EDUCATION
Math is a fundamental skill in any education, but at Mathworks Junior Summer Math Camp, students explore the fun in fundamentals. The program serves around 200 students mainly from San Marcos in grades third through eighth. The young scholars spend two weeks improving their skills in math, with the goal to inspire kids to use these skills when pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This program is led by Texas State University with support from San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District.
The Mathworks program was started by Max Warshauer in the early 90s. He founded the Honors Sumer Math Camp in 1990, which is a prestigious six week program for high school students. In 1996 he extended the love of math to younger students by establishing the Junior Summer Math Camp. He had attended a program at Ohio State when he was in high school that mixed young scholars with college graduates. The experience of learning higher level math skills in high school led him on a path that included a PhD and becoming a Regents’ Professor at Texas State University.
