Dear Math Friends,
Join us this Saturday, April 11, 2026, for our last Family Math Afternoon at the Kingston Library. Our Contest Program is also coming to a close: we have one more week of Purple Comet contest practice and then the contest itself.
By the end of April, we’ll be more focused on the Bard Math CAMP. All applications received by April 30 will receive full consideration.
Please read on for more details about these programs.
Japheth
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Japheth Wood, PhD
Director, Bard Math Circle and Co-Director, Bard Math CAMP
Continuing Associate Professor of Mathematics, Bard College
The Family Math Afternoon
Our family math afternoon is coming to a close this Saturday, April 11. We welcome middle school students and their families to join us for mathematical adventures. The afternoon features Engaging Math Problems, Logic Puzzles, and Thinking Games. You will enjoy a selection of engrossing and hands-on math activities. The mathematical fun will be infinite! No prior registration is needed for the Family Math Afternoon. We meet in the Community Room.
Saturday, April 11, 2–4pm
Family Math Afternoon
at the Kingston Library, Kingston, NY
Join us for a math adventure!
Location: Kingston Library, 61 Crown Street, Kingston NY 12401
Schedule: Saturdays, 2-4pm
Dates: September 13, October 18, November 22, and December 20 in 2025; January 17, February 21, March 14, and April 11 in 2026
Parking: The library has plenty of free parking
Purple Comet Contest!
Our contest program this school year concludes with the team-based Purple Comet Contest. We are forming both middle school and high school teams. There are two challenges: solving too many increasingly difficult math problems, and coordinating the team’s efforts towards this goal.
Practices
At the Kingston Library on Mondays, 3–5pm
⭕️ March 9 ⭕️ March 16 ⭕️ March 23 ⭕️ March 30 ⭕️ April 6 ⭕️ April 13 ⭕️
Purple Comet Contest
Monday, April 20, 3–5pm, Kingston Library and the rest of the week at Bard College / Simon’s Rock.
Bard Math CAMP
The Creative and Analytical Math Program will take place on the Bard College campus, in-person, from Monday, August 3 to Friday, August 7, 2026, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm each day.
Admissions is a 3 stage process. The (1) Interest Form is now open. After that, students will be sent the (2) Math Activity Packet. Parents of students who are invited to join CAMP will complete the (3) Confirmation Form.
More Opportunities
Apply to a Summer Mathematics Program!
The Summer Mathematics Programs Consortium is a community of mathematically-intensive summer enrichment programs dedicated to improvement and promoting greater access to advanced study in the mathematical sciences for middle and high school students.
If you are a CAMP alum in high school, take a look at our partner programs and let the adventure continue!
The Upstate New York Math Team
Compete with a community of high school math students in the American Regions Math League.
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If you are organizing a math or math-adjacent event, we’d love to publicize it here!
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