By Caden Simpson- Staff Reporter

The National Math Honor Society (NMHS) is an academic club at Jonathan Law High School which specializes in math activities and events. 

NMHS meets on the last Tuesday of every month for about 15-30 minutes, and discusses things like monthly math activities. These activities allow students to work with their peers and receive a better understanding of math.

“In the NMHS we focus on the promotion of doing and learning math and we take time to promote math in multiple ways,” NMHS Advisor Mr. Ruzbarsky said. “We peer tutor after school and have school wide math completions every year. On top of all that we try to learn more math at our meetings”. 

NHMS also has competitions but has not held them since pre-COVID- 19. The clubs main focus is to engage themselves and other students in math topics and activities

“We explore various math topics and work on group math activities,” senior club member Sydney Simpson said. “The club allows for learning and spreading a better math understanding to students throughout the school”.

NHMS recently put together activities for national Pi Day on March 14, where students competed in various Pi-related games. They also recently held their 2021-2022 induction ceremony in person in the auditorium.

“We had lots of Pi Day games, including reciting 100 digits of Pi, guess how many beads in the jar, and more,” senior club member Lauren Davis said. “Everyone who participated had a really fun time with it, and winners of the Pi Day activities received a $5 gift card to either Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks.”

The NMHS senses that there will be more engaging activities in the future, now that COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

“With less COVID-19 restrictions, it is much easier and more lenient to host math activities,” senior club member Grace Kantor said. “There will definitely be more events like Pi Day in the future.”

The credentials for NHMS are fairly simple: whoever wants to join just needs to have passed Algebra II and have an average of 87 or higher for each class. 

“NHMS always encourages new members,” senior club member Shelby Green. “As long as the criteria is met, students are more than welcome to join the club.”

The club not only is a great opportunity to learn more about math, but also adds to your college resume and is recommended by members. 

“I would definitely recommend it to any underclassmen,” Ruzbarsky said. “It looks great on your college resume and you get to talk about math with people that enjoy it.”