Math Challenge Tournament® (MCT)
Schools/centers' Registration
The 2025 Math Challenge Tournament (MCT) is an in-person only competition, hosted by schools/education centers. Schools/centers can choose one or more date/time slots between March 26th and April 5th 2025 to host this competition.
Through the MCT give back program, eligible schools/centers that are hosting MCT will receive 20% of the tournament fee based on the number of students that participate in the tournament at the hosting schools/centers.
Please review additional information below on how to host/organize MCT at your schools/centers.
How to host and organize MCT for your school/center
Through the MCT give back program, eligible schools/centers that are hosting MCT will receive 20% of the tournament fee based on the number of students that participate in the tournament at the hosting schools/centers.
Please review additional information below on how to host/organize MCT at your schools/centers.
How to host and organize MCT for your school/center
- Register your school/center (CLOSED): any PTA/PTSA member/teacher/principal/center director, etc. can be an MCT organizer and register their school HERE. This person would be the primary MCT organizer in charge of running and implementing MCT in the school/center. Before registering your school, organizers need to have the following:
- Determine date(s) & time(s) of the tournament. A hosting school/center may have multiple sessions to accommodate more students. For 2025 Math Challenge Tournament, schools/centers can choose one or more date/time slots between March 26th and April 5th, 2025 to host this competition.
- Reserve the space at school (classroom, library, common area, or gym) and determine the maximum number of students you will host for the tournament for each session.
- Determine if the tournament will be available exclusively for your students, or if you will accept students from neighboring schools to participate.
- Promote the tournament to students/parents: this tournament can be promoted through posters, flyers, PeachJar advertising, school’s newsletter, emails to teachers, emails to parents, social media posts, etc.
- Organize the tournament and review timelines and checklist to make sure the event is successful. This includes:
- Set detailed schedule of the tournament.
- Communicate the expectations to parents/students.
- Recruit and train volunteers for the tournament day.
- Review tournament packet received before the tournament day.
- Distribute awards: determine and implement awards distribution for your students who are placed in the top 20 nationally (i.e. award ceremony, principal morning announcement, etc.)
Important Timelines
- Now - Jan 10, 2025: school registration is open and organizers can register their school/center HERE.
- Jan 13: schools/centers receive a registration link specific for their school/center that they can include in their tournament promotion venues.
- Jan 13 - March 4, 2025: students' registration is open.
- Jan 13 - March 3, 2025: organizers continue to promote the tournament.
- March 4, 2025: student's registration close
- March 6, 2025: organizers receive an email with an excel spreadsheet of all students registered in their school/center location and a list of possible volunteers that organizers can reach out to.
- March 21 - April 1, 2025: organizers receive tournament packet (tournament test questions, blank students' answer sheets, ribbons, and keepsakes for participants) about 3 - 5 days before tournament dates.
- March 26 - April 5, 2025: tournaments are being held in various locations.
- April 8, 2025: organizers scan students answer sheets into a pdf and email it back to [email protected].
- April 9, 2025: organizers may distribute test questions and answer sheet to students (either electronically or parents can pick up at the school's front office, etc.).
- April 23, 2025: Results to be posted on our website at: TBD
- April 28 - May 2, 2025: Awards to be either shipped or dropped off to each school/center.
- May 5 - end of school: organizers may distribute the awards to students (award ceremony, school assembly, etc.)
Organizers Resources
Hosting MCT email proposal (template)
Logistics and Organizers Roles and Responsibilities
MCT - Organizers Timelines
MCT - Organizers checklist
MCT - Intro/Announcement to Parents (template)
MCT Poster (template)
MCT Email to Principals of surrounding schools (template)
MCT Email to Parents of Participants (template)
MCT Guidelines for Participants
MCT Answer Sheet Sample
Volunteering for MCT
Best Practice for Proper Scanning
Logistics and Organizers Roles and Responsibilities
MCT - Organizers Timelines
MCT - Organizers checklist
MCT - Intro/Announcement to Parents (template)
MCT Poster (template)
MCT Email to Principals of surrounding schools (template)
MCT Email to Parents of Participants (template)
MCT Guidelines for Participants
MCT Answer Sheet Sample
Volunteering for MCT
Best Practice for Proper Scanning