08/29/2026
🎉 Happy 9th Birthday, Engaging Math Circles! 🎉
Nine years ago, EMC began with a simple idea.
What if math classes were conversations instead of lectures?
What if children were encouraged to ask questions instead of memorizing answers?
What if learning mathematics could be joyful?
That idea started with just a handful of students. Today, it has grown into a community of hundreds of families, many classes every week, and an incredible team of passionate teachers who share the same belief - that every child can learn to think mathematically.
Over the past nine years, hundreds of students have learned with us. Many of the children who joined EMC in elementary school are now in high school and college. Some have even come back to teach, volunteer, and inspire the next generation of mathematicians.
This year has been one of our most exciting yet. We launched free daily math livestreams, making our conversations about mathematics available to students everywhere, created new Family Math Quests, and continued building new ways for families to experience the beauty of mathematics together.
But what makes us proudest isn’t the number of students we’ve taught or the programs we’ve created.
It’s the community we’ve built.
A community where children aren’t afraid to ask questions, where mistakes are part of learning, where parents become partners in the journey, and where teachers and students inspire one another every single day. None of this would have been possible without our amazing students, families, teachers, volunteers, and friends.
Thank you for helping us build not just a school, but a community that loves mathematics.
Nine years later, we’re still guided by the same mission - to help children discover that math isn’t about memorizing formulas. It’s about thinking, exploring, creating, and experiencing the joy of solving problems together.
Thank you for being part of our journey.
Here’s to the next chapter! 💙🎂
