Mathematics League
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The Minnesota Junior High School Mathematics League was founded
in 1986 by Marlys Henke. It was originally formed with eight junior high
schools from the City of St. Paul, and was modeled after the Minnesota
State High School Mathematics League (MSHSML). The two organizations share
the same triangle symbol
The purpose of the JHML is to encourage students to participate in math contests, serve as a "farm club" for the MSHSML, enable students to meet mathletes from other schools, and to provide recognition for students excelling in mathematics. It also serves as preparation for the annual MathCounts competition. The meet topics are based on the MathCounts topics. Member schools belong to a division of two to fifteen schools that often are aligned with their athletic conference competitors. Each school has a team ( or teams ) with a maximum of six students with no more than four eighth graders. Individual participation is also encouraged for those not on the official team. For those schools with a ninth grade, there is a ninth grade competition available. The teams in each division come together for five meets each season.. During the 2009-2010 season the League had almost 2000 students from 120 schools around the state of Minnesota participating in 24 divisions. Ms. Henke started her teaching career in 1968, teaching
math and chemistry in Zambia, Africa. In 1970 she joined the St. Paul
Public Schools where she taught chemistry at the old Mechanic Arts High
School. In the late 1970's Ms. Henke taught math and science at Highland
Park Junior High School. In 1980 she became a member of the math department
at St. Paul Central High School. She became the coach of the Central Math
Team in 1984 and brought them to the State Tournament every year from 1990
to 2004, winning the State Championship in 1997 and 2001. In June
of 2004 she retired from active teaching, but remains active in the Senior
High Math League. At the 2005 Summer Conference of the Minnesota Senior
High School Math League, MS. Henke was inducted in the first class of
the League's Hall of Fame. Ms. Henke has also coached Minnesota's American Regions Math League teams and has been State Director of the American Junior High School Math Exam given every November.
Most of the Meet 5 results are in and posted. The Top Scorers, Teams,
and Statistics pages have all been updated to reflect the changes. One
division thought they had their Meet 5 results faxed in, but did not keep
their copy. As it turned out, we did not get their results, and I have nothing
to give them for Meet 5. Coaches are reminded to check the web site to make
sure their scores got entered properly before tossing their papers.In fact,
I would keep them until well after the season is over.*******The 2012 Letter of Intent can be found at the Coach's Information button. The form is a PDF file that you can fill in and then save on your computer, as well as print. You can then send in an electronic copy to let us know your plans, while waiting for your office to complete the paper work. We recognize that times are difficult for school systems, and there has been no increase in fee for the seventh year in a row. Schools that have gotten their Letter's of Intent in have been posted under the "Division Information" button.
The new 2012-2013 schedule
can be found under the Schedule button.
The topics for the 2012-2013 have
not changed . Again this season no calculators will be allowed
on any of the events. Topics can be found under the "Topics"
button to the left as well as in the Coach's Manual found under the "Coach's
Information" button. The Coach's Manual has been updated to reflect
this change.
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This site was last updated February 1, 2012.
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