2024 MATHMATES
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Registration for MathMates Opens on Friday, April 5, 2024
Thewaveprogram of Pacific Grove welcomes home Christopher Rosas, Founder and leader of MathMates for the summer of 2024. Christopher was a standout student-athlete at Pacific Grove High School.
Christopher graduated from PGHS as valedictorian in 2022. He accepted an academic scholarship to Harvard University that same summer, where he studies Applied Math. Christopher developed MathMates in 2021.
Christopher is a brilliant young man and an outstanding teacher and role model for all of our PG youth! He makes math fun!
The program is set for June 3-7, from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at a site to be determined. Math Mates is for ambitious PG students entering the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in the fall of 2024.
What is The WAVE Math Mates Program?
The program is for kids who are going into 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. You must live in Pacific Grove or go to a PGUSD school.
Math Wave MATES, is a math enrichment program designed to expose rising 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students to critical thinking skills and grade-level content that will expand their mathematical horizons. Founded under the premise that anyone can become good at math, Math Wave MATES welcomes learners of all kinds and talent-levels. This program offers students the opportunity to develop problem-solving skills through stimulating lessons, riddles, and puzzles.
Inaugural Wave Math Mates Photos
Below are pictures from the 2021 Wave Math Mates 4th grade program. Captain Schimpf - played by Cristopher Rosas dressed up as a pirate - gave the math mates a lesson on Pattern Recognition: the nefarious Captain Schimpf had stolen all of Pacific Grove's gold. came alive to show all Math Wave MATE students that problem-solving and creativity are a mathematician's greatest treasure. The students were creating math codes / patterns to confuse Cpt. Schimpf and prevent him from stealing the treasure!
The Wave Math Mates Teacher
Cristopher Rosas, founder of the Math MATES and Math Wave MATES program, is lead instructor during the Math Wave MATES program. Rosas is an alumna of both Forest Grove Elementary School and Pacific Grove Middle School, and he is currently a senior at Pacific Grove High School.
Cristopher's earliest memories of math coincide with a seemingly simple challenge from his grandmother: name a single thing in the world that does not relate to math. Several years and many math classes later, Cristopher has come to appreciate the inherently mathematical nature of our reality. Leading the Math MATES during the 2020-2021 school year, Rosas dedicated over 400 hours to math enrichment throughout the PGUSD. He is also president of the Math, Science, and Chess clubs at Pacific Grove High School.
Outside of mathematical pursuits, Cristopher plays his violin as section leader in the Breaker Orchestra. He also leads in the Boys Varsity Soccer and Baseball teams at PGHS.
2021 Graduates
(4th Grade)
Kevin Li
Sawyer Corcoran
Stella Saich
James Atanous
Christian Li
Josh Wu
Olivia Gunn