Welcome to the Riverside School Math Marathon 2025!

Math Marathon is a week-long event where we celebrate the study of math in our school community.

Monday, February 24th, 2025 – Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

This year’s Math Marathon includes:

A week-long Math Marathon Game Board Challenge featuring at-home math enrichment activities that students can complete to earn chances to win fun prizes!; and
A Virtual Family Math and Music Fusion Night, an educational experience that combines the magic of music and the wonder of mathematics, on Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 at 6:00pm hosted by musician and educator George Maurer!

See below for details and join us for these fun math opportunities!

Virtual Family Math and Music Fusion Show

Math and Music Fusion Show with Musician George Maurer via Zoom on Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 from 6:00pm - 6:45pm.

Musician and educator George Maurer gives students a backstage pass to the world of math and music, fostering a unique understanding of the addition, subtraction, fractions, and patterns within music, while igniting a passion for creativity through the power of modern instruments.

Click here to register for the Virtual Family Math and Music Fusion Show!

Math Marathon Game Board Challenge

Each at-home game board features fun grade-level math enrichment activities your child can complete during Math Marathon week February 24th - March 2nd. Click below to download and print the level-appropriate Math Marathon game board packet for your student!

Packets links for each grade level can be found here:

For a helpful explanation of the Numtanga pages, see this short video explainer (1:43).

Each activity completed earns your child a chance to win in two ways:

Win as an individual! Each game board activity students complete earns them a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Athena Books in Old Greenwich. (1 winner per grade).
Win with your class! The class in each grade with the highest percentage of participating students will win an EXTRA RECESS.

Submit a picture of your student’s Game Board(s) and enter the total number of activities completed via your My Page on rivpta.com (under “Quick Links”) by Sunday, March 2nd at 5:00pm for a chance to win.

The PTA will track submissions and determine the winners. You do not need to join the Virtual Math and Music Fusion Show for your child to participate in the at-home game board activity.

Last year we had over 200 game board submissions - we hope you will join us this year!

With any questions or help accessing a game board, please email Math Marathon PTA volunteers. Here is more information on the GPS Elementary Math Curriculum.