MC2 Math Festival Interest Form - 2025-26
Thank you for your interest in hosting a Julia Robinson Math Festival (JRMF)! 

A math festival is a community event where students and their families explore math through puzzles and games. Math activities are fun, hands-on, play-based, and standards-aligned!

Here’s a video that will give you an idea of what a festival is like. It's a lot of fun for everyone!

Key JRMF Info
* A Julia Robinson Math Festival typically takes place in a school gymnasium, cafeteria or library. These events typically last 90 minutes to 2 hours. 
* Stations with math activities are set up.  A typical festival might require 5 to 10 Stations.   
* These stations are run by volunteers, called Table Leads.  A significant part of planning involves recruiting Table Leads, often Math or STEM teachers. 

Math Circles of Chicago supports schools who want to host their own festivals.
* MC2 provides all of the materials for each station requested by the school, including any print outs required and math manipulatives needed.  We have detailed descriptions of each activity provided by the JRMF organization to share with the Table Leads. 
* MC2 will provide one staff member on the day of the festival to help set up for the event and work with Table Leads with questions, if desired.

Schools have responsibilities too.
* Schools must identify a contact person(s) who is responsible for the coordination and planning of the festival prior to the day of and on the day of the festival.  This includes the important task of identifying Table Leads for each festival activity,  and working with school administrators, staff and building facilities so that all facets of running the festival are known and understood.  They are responsible for dealing with all things related to the school planning and to school execution.  
* The contact(s) must communicate with MC2 staff to ensure that activities and any requested supports can be provided by MC2.  They will also need to meet with MC2 staff at least two times prior to the festival, and be responsive to email requests to make sure event planning goes smoothly. 
* Schools must adhere to all agreements made.  Any expected changes must be shared with the MC2 Festival Manager.

MC2 provides our festival services on a sliding scale. See this Fee Schedule for information about costs.

If you are interested in running a math festival at your location during the 2025-26 school year, please answer the questions below. If you have questions, please email festivals@mathcirclesofchicago.org. 

After receiving your inquiry expect MC2 to respond within 3 weeks or less.

Thank you!


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Name of School/Facility *
School/Facility Address (Street Address, City, State, Zip Code) *
Last Name of Contact Person *
First Name of Contact Person *
Contact Person  Email Address *
Contact Person Cell Number *
Principal name *
  Principal Email Address *
If applicable, what CPS network are you in?
Is your school an MC2 After School Program school? *
Is your school an CIS (Communities In Schools) school? *
Has your school held a math festival with Math Circles of Chicago before? *
If yes, when? *
Do you expect your festival to be a stand alone event or to be part of a larger event (e.g. a STEM night)
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Full Festival Support: MC2 provides: help with festival advanced planning, a Math Festival Lead on the day of the festival, activity kits, and other supports. 

Activity Kits only: MC2 only provides activity kits, without any other supports. If you are a returning school, or if the event is small, you may only need our festival activity kits. 

See this Fee Schedule for information about costs.

Which are you requesting?
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When will the festival take place? (During school, after school, evening, weekend)? Generally MC2 does not provide full festival support for festivals during the school day.
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Season Festivals

MC2 is limited in the number of festivals it can help coordinate each week. Therefore, there is a limit to the number of festivals we can hold in each season.  Please pick the seasons that you anticipate holding your festival.  The more specific you can be the more likely we will be able to meet your requested festival date.Below you will be able to choose three windows where you might to hold a festival.

Choose the season you are interested in hosting your festival.

Fall :  August through November
Winter: January through March
Spring: April through May
Last Festival Date - May 22, 2026
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If you have specific days you'd like to request your festival, please list them here.   Otherwise your Contact Person and MC2 Staff will determine your exact festival date at a later time.  Festivals are scheduled on a first come, first served basis.  The earlier we can obtain a firm date for you, the more likely we can honor it.
Give your best guess as to how many students might participate.
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What grade levels do you expect the Festival serve? *
If there is anything else you would like to share that will help us better understand your request, feel free to say it here!  Is there some special request that you might have?
Thank you for your interest!
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