The MathMates Class of 2025What is The WAVE Math Mates Program?
The program is for kids who are going into 4th and 5th grades. You must live in Pacific Grove or go to a PGUSD school.
The waveprogram MathMATES is a math enrichment program designed to expose rising 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 provides students with the opportunity to develop problem-solving skills through engaging lessons, riddles, and puzzles.
Dates, times, and registration for the 2026 MathMates will be announced in the spring.
Thanks to Kai Bishop, Carly Rodolf, Yasser Alkhalaf, Thomas Coen who assisted Conor during the 2025 MathMatesMathMates Summer 2025 Program Draws a Crowd
The waveprogram held its annual MathMates enrichment course on June 2-5, 2025, at Robert Down Elementary School in the BASRP room. Over 40 kids from Forest Grove, Robert Down, and Pacific Grove came together for a week of Math fun.
This year's MathMates was led by PGHS junior Conor O'Brien, who is an accomplished musician, vocalist, athlete, and editor of the school newspaper.
O'Brien summarized his experience teaching the students who attended this summer:
"This year's MathMates summer program had a great turnout and great results. Each kid was awesome, and I hope they all had fun and learned something new they can apply in their coming years at school.
We covered topics that will be taught in this upcoming year in their math curriculum to get them ahead of the curve, along with some other fun subjects that help them get excited about the depth of math as a subject. We hope to see everyone in the program throughout the year and next summer for the 4th graders."
