The schools also nominate a liaison staff member for each student to assist in communication between the school and university staffs. Student entrance to the program is accomplished during the sixth grade. A portion of the program fees may be waived upon parental request. The texts for the first three years of the curriculum are Books 0 and 1-3 of the Elements of Mathematics series developed by the Comprehensive School Mathematics project. In the fifth year students study from the textbook by Epp entitled Discrete Mathematics with Applications .
Students meet with different teachers in the two classes.
Class sizes run from about 30 in grade seven to 20 in twelfth grade. Because some students commence their studies in the program a year early, a seventh year course has been added in which students study for mathematics competitions and review and intensify their calculus skills. GMP was recently evaluated very positively by a university-community committee. It has also been recognized as one of ten outstanding mathematics-science programs in the country by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Science Teachers Association, and American Association of School Administrators sponsored project.