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Quick Program Info (Summer 2025)

Location: San Francisco State University (click for a Google Map)

Grade levels:  Camps will be open to rising 3rd-6th graders. (This means students who will be in 3rd-6th grade in Fall 2025.) In each session, we will have two groups:

• one group of rising 3rd-4th graders (students who will be in 3rd-4th grade in Fall 2025)
• one group of rising 5th-6th graders (students who will be in 5th-6th grade in Fall 2025)

Dates: We will have four week-long sessions:

• June 23-27
• July 7-11
• July 21-25
• July 28-August 1

Students may only attend one session.

Time: 9am to 3pm daily, plus optional Extended Care from 8am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm

Cost: $500 per week-long camp, plus $10 per day for optional morning Extended Care and $25 per day for optional afternoon Extended Care

See the "Cost & Financial Aid" tab in the "Full Program Details" section below for information about payment plans and financial aid.

Full Program Details (Summer 2025)

About us

At the San Francisco Math Circle, we make math accessible, inclusive, and fun!

The SF Math Circle is an extracurricular math enrichment program affiliated with the Center for Science and Math Education at San Francisco State University. SF Math Circle supports students from diverse backgrounds in developing their identities as capable, confident problem solvers.

In our after-school classes and camps, we provide a supportive, collaborative, and fun environment where students explore engaging, hands-on puzzles and games that involve both creativity and critical thinking.

Students explore these puzzles and games in small groups where they have the opportunity to collaborate with their peers and to receive personalized attention and support from SF Math Circle facilitators.

Learn more about our approach to math and math education

Check out a sample of our activities

Please note that our focus is primarily on helping students to engage in creative mathematical exploration and problem-solving rather than building their skills in arithmetic or other traditional K-12 math.

About our camps

Our week-long day camps combine the best of Math Circle and summer camp: They offer campers an immersive experience centered on collaborative exploration of puzzles, games, and crafts.

We will have four activity periods each day — two before lunch, two after lunch. In addition to these activity periods, we will have math puzzle and game free play time, morning and afternoon breaks, and lunch. Campers will have the opportunity to play outside during breaks and lunch, and some of our activities will take place outside as well.

Campers typically explore activities together in small groups. There are typically 4-6 campers and one facilitator per group.

Please note: We will have a new set of activities for our Summer 2025 camps, so students who attended and enjoyed a camp last year are strongly encouraged to join us again!

Cost & Financial Aid

The tuition for our Summer 2025 Math Camp is $500 per week-long camp. In addition, we will offer optional extended care between 8-9am for $10 per day and between 3-6pm for $25 per day.

We offer payment plans! If you opt for a payment plan, you can pay a portion of the full tuition upfront, and then pay the remaining amount in monthly installments.

If you're currently unable to afford the full tuition, we have a limited number of reduced tuition scholarship spaces available. For information on how to register for a scholarship space, please see our Financial Aid page.

Schedule

We will have four camps in Summer 2025 for rising 3rd-6th graders (that is, students who will be entering 3rd-6th grade in Fall 2025). The dates of these camps are as follows:

• June 23-27

• July 7-11

• July 21-25

• July 28-August 1

Each camp will run from 9am-3pm each day, and we will offer optional Extended Care from 8am-9am and from 3pm-6pm each day.

Here is a tentative daily schedule:

• 9:00-9:30am: Puzzle / game free play
• 9:30-10:20am: Activity 1
• 10:20-10:45am: Morning break (snacks / free play)
• 10:45-11:35am: Activity 2
• 11:35am-12:35pm: Lunch
• 12:35-1:25pm: Activity 3
• 1:25-1:50pm: Afternoon break (snacks / free play)
• 1:50-2:40pm: Activity 4
• 2:40-3:00pm: Closing reflection and puzzle / game free play

Cancellation policy

You may transfer to a different session (space permitting) any time at no expense.

If you need to cancel your registration, please let us know as soon as possible. If you cancel your registration on or before April 30, 2025, you have two options:

• You may choose to receive credit toward future Math Circle classes or camps for 100% of the payment amount.

• You may choose to receive a refund for 85% of the payment amount.

If you cancel your registration after April 30, 2025, we will only issue a credit or refund if we are able to fill your student's space.