.

Another teenage who sucks at math probably. Ignore the troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to Exeter coming in fourth in the International Math Olympiad:

http://www.exeter.edu/news_and_events/news_events_12058.aspx

But what you need to understand is that the boy just goes to Exeter, it is not a school contest but an individual contest. Just like the girl who won first place last year was not "representing" her (German" school. (Even though the US team scored 2nd in the world, there is never officially a team score either.)

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of boys and girls like this one at Exeter -- all individuals. You may wish to dismiss the school for whatever ulterior motives but do you also wish to dismiss the peer group attending the school?