Girls in Math
Spring 2025 Program
Classes will start on February 6, 2025
Upper Elementary 3-5th &
Middle Division 6-8th Grade
- Online weekly classes on Thursdays
- 6:30pm-7:20pm for elementary
- 7-7:50pm for middle school
- In-person meet up (date to be decided)
- In-person team contest, Girls’ Adventure in Math (GAIM) 2025 on April 10, 2025 with games, dinner, and awards.
- Note: Orlando Math Circle is sponsoring 2 months of free membership until June 2025 for all girls who sign up for GAIM Competition OR Spring Girls In Math program.
In-person team contest, games and dinner
Teams of 4 from every division
April 10, 2025
- COST: $15 per student
- Note: Orlando Math Circle is sponsoring 2 months of free membership until June 2025 for all girls who sign up for GAIM Competition OR Spring Girls In Math program.
Girls Adventure in Math 2025 (In person - Team Contest)
Teams of 4 girls from same school
Elementary: 3-5th grade division
Middle: 6-8th grade division
Date: April 10, 2025
Location: TBD
Schedule
4:30-5:00pm : Check-In
5:00-6:00pm : Round 1 (Elem – 45 min | Middle – 1 hr)
6:00-6:10pm – BREAK
6:10-6:45pm : Round 2 (30 min)
6:45-7:45pm : Games
7:45-8:00pm : Awards
The GAIM 2025 competition consists of two rounds, to be worked on collaboratively by each team:
- Round 1 is a set of questions based on the lives of the GAIM 2025 women. The length of this section depends on the team’s competition level.
- Round 2 will have a multi-part question centered around one fun math concept. This part will take 30 minutes.
- There are 2 levels of competition: elementary and middle school.
- Elementary: grades 3-5 (Round 1 will be 12 questions in 45 minutes)
- Middle school: grades 6-8 (Round 1 will be 16 questions in an hour)
A team must be made up of girls from the same grade-level range. Registration for contest is $15 extra.
Bonus!
Special in-person classes on Feb 20, March 19, April 9 | 4:30PM – 6PM @ Church on the Drive
The class is free for whoever is signing up for GAIM contest and planning to sign up.
Weekly Problem Solving Classes for 2 months
*Non-members will get membership benefits until end of June, if they signup for course.
Upper Elementary : Grade 3-5th
- Classes starting Feb 15th until Apr 4th.
- Thursdays, 5:30PM
- Free for member girls.
- Classes will be on zoom.
Middle Division : Grade 6-8th
- Classes starting Feb 10th until Mar 30th.
- Saturday, 9:00AM
- Free for member girls.
- Classes will be on zoom.
Lead Teachers
Ruth Estabrook has over 20 years of teaching and coaching experience in middle school and high school math . She began teaching as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, and has since taught in New York City, Gabon, Burkina Faso, New Hampshire at Exeter, and Maine. She holds a master’s degree in math education from Columbia University Teachers College.
She is now working as a senior math editor for a textbook company and serves on the OMC Board of Directors.
Sharanya co-founded Counting and Probability course for girls as well as an introductory Python interactive class for elementary school students as part of her OMC capstone project. Sharanya has won various math awards – she is a Gold Medalist in the MathCON National Finals and a national rank holder in Math Kangaroo. She qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) for the past three years. Sharanya was selected to do original research through the OMC-UF research program at the UF School of Medicine Systems Laboratory. She has over three years of teaching experience and will be attending Columbia University in the fall to study mathematics and computer science.
