Dear Math Kangaroo Team
Leaders in
we are getting close to March 27. Thank you for your
feedback and help with preparing Math Kangaroo 2008.
You will receive two parcels
from us shortly.
This week
packages with t-shirts and gifts have been shipped out via UPS by our Vendor,
Edi Marketing, to all centers outside
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t-shirts for all participants, and for you,
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zipper pouches, (each contains a pencil and a ruler), for all participants,
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Wolfram Mathematica
CDs for participants at levels 8
through 12. This is a gift from iSabio.com Company for Math Kangaroo
2008 participants,
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fliers from our affiliated organizations, iSabio.com and Chicago Math, with their kind
request of distributing them among students,
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our book for each of you and more books for those who
ordered them – thank you!
Next week we will mail you packages with
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Envelopes with questions for all participants,
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Answer forms for all participants,
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Diplomas of participation for all participants,
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Envelope in which you will mail the answer forms back to
us on March 28.
If you do not receive your packages by March 18,
please e-mail me.
In
Please examine each parcel carefully right after you
receive it. If you have too many
pieces, please keep them for unexpected situations unless you have twice as
many pieces as you need. If you lack anything, please e-mail me and there will
be enough time for us to send you what is missing.
Please do not open the
envelopes with questions before the competition starts.
The answer form will be the
same like last year and I plan to display it on our web page on Sunday.
Please ask your students to verify that their answer
forms display their names and proper levels. You can manually correct
discrepancies on a card label.
Please ask the students to
work only on side A of the answer form.
Please provide extra paper for the students for their
calculation. We will reimburse you
for that upon your request, up to $2.50 or as much as your purchase proof
shows, please send it with the answer forms.
The level 2 participants need 60 minutes to work on the test. All others need 75 minutes. No
calculators are allowed. Pencils are provided in the pouches.
If the competition in your place ends before
I believe you all have
already contacted your participants with the date, time and address details.
Because of security concerns the information will not be displayed on Internet
like last year. If people are calling our office about your place details, your
telephone number will be provided.
About a week before the
test, please take a moment and contact the families of your participants with
e-mail one more time. Congratulate them on their participation and wish them
good luck. Make a note that if anybody does not show up on March 27 because of
illness of severe weather, they can
claim their questions, t-shirt, and gift/gifts by
Please
use
things that will be left, the way you like – to promote Math Kangaroo in your community.
Let March 27 event be the
joyful and awarding to all involved.
Warm
Regards,
Maria
Omelanczuk
Maria Omelanczuk, M.S., PMP,
CC
President,
Math Kangaroo in USA, NFP