When we meet
Starting on 26 September 2009, the Stanford Math Circle will begin meeting on Saturdays, from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. We divide our annual schedule into an Autumn term and a Winter term, and we observe both a Thanksgiving break and a Spring break.
We also hope to be able to meet during the Summer next year, since the summer session we’ve just concluded — the first ever, and not only for us here at the Stanford Math Circle, but for all the Bay Area math circles — seems to have been a signficant success. If we do meet next summer, our meetings will be held on a weeknight, probably from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Two hours sounds long...
Yes, but it won’t feel long — especially since, midway through each session, we always pause for ten or fifteen minutes to enjoy a snack together (e.g., chocolate chip cookies, two-bite brownies, fig newtons, etc.) This gives us something to look forward to, and keeps even the longest sessions from wearing us out.
(By the way, we rely on parent volunteers to supply our mid-session snacks, and we hereby invite those parents eager to win the undying gratitude of all participants to sign up here.)
Where we meet
The Stanford Math Circle meets on the Stanford University campus, in Room 380C in the basement of Sloan Hall (where the mathematics department has its offices.)
Two Exceptions: 10 and 24 October 2009
On 10 and 24 October 2009, the Stanford Math Circle will meet in Room 381U, on the first floor of Sloan Hall, immediately opposite the mathematics department reception desk.
Here is a map that shows Sloan Hall (i.e., Building 380, at the "Math Corner" of the Main Quad), as well as The Oval at the end of Palm Drive (which is the extension onto the Stanford campus of Palo Alto’s University Avenue. For a more detailed and comprehensive map, as well as driving directions, just click here.)
On Sundays, and during the week after 4:00pm, parking is unrestricted around the perimeter of The Oval. Although good weather does bring out the crowds, there’s usually more than enough parking there for even the best-attended Math Circle sessions. (Still, it’s always wise to arrive a little early, just in case.)