Math Electives for Entering Students (9th and 10th Grade)
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ath Team-The Stuyvesant High School Math Team meets daily during the first period (8:00AM to 8:40AM). Students who elect Math Team are given intensive training in problem solving techniques. All of the students on Math Team compete in over 30 competitions. Math Team training provides invaluable skills in problem solving that can help students in their “regular” math class as well as standardized tests like the SAT, the Achievement Test, and the Advanced Placement Exam. Math Team students do not take tests, and take this training in addition to their regular math class. Attendance is taken daily and Math Team participation receives academic credit on a pass/fail basis. The criteria for passing are attendance, punctuality, and the maintaining of a notebook. Almost everyone does this successfully. Space in these classes is limited. Two thirds of the students will be selected based on their scores on the Stuyvesant Placement Exam; the other one third will be selected by lottery.
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ath Research-The Stuyvesant High School Department of Mathematics is proud to offer incoming students an opportunity to discover and explore enrichment topics in mathematics by participating in our Math Research Program. Math Research is typically run during the school day and there are no tests and no daily homework assignments. The class is inquiry based and students use our extensive math research library along with the Internet to produce math research projects. The class culminates with the submission of an independent research project, written under the guidance of the Math Research instructor(s). The class meets once daily and is in addition to your “regular” math class. The math research lab is state of the art, with a self-contained library and an online database with hundreds of scientific journals. Students receive a full credit (to be averaged in their report card) for their participation in Math Research. Students are required to submit their research project in the Greater Metropolitan New York City Math Fair. Math Research is usually over-subscribed and selection for spots in the Math Research Program will be done by lottery.