{"id":3750,"date":"2025-10-07T00:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T20:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2026-05-21T00:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:36:11","slug":"strengthening-the-olympiad-clubs-at-the-physmath-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/strengthening-the-olympiad-clubs-at-the-physmath-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the Olympiad Clubs at the PhysMath School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"542\">Strengthening the Olympiad clubs at the PhysMath School has been one of the top priorities of the <em data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"339\">PhysMath Friends Charitable Foundation<\/em> from the very beginning. Back in May 2025, the Foundation\u2019s Board of Trustees approved the Olympiad Support Program, aimed at ensuring continuous development and an effective professional environment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"636\">The program includes several steps designed to enhance the Olympiad clubs, such as:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"1036\">\n<li data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"684\">\n<p data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"684\">Increasing honoraria for club instructors,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"805\">\n<p data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"805\">Developing curricula and methodological guides for the subjects of Physics, Mathematics, Informatics, and Astronomy,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"906\">\n<p data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"906\">Introducing and implementing a rewards policy for medal achievements in international Olympiads,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"1036\">\n<p data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"1036\">Supporting students\u2019 participation in international Olympiads (covering travel, accommodation, and other essential expenses).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1078\">Visible Results in the First Year<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1080\" data-end=\"1260\">The results did not take long to appear.<br data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1123\" \/>By September 2025, the number of Olympiad club sessions at the PhysMath School had grown significantly\u2014<span style=\"color: #008080;\">from <strong>15<\/strong> the previous year to <strong>29<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1445\">The Foundation\u2019s support also enabled Olympiad training to begin at a younger age. This year, clubs were formed starting from the<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> 7th grade<\/span><\/strong>, instead of the previous <strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">9th-grade<\/span> <\/strong>start.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1646\">This approach not only increased student engagement but also contributed to creating a more inclusive educational environment\u2014the number of <span style=\"color: #008080;\">students attending Olympiad clubs grew by around <strong data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1643\">40%<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1700\">New Collaborations and Professional Expertise<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"2285\">One of the key achievements of the program is the involvement of <strong data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1786\">Nairi Sedrakyan<\/strong>, who joined the teaching team and will conduct classes remotely despite being outside Armenia.<br data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1884\" \/>Mr. Sedrakyan has made a significant contribution to the development of mathematical sciences in Armenia and internationally. He has long served as the coach of Armenia\u2019s teams for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), a member of the IMO jury and problem selection committee, and a jury member of the Zhhautykov International Olympiad. The famous <em data-start=\"2241\" data-end=\"2263\">Sedrakyan Inequality<\/em> is named after him.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2287\" data-end=\"2417\">This format of collaboration will allow students to benefit from international expertise, regardless of geographical boundaries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2656\">Another important milestone is the partnership established between the <em data-start=\"2490\" data-end=\"2530\">PhysMath Friends Charitable Foundation<\/em> and the <em data-start=\"2539\" data-end=\"2573\">Quadratic Educational Foundation<\/em>, within which <strong data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2604\">Smbat Gogyan<\/strong> has joined the team of Olympiad club instructors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2658\" data-end=\"2925\">The program is implemented with the support of <strong data-start=\"2705\" data-end=\"2743\">Global Entrepreneurship Foundation<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2754\">Krisp<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"2760\" data-end=\"2768\">Onex<\/strong> companies. This collaboration unites efforts from the fields of education, technology, and philanthropy\u2014contributing to Armenia\u2019s future Olympiad success.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;] Strengthening the Olympiad clubs at the PhysMath School has been one of the top priorities of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3751,"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions\/3751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/physmathfriends.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}