Summer 2021

The Math Circles of Chicago will  offer one-week summer camps for rising 6th to 8th graders in 2021. Our plans for high school students are tentative.

Our camps give students the chance to participate in a highly communal weeklong mathematics experience. These camps are hands-on, minds-on, featuring active math circle activities, where exploration and collaboration are prized.
2021 Summer Camps will be online.

Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Program

Virtual

Week of 7/12: Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th

Week of 7/19: Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th

Week of 7/26: Rising 6th, 7th only

Camps will meet online from 9AM to noon. Students can participate for one week only.

Rising 9th/10th Grade Program

Virtual

We expect to offer a one week program for 9th & 10th graders in the summer of 2021. Dates will be announced in April.

Rising 11th to 13th Grade Program

Virtual

We will not be able to offer this program in 2021, but expect to have an offering in 2022.

Fees & Lottery/Registration Schedule,

All of our summer camps are free. The suggested donation for each of our camps is $300 per week on a sliding scale. Families earning more than $80,000 annually are encouraged to donate $150 (half the price of the camp); those earning more than $120,000 are encouraged to donate $300.

The lottery for our summer camps will open on May 1st, and lottery selection will occur on May 16th.

Preference is based on:

  • The number of MC2 sessions a student has attended during the fall, winter, and spring of the 2020-2021 school year.
  • The school a student attends, with priority for children attending CPS schools where the majority of students are from families designated Low Income by CPS.

Beyond these criteria the lottery will select students randomly.