Subject: Need UMD students to help with PGCPS math clubs Description: We are looking for Maryland students with strong basic math skills who are willing to work with Prince George’s County middle schoolers. Scholastic Olympics, Inc., a nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated to finding successful alternative education programs, has begun to launch math clubs that are based on the game of basketball. The game is called NBA Math Hoops and it is designed to improve the math literacy of 5th through 9th graders. Maryland students only need to know basic math as the skills involved in the game include basic computation through advanced work with decimals, fractions, pattern recognition, and strategy. Students will work to strengthen youths’ math skills, while operating as a manager of multiple games and an overall role model. Students may work as little as two hours a week or as much as six hours a week. Transportation is a plus because some of the math clubs are in far-flung parts of the county. Scholastic Olympics will pay expenses, as well as a small honorarium that may be used for gas. For more information: http://nbamathhoops.org/ http://www.learnfresh.org/ Scholastic Olympics, Inc. is a 501c3 organization managed by Tamara M. Cooke Henry, Ph.D., an adjunct in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, UMD. [log in to unmask] 301-801-2618 Iwebpage http://wordconsultingllc.com/ScholasticOlympics.html Contact Person: Tamara M. Cooke Henry, Ph.D Contact Email: [log in to unmask]