West Virginia Press Association
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 MATHCOUNTS Competition Series. The MATHCOUNTS Competition focuses on building problem-solving skills and student confidence in mathematics. Middle School students compete individually and as members of a team on both written and oral math contests. More than 100,000 students from more than 5,200 schools will compete across the country this year.
The Charleston Chapter Competition is the first competition in the series for middle school students in Kanawha, Putnam, Lincoln, Clay, Mason, and Roane Counties. The competition will be held on February 8, 2025. The University of Charleston has generously donated space for this year’s Charleston Chapter Competition.
Top competitors from the Chapter Competition will go on to compete in the State Competition to be held in March 2025. Students who finish in the top four places in the State Competition get the opportunity to compete at the 2025 RTX MATHCOUNTS National Competition, May 10-13 in Washington, DC.
Additional information, coaching resources, and registration can be obtained by visiting www.mathcounts.org. Early Bird Registration is open now through November 1, 2024. The registration deadline for the Charleston Chapter Competition is December 16, 2024.
The National Sponsors of MATHCOUNTS Foundation are RTX, U.S. Department of Defense STEM, Northrop Grumman Foundation, the National Society of Professional Engineers, 3Mgives, Texas Instruments Incorporated and Art of Problem Solving. MATHCOUNTS was founded in 1983 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Insurance. The program is made possible locally through the leadership of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.
About MATHCOUNTS Foundation:
MATHCOUNTS is a nonprofit organization that strives to engage middle school students of all ability and interest levels in fun, challenging math programs, in order to expand their academic and professional opportunities. Middle school students exist at a critical juncture in which their love for mathematics must be nurtured, or their fear of mathematics must be overcome. For more than 30 years, MATHCOUNTS has provided free, high-quality resources to educators and enriching, extracurricular opportunities to students to lay a foundation for future success. Materials and information are available at www.mathcounts.org.
