Information for MATHCOUNTS Parents

> State Meet
> Guest Hotel Reservations
> Student Room Arrangements
> Student Meals
> Media Waiver Forms for Parents to Sign
> MATHCOUNTS Sweatshirts
> MATHCOUNTS Donations

Congratulations on your child’s success at his/her Chapter Competition. Your child is eligible to complete in the MATHCOUNTS State Competition March 23 and 24 at the Crowne Plaza, 3131 Campus Drive, Plymouth.

Approximately 125 sixth, seventh and eighth grade math students from all over Minnesota will compete for the
state title. The top four winners go on to compete in the national competition in Orlando, FL, May 10 to 13. National MATHCOUNTS pays all travel accommodations for that trip.

The State Meet
All necessary hotel room and meal arrangements for your child, including costs, are provided by the Minnesota MATHCOUNTS program. Travel arrangements will be made by your child’s teacher-coach.

MATHCOUNTS invites your family to join us at the competition. Due to the nature of the competition, the only part open to the public is the Countdown Round in the Regency Room on the hotel’s main level at about 1 p.m. on Saturday. Winners of the competition will be announced and awards presented immediately after the Countdown Round. >> View the agenda

Guest Reservations
The Crowne Plaza has a special MATHCOUNTS rate of $84 a night plus tax for parents. You should make your reservations directly with the Crowne Plaza (763-559-6600). Ask for the MATHCOUNTS rate at this time.

Student Rooms
We strongly encourage your child to room with other students as meeting participants from other schools is part of the competition experience. If your child decides to stay with you in your hotel room, please let his or her teacher know as soon as possible. Registration deadline is Wed., Feb. 29, and changes to room assignments cannot be made after that date.

If your student decides to room with you, MATHCOUNTS does not reimburse you for the room. Once we assign students to rooms, students cannot change their minds. Doing so could mean another student is in a room alone, which MATHCOUNTS does not allow.

Students are assigned to rooms with others of their team of the same sex. Students are usually assigned three or four to a room if all three or four are on the same team and the same sex. Two team members may be assigned to room with two team members from another school. One individual from a school will be assigned to a room with only one other
student. Coaches are placed near their students’ rooms.

Student Meals
Meals provided for your child include a Friday dinner and ice cream social, and breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Because of space and costs considerations, these meals are only open to students and coaches. There is a restaurant at the hotel as well as other restaurants nearby.

Media Forms
Your child’s coach should have received copies of a media waiver form. Parents are asked to fill out and sign the form and email it to katie@mathcountsmn.org by Tuesday, March 20 or send it with your student or their coach to turn in when they arrive at the state competition. >>You can also access the form here.

MATHCOUNTS Sweatshirts
We will be selling Minnesota MATHCOUNTS hooded sweatshirts at the competition for $20 each or two for $30. They can also be ordered on this page.

Donations
Minnesota MATHCOUNTS is a nonprofit organization that is privately funded by area companies, foundations and individuals. There is no registration fee for your child to attend the state competition and cost for each student averages about $300. If you are in a position to do so, we ask you to consider a small donation to MATHCOUNTS. Your donation could allow other students to have the same positive experience
as your child at the state meet.

Donations to MATHCOUNTS are charitable for tax purposes. We do have a secure online Google checkout donation capability on our Home Page and would welcome a donation. MATHCOUNTS
is also listed on www.givemn.org, under the MN Professional Engineers Foundation.

Donation forms will also be available at the state meet.
In addition, if your place of work offers matching donations or might be interested in sponsoring the MATHCOUNTS program, please contact Katie at katie@mathcountsmn.org or 651-457-2347.

If you have any questions, please call your chapter coordinator,
your child’s coach/teacher, or me at the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers, 651-457-2347.

Email: katie@mathcountsmn.org