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By Tai Caputo

The City High Math Club is exploring math beyond the classroom as it prepares for regional and statewide competitions.

Most of the concepts examined in Math Club are related to the standard curriculum from Algebra I through Precalculus. But Sahleh Al-Herz ‘25, a member of Math Club, explained that Math Club math differs from standard classwork.

“For the most part, it’s looking at the topics we already know about and have been exposed to, but going deep into them and finding the nuances and intricacies inside of them,” Al-Herz said. “We learn a lot of things that you never would’ve been exposed to otherwise.”

Al-Herz said that the problems explored in Math Club tend to be more challenging than those taught in the regular curriculum.

“When people think about solving hard problems, they think of something really tedious,” Al-Herz said. “But that’s not what Math Club is about. It’s about finding creative ways to do problems you’ve never thought of before.”

Al-Herz admitted that he doesn’t usually enjoy the math taught in the standard school curriculum.

“Now that I’m in AP Calculus, it’s different,” Al-Herz said. “But before, I never thought school math was very interesting. . . That stuff feels like busy work, and it’s annoying. I might not even consider a lot of [the] stuff you learn in school math. It’s math, but you’re always following instructions. . . Math Club is different. In Math Club, you don’t even know what

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