WINTER - School Contact Designee Information Packet

For your school to participate in the Spring tournament a School Contact Designee Form must be completed and faxed or mailed to the Pentathlon Institute's headquarters.

• School Contact Designee Form: COMPLETED YEARLY USUALLY IN THE FALL - Essential if you are a tournament school and are to be included in registration listing. The School Contact Designee is approved by the school's administrator to receive documents and other information from the Pentathlon Institute. To download and print this pdf document you may need to have the free adobe reader.


• Coaches Brochure: An overview of Registration Options and Guidelines, and School and Club Responsibilities. To download and print this pdf document you may need to have the free adobe reader.


• Game Leader Application with Responsibilities: Serving as a Gameleader is a rewarding experience. If accepted as a Game Leader, you may designate one child to participate in the National Academic Tournament at no cost. Each school, club, or household sending more than 20 students must apply for at least 1 Game Leader for each Division in which their students compete.
  To download and print this one page pdf document you may need to have the free adobe reader.


• Volunteer Trainings, Handouts, & Game Volunteer List: Volunteers are essential for the success of every tournament. The links below are for volunteer training events, important hand-outs for volunteers, and a volunteer list each school must submit to participate in the academic tournaments.
• Tournament Volunteer Training Events: A link to all Tournament Volunteer Training Events. The centers hosting Volunteer & Officials Sessions (VOSs) are: MICHIGAN - TEXAS - INDIANAPOLIS - ELKHART
• Volunteer Training Packet: This handout is given to all tournament volunteers during the training sessions (VOSs) in February and March. To download and print this pdf handout you may need to have the free adobe reader.
• Game Volunteer List of Adults for Tournament: This sheet is for your school or club to identify who your supervisors are and what game they will be volunteering to supervise. An adult volunteer is necessary for every two Pentathletes to ensure that each Pentathlon game is properly officiated. To download and print this pdf document you may need to have the free adobe reader.


• Registration Options for Schools & Clubs: There are THREE WAYS for a school to register students for the National Academic Mathematics Pentathlon Tournaments. The following links show the different options for a school to register:

  • View All Three Ways to Register: This is a link that shows the different options for tournament registration. Included are the Benefits of each option, the Tournament Information Brochure, and all forms and documents needed for registration.
    • Online Registration by Parent: BENEFITS: Preferred method of registration by majority of schools, low registration fee, no fees collected, only 2 or 3 forms to complete, School's Contact Designee can download ALL your school's registrations at any time.
    • Registration by Coach: BENEFITS: School's Primary Contact enters all registration data for each student from their school and is in control of all funds, accounting forms, and registration information.
    • Mailed in Paper Registration: BENEFITS: Everything goes through the school with attention paid to the details of registrations, finances, mailings, and information.
      NOTE: 1) This is the most time consuming of all options for a school coach; 2) School contact can NOT view their school's registrations online.


• Team Form: In addition to individual competition, we also offer National Mathematics Pentathlon Tournament (NMPT) team competition. A NMPT team consists of 30 students (and up to 10 alternates) across five grade levels, with a distribution of three boys and three girls per grade level. To download and print this pdf document you may need to have the free adobe reader.


• Tournament Fees & Online/Paper Registration: Link to a list of tournament registration fees.


• Order Form: A 2 page pdf document of the Pentathlon Institute Order Form. To download and print this pdf document you may need to have the free adobe reader.

GRANTS: If your school is planning on writing a
grant to include the Mathematics Pentathlon program contact us for assistance at 317-549-3232 or
Email us: Grant Assistance.