AFTER SCHOOL, WEEKEND HOMESCHOOLER ENRICHMENT CONTESTS/TESTS

Most programs will have a wait list. We have three areas of enrichment below: Chess, Go, and Math and you may find details and sign up links below on this page.

CHESS

MAGE is offering a chess team experience for students not enrolled at the school. All levels welcome.

Chess Team meets on Thursdays from 3:35-4:35PM.

GO(Weiqi)

An ancient (probably the oldest board game on earth continuously played) yet extremely popular strategy game unlike any other. What is it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)

Beginner Go Class meets on Wednesday from 3:30-4:30PM.

Mathematics

We are hosting at least 2 math competitions this school year that are open to the public:

AMC8 is a fabulous math competition that paves the way to math olympiad. AMC 8 is a middle-school math contest. Here's some info. We are hosting this on TBD date and your deadline to sign up is TBD. We will charge you $25 for hosting your child. Weight charge you more if you need accommodations filed/verified and extended proctored time. | Register here in the fall of 2025. You can read on the same source about 10/12 HS competitions.

Register by: Jan 15 , 2026

Competition: Friday, January 23, 8:30AM 8:30 AM - 10:AM

Math Kangaroo is a premier math competition that allows even young students in 1st grade to compete all the way to 12th grade, with high quality, challenging questions. MAGE is pleased to host a public test site. Link to register Kangaroo -it charges you $18 by a certain date; late registration closes around Feb 1, 2026 and costs more. You would have to find our center to test with us specifically. Please ask them all your questions about the competition itself, we are just the host. If you have accommodations, we might charge you extra for longer proctoring hours and filing accommodations.

Register by: December 31, 2026 typically, sometimes they extend

Competition: Mar 19, 2026 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

PSAT/SAT College Board Testing

This can be difficult to find for younger students.

We will host the official College Board SAT on Friday April 3, PSAT 8/9 and 10 on Friday, April 10th, 9:15AM-12PM (or longer if you have accommodations). Doors open at 8:15 AM and close at 8:30AM so you must get there 45 minutes early. Bring a book, snacks, besides what the College Board tells you to bring. Snacks will be staged outside of the testing area. Please make sure your student knows that they have to stay in the test area until the testing is complete. It will take us about 45 minutes to set If you need accommodations, you have to work with us by January 15th to get the required paperwork in if you have those, and we can't handle certain accommodations without charging you an extra proctoring fee if you need double time, for example. Parents must stay on site for students under 14. Students need to be able to take the contest independently and without disruption to others. Your cost is $100 and we will forward you the payment link after you register and we confirm we have space for you. Cost might be more if you have accommodations and we need to proctor you for more hours than our internal students.

PSAT/SAT Notes:

PSAT access is difficult for the under HS age students. The hardest part of this is to get a college board account. We provide consulting at $150/hr for help with that. It's unpleasant. We can bypass this painful procedure for our own full time enrolled students. You can use the result to submit to Davidson Young Scholars and elite summer camps as well as a cheaper way to get into a number of gifted schools including ours. https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-programs/young-scholars/admissions/eligibility-and-testing/ are the cut offs. 

Register here.