Winner of the 2003-04 Golden Tassel Award for New Chapters
from the National Dollars for Scholars Organization.

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Who are we?

When did
we begin?

The Somerville Mathematics Fund, an affiliate of Dollars for Scholars,  was chartered in September 2000 to celebrate and encourage achievement in mathematics in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts.  We are a non-profit, tax-exempt organization run completely by volunteers.  Our Board Members include volunteers from Somerville and the Greater Boston Area.
Read about our progress: second year report , third year report ,
fourth year report ('03 - '04), and fifth year report ('04-'05). Read the article by Erica Voolich, founder and president. She has an article published in the Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter. Click here for the article web version. Erica has also has been featured as a math educator on the EDC website. She discusses how the Somerville Mathematics Fund had its beginnings. She was 2007 recipient of the SSDS Teacher recognition award for excellence in teaching mathematics. Erica has been inducted into the Massachusetts Association of Teachers in Mathematics Hall of Fame for Excellence in the area of Mathematics Education.

What are
our goals?
We offer renewable mathematics scholarships to students who were residents of Somerville, Massachusetts during their high school years, without regard to which high school the applicant attended.  We offer grants to K - 12 teachers of Somerville students for projects to improve mathematics instruction in the classroom or in after-school programs.  Last year's winners are listed in our Learn about our 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 scholarship winners and our teacher grant winners. We have just announced our grant winners for 2008.
Our teacher grants winners were so excited.
Read what the grant winners have been saying. Read what the students have said.
For more donation information

Make a donation online
sponsored by Wainwright Bank (news release)
or mail in your donation.

For more information - to volunteer - to see our wish list
please contact: 
Erica Dakin Voolich
244 Summer Street
Somerville MA 02143
(617) 666-0666
voolich@aol.com


We are listed on and on
as a local nonprofit organization in Somerville
Application for Scholarships
for Students
We offer renewable mathematics scholarships to students who were residents of Somerville during their high school years, without regard to which high school the applicant attended. The postmark application deadline for the next scholarship is 11 April 2008.  Application.
Application for grants 
for Teachers
  We are offering grants of up to $500 for a K - 12 teacher of Somerville students for a project to improve or enrich mathematics instruction in the classroom or in an after-school program.  The teacher should be teaching in a school located in Somerville. 
The postmark application deadline was 16 January 2008. This year's winners.
Affiliation
We are affiliated with Dollars for Scholars. 
For more information about Dollars for Scholars, click here.
Community Events Sponsored by SMF
 
October 23,2004
Walkathon
Click here see our walkers.

Pi NIGHT!!!
Friday, March 11, 2005
Read about the night in the
Boston Sunday Globe

Pi Night!!!
Monday, March 10, 2006
Press Release

Announcements
Somerville Journal Articles:   
 
December 28, 2000 April 24, 2003 March 27, 2003
June 26, 2003 June 26, 2004 November 4, 2004 February 19, 2005
Sunday Boston Globe March 31, 2005 Ocotober 22, 2007
Family Math
Problem Solving 		The Family Mathematics problems are written for adults and children to work on together. They originally appeared in the Somerville Journal.