Minnesota Junior High School

Mathematics League

The purpose of the JHML is to encourage students to participate in math contests, serve as a "farm club" for the MSHSML, enable students to meet mathletes from other schools, and to provide recognition for students excelling in mathematics. It also serves as preparation for the annual MathCounts competition. The meet topics are based on the MathCounts topics.

Member schools belong to a division of two to fifteen schools that often are aligned with their athletic conference competitors. Each school has a team ( or teams ) with a maximum of six students with no more than four eighth graders. Individual participation is also encouraged for those not on the official team. For those schools with a ninth grade, there is a ninth grade competition available. The teams in each division come together for five meets each season.. During the 2007-2008 season the League had over 2250 students from 132 schools around the state of Minnesota participating in 25 divisions.

Ms. Henke started her teaching career in 1968, teaching math and chemistry in Zambia, Africa. In 1970 she joined the St. Paul Public Schools where she taught chemistry at the old Mechanic Arts High School. In the late 1970's Ms. Henke taught math and science at Highland Park Junior High School. In 1980 she became a member of the math department at St. Paul Central High School. She became the coach of the Central Math Team in 1984 and brought them to the State Tournament every year from 1990 to 2004, winning the State Championship in 1997  and 2001. In June of 2004 she retired from active teaching, but remains active in the Senior High Math League.

At the 2005 Summer Conference of the Minnesota Senior High School Math League, MS. Henke was inducted in the first class of  the League's Hall of Fame.

Ms. Henke has also coached Minnesota's American Regions Math League teams and has been State Director of the American Junior High School Math Exam given every November.

2008-2009 Season

All the Meet 4 results received through December 20th have been entered. Coaches are reminded that there can be no more than four eighth graders on the official team. The penalty is the loss of the highest score(s). That can really hurt, so please be cautious.

Results for individual divisions can now be found under the "Division Information" button on the left of the page. This is the same information that is mailed out to coaches. If you find a link that does not work right, please let me know. I have had one coach request that we no longer snail mail out results. I have modified my data base to allow for such a request. If you would prefer that we not mail division results to you, please e-mail me via the link to the left, and I will make the change in my data base.

Survey Question

A number of schools had to re-fax their Meet 2 information because a colored ink or paper was used. Coaches need to make sure that only BLACK ink is used (pencil  does not seem to work well) on WHITE paper.

The 2009 Letter of Intent can be found at the Coach's Information button. We recognize  that times are difficult for school systems, and there has been no increase in fee for the fourth year in a row.

The new 2008-2009 schedule can be found under the Schedule button.

The topics for the 2008-2009 have had some minor changes made to reflect changes in the statewide algebra curriculum. They can be found under the "Topics" button to the left as well as in the Coach's Manual found under the "Coach's Information" button

A new Excel spreadsheet for the Team Roster has been added. This will allow coaches to keep track of scores electronically and then e-mail them in. If you like it, let me know and I will make up additional forms in Excel. Even if you don't like it, let me know.

As you can see by the new block to the left, I have added a guest book function. From the information I get from my counter data, more people than those involved in the Math League are viewing the site. If you don't mind can you leave me a message about how you got here, what you are looking for. or how you are using the site? I am especially interested in if you are using the Past Meet Papers as practice problems, and what you are practicing for. Mathletes are cautioned not to leave any personal information without checking the "Private Message" box on the message form. I do review each message before releasing it to be published on the web, but it could slip through

Because of the recent increase in postal rates, the state wide results will not be mailed out with the division results after each meet. They are posted here under "Top Scorers" and "Teams" buttons.

IMPORTANT CHANGE