- The Math Honors Society has started a tutorial tutoring system to help students with questions.
- Members who participate can collect member points.
- Teachers have expressed a less heavy workload as a result of the system.
Starting in October 2025, math honor Society implemented a member-led math tutoring program. The tutoring sessions take place during block day tutorials in the classrooms of math teachers Chris Baugh, Vivian Frazita, Sarah Kraemer, Michele Quindipan and Norman Tsai.
Members of MHS sign up to tutor via a spreadsheet to gain member points.
“We wanted the program so students can get help that is much more casual and easier to obtain,” junior and MHS co-president Benjamin Zhang said. “For example, STTAR Tutoring has a much more rigorous process.”
MHS officers created this program with the goal to lessen the workload of teachers who already have many students lining up to ask questions during tutorials — an issue teachers brought up during staff meetings.
Creating the system required thorough planning, including considerations for how students would sign up, which classrooms they would go to and how to achieve sufficient coverage. To start, MHS officers reached out to all math teachers to see if they were interested.
“I was really excited,” Kraemer said. “I felt so busy during tutorial taking care of logistical things like inputting grades, so it was hard for me to help students one-on-one.”
They received permission from their club adviser and science teacher Anshul Agarwal within the span of two months. Agarwal hopes to help students improve at topics they struggle with and provide a welcoming community.
“We want students to know that MHS is an inclusive place,” Agarwal said. “Its not just for students to go to math contests and competitions, but a place where students can mingle together and just be curious about math.”
The officers encouraged members to participate in the program during meetings. Currently, around ten members regularly sign up.
“Helping others helps you get better at math,” sophomore and MHS member Jasmine Lien said. “When I tutor others, I can study for upcoming tests while helping others understand new concepts better.”
Some math teachers have reported feeling less overwhelmed during tutorials.
“Its definitely helping,” Kraemer said. “No one else can help with entering grades or giving test retakes, so it’s nice that students are still feeling like they can get their questions answered.”
Since the tutoring system has only begun this school year, the system required constant optimization from the officers. Sophomore and MHS treasurer Tianlin Liu, who is the primary coordinator of the system, has continued working to find better methods of communication. Currently, multiple sign-up methods have caused slight traffic in the sign-up system.
“Sometimes the process is a little complicated because students like to sign up for classrooms both in person and online, and it’s harder to keep track of,” Liu said. “It causes a bit of a delay, so we would like to improve that.”
MHS plans to continue this tutoring program in the future and promote it to new members. Both MHS officers and Agarwal hope to see the system continue for years to come, and they plan to make the system mandatory for members who wish to gain points in MHS if the program continues to work out well. Furthermore, they aspire to refine their system and gain more student interest.
“I’m hoping that next year, when we roll it out in a more systematic and streamlined manner, it’s going to gain traction,” Agarwal said.
