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San Diego Math Circle 2021-22 Schedule
This is very much under construction; please check prior-year schedules on our website for a more complete picture of what the SDMC season looks like once details become settled.
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Color Key:Yellow - Weekday Activity or NotesGreen - Regular Saturday ActivityAqua - Special EventSaturday Afternoon Computer ScienceSTEM SundaySTEM Sunday
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Group:Fermat (5th - 6th)Euler (7th - 8th)Gauss/Cauchy (9th - 12th)Ada (4th - 10th)Turing (5th - 12th)Topics & Levels VaryTopics & Levels Vary
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9:00am-10:30am11:00am-12:30pm(X) 9:00-10:30, (Y) 11-12:302:00pm - 3:30pm2:00pm - 4:00pm1:00pm - 2:30pm1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Saturday
Date		Use Room FEUse Room GCUse Room AdaUse Room TuringSunday
Date		Room TBDUse Room FE
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Sept-25Opening Day.
9:00 am in Room FE

This is a meeting for all students and parents involved with the Fermat and Euler groups.		Opening Day.
1:00 pm in Room FE (NOT GC)

This is a meeting for all students and parents involved with the Gauss and Cauchy groups.		There is no separate Opening Day for Computer Science activities.

Please join either the morning or afternoon meeting as indicated at left.

<<<<<<<<		Sept-26There is no STEM Opening Day; however:

There will be an organizing meetings
for parents interested in volunteering with SDMC. This meeting should not last very long, but breakout discussion can continue for as long as useful.
1:30 pm in Room FE
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Oct-2 (X)Mathematical Logic
Mihai Azimioara
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Fibonacci and Lucas numbers
Prof. David Meyer
UCSD Mathematics

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		no classno classOct-3no classno classSAT
verified
Oct. 2
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Oct-2 (Y)>>>>>>Pinwheels and Ribbon, Part 1
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Oct-9 (X)Symmetry and Group Theory
Mihai Azimioara
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Cardinality and Order
Andrew Paul
UCSD

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Introduction: Computer Science & Python Programming

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Art of Competitive Programming and Problem Solving

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Oct-10no classno class
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Oct-9 (Y)>>>>>>Pinwheels and Ribbon, Part 2
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Oct-16 (X)Numbers and Operators 1
Mihai Azimioara
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Inequalities
David W. Brown
SDMC

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Room1 - Intro to Bases/Binary
Room2 - Interactive Python: Syntax Error, Values & Data Types

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Simple Competiton Problems (For loops and Arrays)

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Oct-17no classno class
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Oct-16 (Y)>>>>>>Review of SDPC MS Problems
Elliott Liu
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Oct-23No activity for 5th grade
6th graders only join SDML I
Middle School Division
9:00am in Room FE		San Diego Math League I
Middle School Division
9:00am in Room FE		San Diego Math League I
High School Division
9:00am in Room GC		Room1- Binary Math
Room2- Python: TBD

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Binary Search and Sort

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Oct-24SDMC Awards Review
1:30pm
Room FE		no classACT verified
Oct. 23
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Oct-30 (X)Numbers and Operators 2
Mihai Azimioara
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Diophantine Equations
Zika Perovic
Mira Costa College

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Hexadecimal and Octal Math

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Greedy Algorithms

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Oct-31no classno class
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Oct-30 (Y)>>>>>>Introduction to Number Theory
Jacopo Rizzo
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Nov-6 (X)Linear Functions
Mihai Azimioara
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Review of SDPC HS Problems
Derek Liu
9:00am - 10:30am
Room GC		Intro to Programming Languages and Algorithms

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Recursion

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Nov-7no classSAT
verified
Nov. 6
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Nov-6 (Y)>>>>>>Mental Math Challenge
Carolyn Swayze
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE		ARML Power Contest

11:00am - 12:30am
Room GC
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AMC 10/12 A
Wednesday, November 10		AMC 10/12 A verfied
Nov. 10
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Nov-13 (X)Quadratic Functions and Parabolas
Mihai Azimioara
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Continued Fractions
Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Digital Images

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Computational Geometry

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Nov-14pre-F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics		A New Look at Flexagons

An in-person hands-on math project
(signup required)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Yana Mohanty		The Caltech Harvey Mudd Competition is postponed until winter/spring, TBA
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Nov-13 (Y)>>>>>>Wallpaper
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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AMC 10/12 B
Tuesday, November 16		AMC 10/12 B verfied
Nov. 16
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Nov-20Thanksgiving BreakNov-21F=ma Practice Exam
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics
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World Mathematics Team Championship (online)
Watch SDMC website and messaging for details on timing and method of implementation		AMC 10/12 B verfied
Nov. 16
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Nov-27Thanksgiving BreakNov-28
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Dec-4 (X)Appetizers and Potpuurri
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Continued Fractions
Paul Zeitz
University of San Francisco

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Prefix/Postfix
2:00pm - 3:30pm		Prefix Sums

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Dec-5F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics		Scratch Programming
Part 1 of 2
Justin H. Lee

Some prior experience with the basics will be helpful.		SAT
verified
Dec. 4
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Dec-4 (Y)>>>>>>Modular Arithmetic
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Dec-11 (X)Pieces of (AMC) Eight
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<The probability method and its applications, Part 1

Thang Pham
Vietnam National University

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Searching and Sorting Algorithms

2:00pm - 3:30pm		USACO Contest Prep

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Dec-12F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics		Scratch Programming
Part 2 of 2
Justin H. Lee

Some prior experience with the basics will be helpful.		ACT verified
Dec. 11
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Dec-11 (Y)>>>>>>Divisibility
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Dec-18 (X)Winter BreakDec-19
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Dec-25 (X)Winter BreakDec-26
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Note that a number of information items possibly affecting the schedule in 2022 are unknown or uncertain at this time.
We do our best to chart and work around known information, but changes are very possible.
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Jan-1 (X)Winter BreakJan-2
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Jan-8 (X)Counting Basics
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<The probability method and its applications, Part 2

Thang Pham
Vietnam National University

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Winter BreakWinter BreakJan-9F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics
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Jan-8 (Y)>>>>>>AMC 8 Problem Solving
Justin H. Lee
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Jan-15 (X)AMC 8 Problem Solving
Eddie Qiao
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Public key cryptography vs. quantum computers

Shahed Sharif, CSU San Marcos

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		No Class
Martin Luther King's Day Weekend		No Class
Martin Luther King's Day Weekend		Jan-16F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics
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Jan-15 (Y)>>>>>>Tiling the Plane
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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AMC 8
Saturday, January 22
starting 5:00pm
via Zoom		AMC 8
watch for update
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Jan-22 (X)Mental Math Madness
Carolyn Swayze
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Group Actions & Burnside’s Lemma

Andrew Paul
UCSD

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Boolean Algebra

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Graph Theory

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Jan-23F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics
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Jan-22 (Y)>>>>>>Sums, Series, and Induction
Andrej Zlatos, UCSD
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Jan-29No activity for 5th grade
6th graders only join SDML II
Middle School Division
8:45 am - noon in FE room		San Diego Math League II
Middle School Division
8:45 am - noon in FE room		San Diego Math League II
High School Division
8:45 am - noon in GC room		Debugging

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Contest Prep

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Jan-30F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics
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Feb-5 (X)Geometry: Basics
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<AIME Preparation

Naoki Sato
Art of Problem Solving

10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Variables/Data Types

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Sorted Data Structures

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Feb-6F=ma
Jacob Saret
UCSD Physics
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Feb-5 (Y)>>>>>>Knot Theory
David W. Brown, SDMC
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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AIME I
Tuesday, February 8		AIME I verified
Feb. 8
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F=ma A
Wednesday, February 9		F=ma A verified Feb. 9
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Feb-12 (X)~ holiday ~<<<<<<~ holiday ~If Statements

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Maps and Coordinate Compression

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Feb-13no classACT verified
Feb. 12
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Feb-12 (Y)>>>>>>~ holiday ~
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F=ma B
Tuesday, February 15		F=ma A verified Feb. 15
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AIME II
Wednesday, February 16		AIME II verified
Feb. 16
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Feb-19 (X)Geometry: Triangles
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<No Gauss/Cauchy activity due direct conflict with the
Harvard MIT Math Tournament

The ARML Power Contest has been moved to
Sunday, February 27 at 1:00pm		No Class
President's Day Weekend		No Class
President's Day Weekend		Feb-20no class
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Feb-19 (Y)>>>>>>Being Average
Quan K. Lam, UC Berkely
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Feb-26 (X)The Importance of Proof
Quan K. Lam, UC Berkely
9:00am - 10:30pm
Room FE		<<<<<<vvvvvvvvFunctions

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Optimization

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Feb-27ARML Power Contest

1:00pm
Room GC
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Feb-26 (Y)>>>>>>Introduction to Number Theory
Daeho Lee
Room FE		The Importance of Proof
Quan K. Lam, UC Berkely
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room GC
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Mar-5 (X)Geometry: Circles
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<no class

direct conflict with

Division C Science Olympiad		Coding Exercises (ACSL)

2:00pm - 3:30pm		February USACO Review

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-6no class
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Mar-5 (Y)>>>>>>no class
direct conflict with
Division B Science Olympiad
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Mar-12 (X)Geometry: Polygons
David W. Brown, SDMC
9:00am - 10:30am
Room FE		<<<<<<Hall's Marriage Theorem

Derek Liu
10:00am - 11:30am
Room GC		Coding Projects

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Turing Cup + Blotto Tournament

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-13no classSAT
verified
Mar. 12
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Mar-12 (Y)>>>>>>Math from Physics
Nandana Madhukara
11:00am - 12:30pm
Room FE
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Mar-19 (X)San Diego Math Olympiad
Middle School Division
Qualifiers only		San Diego Math Olympiad
High School Division
Qualifiers only		Final Review

2:00pm - 3:30pm		Turing Cup + Blotto Results

2:00pm - 4:00pm		Mar-20no class
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Mar-19 (Y)
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USA(J)MO
Two days, March 22 & 23		USA(J)MO verified
Mar. 22 & 23
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Mar-26 (X & Y)Mar-28
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Apr-2Caltech Harvey Mudd Mathematics Competition
(Virtual)		Apr-3AAPT PhysicsBowl
2:00pm
in-person at UCSD		ACT verfied
Apr. 2
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Apr-9Apr-10
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USAPhO Semifinal
Tuesday, April 12
5:30pm in-person at UCSD
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Apr-16pWMTC - practice World Mathematics Team Championship
parent proctored at home
Junior Division - April 15 ... Intermediate Division - April 16 ... Advanced Division - April 17		Apr-17
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Apr-23Apr-24ARML Local
Timing TBA
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Apr-30ARML Team PracticeMay-1
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May-7ARML Team PracticeMay-8SAT
verified
May 7
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May-14ARML Team PracticeMay-15
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May-21ARML Team PracticeMay-22
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May-28Memorial Day Weekend - No Activity
(Memorial Day in 2022 is Monday, May 30)		May-29
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Jun-4American Regions Math League (ARML)
national ARML is in person this year, but will be administered locally.
ARML participation is by invitation only.		Jun-5SAT
verified
June 4
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Jun-11ALL RETURNING STUDENTS FINALIZE THEIR SDMC MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES
(Students should be updating incrementally all year.)

The Liability Wiaver for the 2022-2023 season will be distributed at least by this date, and probably much sooner (~June 1).		Jun-12All-SDMC Year-End Picnic
Mission Bay Park

WE ALL HOPE!!!		ACT verified
June 11
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Jun-18Jun-19
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Jun-30RETURNING STUDENTS HAVE UNTIL JUNE 30 TO FINALIZE THEIR MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT UPDATES
AND SUBMIT AN ACCEPTIBLY CLEAR AND COMPLETE LIABILITY WAIVER FOR THE NEXT SDMC SEASON

Any student out of compliance with this requirement will be dropped automatically
and the released memberships made available to new students.
Jun-30
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Aug-1NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION OPENS

New applicants should go to the New Student Registration page of the SDMC website
and follow the guidance given there. In particular, give careful attention to the presentation "How to Apply".
Aug-1
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Aug-31NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION CLOSES
Aug-31
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ACT Calendarwww.actstudent.org/regist/dates.html
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American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) Calendarwww.maa.org/math-competitions/about-amc/events-calendar
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ARML (American Regions Math League)www.arml.com
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ARML Localhttp://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=6&show_page=arml_local_results&show_arml_local_result=2019
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ARML Power Contesthttp://www.arml2.com/arml_2019/page/index.php?page_type=public&page=5&show_page=main_page
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AP Exam Calendarapcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/calendar/index.html
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Caltech Harvey Mudd Math Competitionchmmc.caltech.edu/
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Del Mar Union School District Calendarwww.dmusd.org/Page/2
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Math Kangaroohttp://www.mathkangaroo.com/mk/default.html
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PhysicsBowlhttps://aapt.org/Programs/PhysicsBowl/
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Poway Unified School District Calendarwww.powayusd.com/calendars/
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PSAT/NMSQThttps://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10
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San Diego MATHCOUNTShttp://cspeef.org/competitions/san-diego/
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San Diego Science Olympiadhttps://sandiegoso.org/schedules.html
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San Diego Unified School District Calendarwww.sandi.net/calendar
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SAT Calendarsat.collegeboard.org/register/sat-us-dates
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UCSD Applied Physics & Mathematics Seminar Room Scheduleshttp://www.math.ucsd.edu/announcements/seminar-room-schedules/
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UCSD Calendarshttp://blink.ucsd.edu/instructors/resources/academic/calendars/
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US Holidayswww.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/
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US Holidays (federal)www.usa.gov/citizens/holidays.shtml
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