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National Math Camps offers Camp Conway, where campers take part in interactive math lectures or other activities during morning assemblies, staff-led math challenges, puzzles, short talks, and hands-on activities. Outside of class time, campers join talent shows, game nights, and outdoor activities. Campers attend classes five days each week and spend about six hours each day doing mathematics.
• Ages: 11–14 years old
• Schedule: Two-week residential sessions; Session 1 runs 6/21/2026–7/3/2026 and Session 2 runs 7/5/2026–7/17/2026, with math classes five days per week and about six hours of math each day
National Math Camps was founded in 2024 and launched its inaugural programs in Summer 2025. The organization was conceived as a joint effort by Carina Initiatives and the Polynera Fund, two philanthropic foundations focused on helping more students reach the frontiers of math and science. National Math Camps offers multiple locations and session dates in Summer 2026, all as two-week residential camp experiences, and programs emphasize community, joy, and rigor as pedagogical values.
The mission of National Math Camps is to bring together extraordinary students and mathematicians for immersive, joyful, and transformational math experiences that prepare and inspire students to impact the frontiers of math and science. Camps focus on immersive mathematical exploration with professional mathematicians, including Topics Classes that vary session-to-session and year-to-year depending on faculty interests and expertise, and a Math Explorations class where students formulate their own questions, explore solutions, write up findings, and present results. Morning assemblies feature interactive math lectures or other activities, including guests, and Open Math Time is used for self-directed exploration, staff-led challenges, puzzles, short talks, and hands-on activities.
Each camp includes a Camper Support Director on the leadership team, held by a trained professional with deep experience supporting gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) students in residential and school settings. The leadership team includes John Murray (Founder), Sarah Trebat-Leder (CEO), Chris Royer (COO), Anna Harrison (Director of Operations), and Amelia Chan (Community & Enrollment Manager). Dr. Sarah Trebat-Leder is a mathematician and educator with an AB in mathematics from Princeton University and a PhD from Emory University, with research in number theory, modular forms, and moonshine, and experience in math outreach initiatives such as PUMaC, the Emory Math Circle, and summer math programs including MathPath, PROMYS, and BEAM. Chris Royer is a senior operations leader with more than fifteen years of experience, with a BA in English Literature from the College of William & Mary and an MA in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University, where her research focused on study abroad students. Amelia Chan holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from UC Berkeley and an MA in Mathematics from Columbia University, has worked as an investment banker and financial software engineer, served as a math instructor at De Anza College, taught students from K through 12 specializing in mathematically talented students, and founded a summer math camp dedicated to mathematical exploration and advanced topics. Anna Harrison holds degrees in Electrical and BioEngineering, has conducted graduate research on noninvasive neurostimulation for opioid withdrawal that combined clinical trial coordination with advanced data analysis and signal processing, and has managed complex projects across engineering, healthcare, and travel industries.
Parent testimonials describe Camp Conway as “perfection,” “a transformative experience,” and “an absolute gift for kids who are passionate about math.” Parents report that their children experienced “high-level math explorations and creative problem-solving,” discovered new interests such as cryptography, and encountered classes like voting theory that “blew his mind.” Several parents note that this was their child’s first time away from home or first time learning mathematics with other kids in many years, and they highlight the camp’s organization, communication, and the staff and counselors as “top notch” and “among the best we’ve experienced.”
Last updated July 3, 2026.
• Ages: 11–14 years old
• Schedule: Two-week residential sessions; Session 1 runs 6/21/2026–7/3/2026 and Session 2 runs 7/5/2026–7/17/2026, with math classes five days per week and about six hours of math each day
National Math Camps was founded in 2024 and launched its inaugural programs in Summer 2025. The organization was conceived as a joint effort by Carina Initiatives and the Polynera Fund, two philanthropic foundations focused on helping more students reach the frontiers of math and science. National Math Camps offers multiple locations and session dates in Summer 2026, all as two-week residential camp experiences, and programs emphasize community, joy, and rigor as pedagogical values.
The mission of National Math Camps is to bring together extraordinary students and mathematicians for immersive, joyful, and transformational math experiences that prepare and inspire students to impact the frontiers of math and science. Camps focus on immersive mathematical exploration with professional mathematicians, including Topics Classes that vary session-to-session and year-to-year depending on faculty interests and expertise, and a Math Explorations class where students formulate their own questions, explore solutions, write up findings, and present results. Morning assemblies feature interactive math lectures or other activities, including guests, and Open Math Time is used for self-directed exploration, staff-led challenges, puzzles, short talks, and hands-on activities.
Each camp includes a Camper Support Director on the leadership team, held by a trained professional with deep experience supporting gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) students in residential and school settings. The leadership team includes John Murray (Founder), Sarah Trebat-Leder (CEO), Chris Royer (COO), Anna Harrison (Director of Operations), and Amelia Chan (Community & Enrollment Manager). Dr. Sarah Trebat-Leder is a mathematician and educator with an AB in mathematics from Princeton University and a PhD from Emory University, with research in number theory, modular forms, and moonshine, and experience in math outreach initiatives such as PUMaC, the Emory Math Circle, and summer math programs including MathPath, PROMYS, and BEAM. Chris Royer is a senior operations leader with more than fifteen years of experience, with a BA in English Literature from the College of William & Mary and an MA in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University, where her research focused on study abroad students. Amelia Chan holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from UC Berkeley and an MA in Mathematics from Columbia University, has worked as an investment banker and financial software engineer, served as a math instructor at De Anza College, taught students from K through 12 specializing in mathematically talented students, and founded a summer math camp dedicated to mathematical exploration and advanced topics. Anna Harrison holds degrees in Electrical and BioEngineering, has conducted graduate research on noninvasive neurostimulation for opioid withdrawal that combined clinical trial coordination with advanced data analysis and signal processing, and has managed complex projects across engineering, healthcare, and travel industries.
Parent testimonials describe Camp Conway as “perfection,” “a transformative experience,” and “an absolute gift for kids who are passionate about math.” Parents report that their children experienced “high-level math explorations and creative problem-solving,” discovered new interests such as cryptography, and encountered classes like voting theory that “blew his mind.” Several parents note that this was their child’s first time away from home or first time learning mathematics with other kids in many years, and they highlight the camp’s organization, communication, and the staff and counselors as “top notch” and “among the best we’ve experienced.”
Last updated July 3, 2026.
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