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"I like how my teach tries to include everyone in conversations and activities. He also helps me think deeper about problems."

"She was told she was not good at math by someone (we do not know who). And while we talked to her about it and tried to convince her otherwise but we did not have much of an impact. But here in Math Circles she is in classes and keeping up with people she thought were smarter than her, and she did not think she could work with on an equal basis but she is enjoying it and getting better grades in math (A is first trimester of 6th grade and she had all B’s in math in 5th grade)"

"It really has helped my daughter want to be better at math. She even thinks math is now a little cool! That’s new for her because math is not her best subject."

"I look forward to coming back to math circles. The environment is very welcoming, the teachers and students are kind, and the topics we cover are quite engaging."

“I like the new problems and puzzles I never knew math had.”

“I would like to come back to Math Circles, because it is engaging and speaks to me in a way that normal math class doesn’t.”

"One of the former Math Circle students asked me today if we were going to have Math Circles this year. When I said that I was hoping to start it, she said 'Yes!' enthusiastically. This student cried anxiously about an upcoming division unit last year and was reluctant to speak in math class at the beginning of fifth grade. " -An MC2 Afterschool Teacher

"I think Math Circles does a nice job of offering ways to get involved iwith the Math Circles community. Such as opportunities to view someone else teaching a lesson, ways to collaborate with other instructors including a portal to share lesson reflections and dialogue about each others' successes and ways to improve. "

"Really appreciate the collaboration and feedback, online supports and lesson plans---keep doin what you're doin!"

"As I consider my career next steps, I think about Math Circles and the programs that it has enabled me to bring to my students (i.e. Math Festival, QED) and it increases my desire to stay in the classroom. Math Circles facilitates and cultivates the joy in teaching and learning that first drew me to to the work, and helps to counteract some of the push factors to leave the field."

"Math circles for me has been very sustaining. It's something I always look forward to, and really can lean into on days that don't go as planned. It brings me so much joy. "

"Sometimes I think "wow, I wish I had this level of autonomy in my classroom all the time, I don't want to work in a school classroom," but I do think that teaching for MC2 reminds me what is possible for me but especially for students in a way that pushes me to actually make that happen at school. I can go back into the classroom because I can see the effects of open-ended tasks that foreground collaboration on student success."