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Winner of the 2003 Golden Tassel Award for New Chapters
from the National Dollars for Scholars Organization.

*Five Years of Work by The Somerville Mathematics Fund*
We were chartered in September 2000 to celebrate and encourage achievement in mathematics in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. Our affiliation with Dollars for Scholars gives students who receive one of our scholarships a financial aid advantage at over 440 colleges. All of our contributions are tax deductible (501(c)(3))
In September 2003, The Somerville Mathematics Fund won the 2003-2004 Golden Tassel Community Service Award from the national Dollars for Scholars organization for the outstanding new Dollars for Scholars chapter.
Fourteen Renewable College Mathematics Scholarship winners ($56,000 total)
• Jeff Arredondo (Northeastern University) •Kyle Baxter (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) •Lisandra Costiner (Harvard University) •Monica R Fernandes (Suffolk University) •Arshan Gailus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) • Kate Ming Gao (Brandeis University) •Ming Gao (Brandeis University) •Kathlyn Harris (Colby College) •Siddhartha Jha (Harvard University) •Daipan Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) •Christopher Magnell (University of Massachusetts at Lowell) • Jessica Tse (Wellesley College) • Tri Vu, Falstein-Schneider,You Can Count on Yourself Scholarship (Brandeis University) • Xueyi Yu (Northeastern University) •Xufang Zou (Brandeis)
Three Community Service Awards to our student volunteers • Laura Leland, Community Volunteer Service Award from Scholarship America, Dollars for Scholars & The Somerville Mathematics Fund • Laura Leland, Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts (ATMIM) Service Award in Mathematics • Jessica Tse, Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts (ATMIM) Service Award in Mathematics
Twenty-three MathCad Software winners
• Jeff Arredondo (Northeastern University) •Kyle Baxter (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) •Kathleen Bohan (Tufts University) • Ratawon Chaisilwattana (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana) •Lisandra Costiner (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) •Michael Favaloro (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) •Richard Favaloro (Bentley College) •Monica R Fernandes (Suffolk University) •Arshan Gailus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) •Eric Gaudet (Northeastern University) •Ming Gao (Brandeis University) •Kathlyn Harris (Colby College) •Siddhartha Jha (Harvard University) • Timothy Kelly (University Massachusetts at Lowell) •Daipan Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) •Christopher Magnell (University of Massachusetts at Lowell) •Michael Oshima (Harvard University) •Kara Rossetti (Stonehill College) •Jens Stevens (Carleton College) • Jessica Tse (Wellesley College) • Tri Vu (Brandeis University) • Xueyi Yu (Northeastern University) •Xufang Zou (Brandeis)
Seventeen Classroom Projects ($7,800 total)
•Marlene Archer at the Somerville Community Computer Center for mathematical software for the developmentally disabled students in the KOALA program (Kids Of All Learning Abilities) • Catherine Canna at the Somerville High School for TinkerPlots data analysis materials •Jon Deane at the Prospect Hill Academy for Algebra Lab Gear for factoring binomials and polynomials •Eileen Kilty at the A.D. Healey School for home enrichment, cross curricular Math Bags for 1st grade children to do with their parents •Debra Hurley at the A D Healey School for two and three dimensional building materials for first graders •Debra Hurley at the A D Healey School for Big Books for teaching mathematics using literature in first grade •Michelle Loconto at the Cummings School for mathematical games for first grade children to do with their parents •Mary McClellan at the East Somerville Community School for a mathematical resource lending library for middle school parents •Colleen Murphy at the A D Healey School for a middle school mathematics video libraty •Judith Nierenberg and Dariel Thompson at the Cummings School for mathematical resources and storybooks for the library as well as mathematical multicultural posters •Nina Maria Romano at the Michael E Capuano Early Childhood Center for take-home math kits for kindergarten children •Geoffrey Slack at the Saint Clement High School for a project using geometric transformations to create patterns •Patricia Solano at the Cummings School for Hands-on Equations Learning materials • Celia Taylor at the A D Healey School for a K - 2 family mathematics night •Betty Ann Vitale and Celia Taylor at the A D Healey School for a K - 2 family mathematics night (2 years)
Four City Wide Family Mathematics Nights
We have held three thematic family mathematics nights for middle school students and their families. High school and community volunteers ran each of the evenings which were attended by students from East Somerville Community School, A. D. Healey School, and PowderHouse Community School.
•Pi Night on March 14, 2003 (Click here for information) •Metric Mania on October 10, 2003 (Click here for information) •Pattern Party on April 30, 2004 (Click here for information) •Pi Night on March 11, 2005
Somerville Journal Family Problem Solving (Click here)
We are publishing mathematics problems for families to solve together four times a year.
*We’ve just begun to help the community. How can you help?*
•Make a tax deductible donation to The Somerville Mathematics Fund •Sponsor a scholarship to honor a family member or acknowledge your business •Tell your friends and neighbors about our group and ask them to contribute •Help us plan and implement a city-wide family mathematics night •Join our working Board

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