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ALTHOUGH Give STL Day is past -- you can still help provide Math Enrichment to Middle School Students. Just click the DONATE TODAY button below.
Your donation is vital as we continue to reach extraordinarily talented math students to:
Broaden awareness of our Elements summer, after-school, and city school programs
Expand our summer MathJam program for high-potential students, ages 10-14
Drive efforts to reach underserved students. You can make our programs possible for any motivated, hard-working students.
We anticipate our financial aid needs will reach $16,000 this year.

A $45 donation provides 3 hours of advanced math instruction for a middle school student!

MEGGGS Puts The M In STEM!

What Is Project MEGSSS?

(Mathematics Education for Gifted Secondary School Students)

Our dedicated, part-time staff makes every dollar work hard for this very special group of kids. Please support us at this turning point in our long history—as we retool for a future that will benefit more math-focused students.

Project MEGSSS was incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization in 1980, the offshoot of a Saint Louis-based, government-funded educational research project.

Based on the Elements of Mathematics, a curriculum designed to enrich and expand the mathematical abilities of middle school students, this unique core program broadens exposure to the world of mathematics and focuses on reinforcing elementary and middle school math concepts and logic in preparation for high-level mathematics in secondary school and college.

Hear From Project MEGSSS Alumni

No where in my son’s life has he had peers that were as excited and impassioned about math as he is, or teachers that could introduce him to ideas that challened him in a deep way. He gets so excited by the concepts and frameworks he has never encountered before.

His homework is finished before I even think to mention it (and trust me, this is not the case for most of his schoolwork!). I really believe that knowing his MEGSSS class day is coming, helps him get through the mundane and give him a vision for the rest of his academic life.

The highlight of the program was the care and interest that the teachers invested in the students. The care and investment in the students was obvious from the first day when I met the teachers. You have a gifted group of teachers!

What she got from MEGSSS was a love of math, a confidence that she can learn any math, and a sense that math is valuable. She brought her own hard work and persistence.

I participated in Project MEGSSS from 1991-1994. I just finished by Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering this past December, and after the graduation ceremony, my parents and I were reminiscing about some of the experiences I had in middle school and high school that led me to pursue my degree. The three of us agreed that it all started with MEGSSS and logic classes.

Project MEGSSS obviously helped me develop an interest in math and science which was reinforced in high school, but more importantly than that, Project MEGSSS taught me how to form and argumen and think critically about a problem. My ability to express ideas clearly has been one of my greatest strengths ever since then, and it most definitely helped me to write my dissertation.

I am an alumnus from MEGSSS from many, many years ago. I am a Forsyth School graduate from 2000, and graduated from John Burroughs School in 2006. I attended a summer session from MEGSSS during the summer of 5th and 6th grade. I have been thinking about my experience at MEGSSS lately, and found your website. I just wanted to update you on what your alumni are doing several years after the program. I

am a graduate from George Washington University with a BA in International Affairs, with concentrations in Africa and Conflict and Security, with a minor in History. I am currently a saffer for a US Congresswoman in her office on the Hill in Washington DC. As I remember, MEGSSS is an extremely well-run program that allowed me to enter John Burroughs excellently prepared for the rigorous mathematics course load I undertook. To this day, I don’t know how I ended up in the program. I don’t see my self in any way possessing “extraordinary gifts in mathematics,” but I feel very fortunate that I was able to benefit from the program.