Revere High School belongs to an honor society that gives students who enjoy math the chance to show off their problem solving skills.

The Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society participates in math contests, practices math and problem solving, and tutors other students. The society currently has over thirty members, from grades ten through twelve. The president of the organization is Erik Godard, vice president is Becky Jarvis, treasurer is Maggie Hill, and secretaries are Tyler Cai and Sydney Katz. The adviser of Mu Alpha Theta is math teacher, Joanne Gillette. Jarvis, a junior, described the organization.

“Mu Alpha Theta is a national high school math honor society. It promotes awareness and enjoyment of mathematics. We participate in a wide variety of contests and have presentations on various topics related to math like interesting math concepts and careers related to math,” Jarvis said.

Gillette explained how to become a part of Mu Alpha Theta.

“Students must participate in math contests and have a 3.0 grade point average for math classes (Algebra II and higher). A high math GPA requires a few math contests. A lower math GPA would require more math contest participation,” Gillette said.

Gillette also spoke of the competitions that students can compete in.

“Society members are encouraged to participate in many math contests. Any Revere student can compete in Ohio Math League (OML), Mu Alpha Theta Log 1, Kent State contest, Rocket City Math League (RCML), Purple Comet Math Meet, TrigStar, American Mathematics Competition (AMC), Math Madness, and MathCON. Society members get the first opportunity to compete at the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM) contest before other students are asked. Students who score well in some contests might be invited to other contests,” Gillette said.

These competitions give out either individual awards or school awards, and some give out both. The awards can consist of certificates, pins, trophies, plaques, money and more. The society also conducts the school wide annual Pi Day Celebration. Godard detailed the event.

“[It is] one of the most important events that the society conducts. On that day, students who solve a math problem correctly at lunch earn a slice of pie. Members of Mu Alpha Theta meet in advance to formulate [hundreds of math] problems and bring in pies on March 14. [On that day] members volunteer to distribute problems and check answers during lunch… both the students and Mu Alpha Theta members have an enjoyable experience,” Godard said.

The society will induct new students in May for the 2014-2015 school year.