By Tyanna Xavier – Social Media Editor

The Jonathan Law National Math Honor Society is creating a math contest for all students starting Thursday, April 1. 

“There’s going to be a math problem on Eagle Eye News and the topics range from Algebra 1 to Statistics and Calculus,” junior NMHS member Diya Daruka said. “The math problems can be solved without having to do too many calculations so you can solve them right after seeing it on the news without spending too much time on it. The problems were picked by members of the NMHS.”

If a student gets the problem right, they can earn a prizes including gift cards to Starbucks and Dunkin’.

The goal of the contest is to promote math in school during National Math Awareness Month.

“Last year was our first year when we started,” NMHS advisor Mr. Ruzbarsky said. “Our founding members decided they wanted to promote math more in our school. So they did some research and wanted to do some activities for Pi Day and found that there is a National Math Awareness Month in April which is promoted mainly by the National Mathematics Honor Society.  They all decided that we should hold some type of activity or contest. Thus, we decided to do an April Math Month Challenge.” 

Unfortunately, many of the plans the NMHS had for this year were delayed due to COVID, but members are excited to share their love of math with the Law community through the contest.

 “I feel honored to be president of the National Math Honor Society,” NMHS President and junior Meghana Cheela said. “To me, NMHS is more than just a club, it is a community and I am happy to be there for other students if they need any guidance or help in general.”

The April Math Month Challenge is a fun way to promote mathematics in the Jonathan Law community and a way to celebrate the field of mathematics while also getting students thinking.