Our April vacation week at MathAltitude began with a tour of the WPI Rocketry Labs and ended with a tour this weekend of the Robotics Labs. A group of aspiring robotics engineers at WPI kept our enthusiastic group of budding robotics engineers thoroughly engaged! Our students were introduced to a real-life Baymax in the making; got to experience an omnidirectional VR treadmill that would allow a robot to walk more like a human, and learned about efforts to assist doctors and nurses in the Human-Inspired Robotics (HiRo) Lab. 

We offer a 6-week AMC-8 preparatory course (online & in-person) that will prepare students for the types of questions commonly seen in the AMC-8 contest.  Each week will focus on a different topic.

Workshops will be held on Fridays, Nov 18, Dec 2, 9, 16, Jan 6, 13 at 6:30-8:30 P.M.

Register on our contest and workshop registration page or call us: 860-375-3276

WPI’s High Power Rocketry Club brought their rocket research to our families at MathAltitude last Saturday. This club works with model rockets, and participates in the Spaceport America Cup every year.

Under the direction of team captain, Kevin Schultz, WPI Class of 2023, Aerospace Engineering, five members of the group addressed our students and parents.  They explained the basics of rocketry through Power Point and live demonstrations, gave an overview about the club’s research and projects, and brought some of their rocket and payload components to show the students.  

After the presentation, we watched a movie about a young man who devoted his life to rocket science.

34 students in Grades 3-8 participated in the NLMC on Friday, November 11. Some students took the test at MathAltitude, and some participated online. We praise all who participated, and hope that they had a positive experience!

Principal Olga Serebrennikov was invited to sit on the Math Schools Panel Discussion at the UpGrade Conference. The panel addressed the following topics:

- Why is math important?
- Strategies for teaching math.
- Differences between Russian, Singapore, American math programs.

- How to motivate a child to study math?

The Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science is pleased to acknowledge the important contribution that has been made to the education of its students by teachers who have taught them in prior schools and classrooms. Juniors are asked to identify teachers who have played a significant role in their education.  MathAltitude lead teacher, Nathan Senecal, was honored at a special luncheon at the Mass Academy of Math and Science.  
  

to long-time teachers, Nathan Senecal and Liubov Smirnov, who were honored at our End of Year Award Celebration.

Our WPI Night of Engineering was an enormous success! It was a spectacular and exciting evening of engineering demos, video presentations, plus an informative and helpful financial session and materials for parents and students. Our audience was very impressed with the presentation by the IEEE Student Section members from WPI.

Professor Rose engaged students in some "math fun".  He challenged students and parents to think about what they hear and read, and to use what they know about math to analyze what they see.