AGES 14 – 16
Scholars
Competition mathematics, proof-based reasoning, and original research. The work researchers do, at a smaller scale.
What Scholars students learn.
Scholars is the most advanced Learndom track. It is built for older students who are ready to go beyond procedure and into the mathematics of why. The work is harder. The problems take longer. Students learn to write proofs, run real data analyses, and design original research projects of their own.
- Competition mathematics — Olympiad-style problems, drawn from the AMC, the BMO, the Nigerian Mathematical Olympiad, and similar.
- Proof-based reasoning — direct proof, contradiction, induction, the structure of a mathematical argument.
- Advanced Python and data analysis — pandas, matplotlib, real datasets, basic statistical reasoning.
- Modelling — turning a real-world question into mathematics. Epidemic models, population dynamics, simple optimisation.
- Research practice — picking a question, narrowing it, working on it for weeks, writing it up, presenting it.
- A research project — by the end of a term, every student produces an original research mini-project. The project is presented at the term-end Showcase, where parents and other Scholars students attend and ask questions.
What a Scholarss session looks like.
90 minutes per week. Small group. Live on Zoom.
00–20 min · A story or a question
The session opens with a real question — sometimes a competition problem, sometimes a modelling question, sometimes a research dilemma. Students are asked to work on it cold, before any technique is shown.
20–70 min · Work
Students work — sometimes on Python, sometimes on paper, sometimes both. The teacher moves between them, asking pointed questions. The goal is to understand, not to finish quickly.
70–90 min · Explain and defend
Each student presents what they did and defends it. Other students ask questions. Disagreements are welcome. This is the closest version of how research mathematics actually happens.
By the end of a term.
Scholars students leave a term having done the work of a junior researcher — a real project they designed, executed, and presented. More than the project, they leave with a sharper way of thinking and a habit of asking why before what.
- Can solve competition-level mathematics problems with confidence.
- Can read, write, and critique simple mathematical proofs.
- Can use Python and basic data tools to investigate a real question.
- Can design and execute a small original research project.
- Can present their work clearly and respond to challenge.
- They have presented an original research project at the term-end Showcase.
- Are well-prepared for university mathematics, computer science, or applied science.
The practical details.
| Ages | 14 to 16 |
| Group sizes | 1, 2, 4 or 6 |
| Duration | 90 minutes per week |
| Frequency | Once per week, live on Zoom |
| Term length | 12 weeks (12 sessions) |
| What you need | A laptop or desktop, a stable internet connection, paper, and a guardian nearby in case of tech help |
Pricing
| Group size | Cost per term (USD) |
| 1 | 1500 |
| 2 | 800 |
| 4 | 450 |
| 6 | 350 |
Foundations enrolment is by waitlist.
Join the waitlist and we will be in touch when applications open for the next term.