[Noisebridge-discuss] SF Elementary Math Circle

[Praveen Sinha]

Hi Rachel,

I think this would be really awesome, and a lot of people at the space are
supportive of having children over.  The only thing to keep in mind is that
while children are welcome, there are is no censorship in the space
(noisebridgers tend to utilize quite a bit of freedom of expression) and
there are lots of sharp/pointy/toxic/boozy things lying around.  Usually
this isn't a huge issue, but something to keep in mind....

Cheers,
Praveen

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Rachel Chalmers <rachel at goop.org> wrote:

> Hola Noisebridgians,
>
> I'm trying to pull together a Math Circle for elementary school-age kids
> (7-10ish) in Bernal and the Mission.
>
> If you're not familiar with the awesomeness that is math circles, there's
> some good background here:
>
> http://www.mathcircles.org/
>
> My 7yo attended the Berkeley Math Circle last year:
>
>
> http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/index.php?options=bmc|bmc_elementary|BMC%20Elementary<http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/index.php?options=bmc%7Cbmc_elementary%7CBMC%20Elementary>(that's her in the second pic)
>
> It was amazing and terrific, but she and her dad were schlepping home on
> BART very late at night, and we'd love to have a closer option. There's
> already an SF Math Circle for grade 6 and up, but elementary schoolkids
> aren't provided for. That said, the organizers recommended Irina Lazarevsky
> as someone who has led groups of this age before. Irina's agreed to run a
> group for us. I have a bunch of families ready and willing to sign up, but
> no venue.
>
> I've talked to the libraries but they require free and equal access, and
> this would be a paid thing ($20/hour) for a limited number of kids (7). I've
> talked to some schools about renting a classroom but they're expensive
> ($50/night) and we're already looking at an expensive proposition.
>
> So I wondered if we could work something out with you guys. A donation for
> your buildout, perhaps? This would be on Wednesday evenings from 6-7, if you
> have free space. The kids would be supervised at all times and would not be
> messing with your power tools or biohacking experiments.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Rachel
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