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2010 – 2011

DEAR PICO,

Welcome to our 32nd year of competition. Many leading teachers believe that solving problems is the best way to teach - and learn - mathematics. The Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) is built upon this foundation.

PICO stands for Person In Charge of Olympiads. That's you - the person who will devote time, effort, and energy regularly to help your Olympians grow as problem solvers. We salute your commitment to help your students "be all that they can be" and extend our best wishes for an exciting, challenging, enjoyable, and mathematically worthwhile year.

To help you become aware of some details of MOEMS and to help you prepare your students for the Olympiad Contests, HERE ARE THREE BASIC POINTS TO START:

1. COMMUNICATIONS: It is important that you study the following information carefully, since you chose to receive all materials (including practice materials and the contests) and submit all student data (including the scoring) via the Online Scoring System. For every team there are two critical IDentification codes. Both codes are needed before our computers can accept a student's scores. Firstly, your 4-digit Team IDentification code (TID), which we assign, tells our computers which file is reserved for your team. Similarly, the line number you assign to the student tells our computers which line of your team's file is reserved for a given student. These codes must be used on every communication.

2. CONTEST DATES:

2009 - 2010

 

November

December

January

February

March

Division E

16

14

11

8

8

Division M

17

15

12

9

9
If you cannot administer a contest on the scheduled date, do so on a proximate date. The first paragraph of the September Newsletter contains some additional information. Record these dates on your calendar now.

3. CONTESTS: All contests will be posted to our website at least one week before the scheduled Olympiad date. We will send you an email reminder at that time. Print out enough copies of the first two pages (the problems) for all participants. Print out one copy of the next two pages (the solutions) for grading the Olympiad. Keep the questions secret until you give the Olympiad; keep the solutions secret until you collect the student papers.

 

HERE ARE IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR YOU:

    1. Organization and Procedures (the Olympiad contest rules)
    2. Message to Parents (to help build support for the Olympiads)
    3. "What Every Young Mathlete Schould Know" (definitions of terms used in the contests)
    4. Additional Study Resources:
    5. Enthusiasm builders