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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all assuming that they CAN join a Mathcounts team.  My son is an 8th grader at Franklin HS and I was hoping they would put a team together.  The coordinator stated they were not doing it this year.  If you are not affiliated with a school team your child can't participate.  [/quote]

This is a good point. Same applies to Science Olympiad--students must be part of a school team.

I don't know how Math Counts organizes school teams, but in SO a team needs a faculty sponsor (team "coach") but parents often do much (in many cases, all)of the subject matter coaching in ES and MS. I would think that organizing a HS team would be simpler since in HS the expectation is that the students are doing prep on their own rather than with a parent volunteer coaching. Parents are still needed for a lot, though-materials, transport, etc.

Parents who want SO in schools at any level--volunteer, if you want it to happen. Even if a teacher is listed as the coordinator or team coach, SO is a program that absolutely needs parent volunteers (or grandparents or other relatives or just great adults). Can't happen without them in ES and MS and they're still needed in HS. It's a fantastic program! [/quote]

We are in a different state, but our school does not allow parents to help with SO at all. It is a kid run and kid driven program. What are the parents doing in your program?[/quote]

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