The club is sponsored by mathematics teachers Paula Rogers, Mary Klein, Louis Beuschlein, and Glena Rogers. The Urbana High School Math Club provides students the chance to study challenging math problems and to test their skill against other students in Illinois and Indiana. It is an excellent opportunity to hone math skills and gain recognition for mathematical accomplishments. These are not required meetings, but everyone is welcome. A typical meeting begins with refreshments followed by announcements and then the distribution of problems.
Students also work with each other.
Some meetings are devoted to learning to use laptop computers and graphing calculators since these tools are allowed at some of the contests. On occasion there are celebration parties. The UHS Math Team enters at least seven math contests a year including our own in-school math contest. The club raises money to attend contests through car washes, candy sales, and donations. Speakers came to the high school every Thursday for actually 6 Thursdays in a row in April, 1999.