Welcome to ORMC

Winter 2024 Quarter Information

• The Winter 2024 quarter registration for regular ORMC classes will open on 12/11 and close on 12/27. The returning Fall 2023 quarter students in good standing will be registered automatically, if they apply. Registration for math competitions prep classes, AMC 8, AMC 10/12, and Olympiads, as well as for the chess club will open once registration for the regular classes is finalized. The auxiliary classes are only available for students enrolled in the regular program.
• First day of classes: Sunday, 1/7.
• Last day of classes: Sunday, 3/10.
• No classes on Sunday, 2/18, the Presidents Day weekend.
• All classes will be taught in person.

Fall 2023 Quarter Information

• The Fall 2023 quarter registration for all ORMC classes is now closed.
• First day of classes: Sunday, 10/1.
• Last day of classes: Sunday 12/10.
• No classes on Sunday, 11/12, the Veterans Day weekend, and on Sunday, 11/26, the Thanksgiving weekend.
• Parents' Club meeting: Sunday, 10/29, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, in MS 5200. Parents will meet with UCLA Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Gary Clark. A lecture will be followed by Q&A.
• Guest lecture and a tour of the Aerospace Corporation for all the Advanced classes' students and instructors: Sunday, 11/19, 4:00-6:00 PM. The lecture will be given by the Aerospace engineers, Vinay Goyal and Jacob Rome.
• Parents' Club meeting: Sunday, 12/3, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, location TBA. Parents will meet with Jamon Pulliam, an associate director of college counseling at Viewpoint School and a doctoral student at UCLA.
• All classes are taught in person.

Fall 2023 ORMC instructors:

Donations:

Donations form a crucial component of the Circle's budget. Quarterly donations at the level of $300 per student are needed to sustain the high quality of our program.  Please consider ORMC as a part of your giving plans this season! Donations are not a factor in enrollment decisions and do not entitle your child to enrollment.

Schedule:

ORMC Math Videos

• A 40 sec. intro to the Circle:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsyIks8ZvDk
• Binary Magic, a Trick:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5jK2NXCFY
• Binary Magic, an Explanation:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toSPX0vANJA
• Word puzzles, permutations, and computers, part 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoU44qFJ95E&t=391s
• Word puzzles, permutations, and computers, part 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5CGkO0GlR4&t=44s

Satellite Math Circles

ORMC may designate some Math Circles as ORMC satellites. A request for such a designation should be sent to the ORMC director. To qualify, a Math Circle 

1. has to be free-of-charge for participating students; 

2. have a substantial part, 50% or more, of their curriculum based on the ORMC curriculum; 

3. have instructors with ORMC training; and 

4. operate in close contact with ORMC so that ORMC could attest to the quality of the instruction.

In the academic year 2022-23, an ORMC Advanced 1 student, Lawrence Pang, along with his six friends, continued their ORMC Satellite Program for students in grades 2-3 at Wittmann Elementary School. The class was moved to an in-person format, doubling the number of students. The students found the curriculum and Math Circle methods to be vastly more fun and engaging, especially with the in-person format and interpersonal interaction that comes with it. Lawrence and his team plan to continue in-person classes to expand their community impact and help everyone interested get the Math Circle experience.

Thank you notes

• ORMC would like to thank the Circle's major donor, Sierra Chen, for her unwavering support.
• ORMC would like to thank Prof. Sucharit Sarkar for supporting the Circle through his NSF RTG grant.
• The Circle would like to thank the Schlessinger family for providing food and beverages for the beginning and end of the year parties for ORMC instructors for two years in a row. The Circle is also grateful to the Schlessingers for sponsoring the airfare and lodging of the Spring 2023 guest speaker, Dr. Zuming Fang.
• The Circle would like to thank Julie Haubner for organizing two meetings of the Parents' Club, one with a college counselor, Gregg Murray, Director of Life Planning at Vistamar School, and another with Kanak Malshe, Bar Raiser and Software Development Manager at Amazon.
• The Circle would like to thank all the parents helping with fundraising.