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MATHEMATICS COURSES
ALGEBRA 1 ALGEBRA 2
(Full year, 1 credit) (Full year, 1 credit)
Prerequisite: Completion of Middle School Math Prerequisite: Geometry and either Algebra 1
This course will follow state and national standards for This course will follow state and national standards for
content curriculum. Students will experience math content curriculum. Students will experience math
topics in numeric, symbolic and graphic form. Students topics in numeric, symbolic and graphic form. Students
will be expected to demonstrate mastery of course will be expected to demonstrate mastery of course
material mentally, using paper and pencil techniques, material mentally, using paper and pencil techniques,
and with technology. Reasoning and sense-making will and with technology. Reasoning and sense-making will
be emphasized along with procedural performance. be emphasized along with procedural performance.
Fees: None Fees: None
GEOMETRY TRIGONOMETRY
(Full year, 1 credit) (One semester, ½ credit)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I Prerequisite: Algebra 2
This course will follow state and national standards for This course will cover advanced trigonometry and
content curriculum. Students will experience math algebra topics that are beyond the core Algebra II
topics in numeric, symbolic and graphic form. Students standards. Students will experience math topics in
will be expected to demonstrate mastery of course numeric, symbolic and graphic form. Students will be
material mentally, using paper and pencil techniques, expected to demonstrate mastery of course material
and with technology. Reasoning and sense-making will mentally, using paper and pencil techniques, and with
be emphasized along with procedural performance. technology. Reasoning and sense-making will be
emphasized along with procedural performance.
Fees: None
Fees: None
HONORS GEOMETRY
PRECALCULUS
(Full year, 1 credit, Grade 9)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I & (One semester, ½ credit)
Teacher Recommendation (8th-grade) Prerequisite: Trigonometry
This course will follow state and national standards for This one-semester course will cover specific topics to
content curriculum. The key concepts addressed are: prepare students for AP Calculus AB. Students will
Transformations; Relationships between figures; experience math topics in numeric, symbolic and
Properties of plane figures; Measurements of plane graphic form. Students will be expected to
figures; Measurements of three-dimensional shapes; demonstrate mastery of course material mentally, using
Tools for analyzing and measuring shapes; Investigation paper and pencil techniques, and with technology.
and proof; Geometric construction; Algebra; and Reasoning and sense-making will be emphasized along
Probability. Reasoning and sense-making will be with procedural performance.
emphasized along with procedural performance.
Fees: None
Fees: None
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