Pre-Algebra
Grade Level: 9-11
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Placement in class is based on preliminary testing
and/or teacher recommendation.
Description: This course is designed to enhance student skills
in the application of integers, solving one and two step equations
and inequalities, factors and fractions, linear functions and graphing,
ratio, proportion, and percent. Probability and statistics will
also be introduced. Critical thinking and problem solving skills
will be emphasized throughout the course.
Algebra I
Grade Level: 9-11
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Placement in class is based on preliminary testing
and/or teacher recommendation. Proficiency in fractions and the
use of negative and positive numbers is expected.
Description: This course will focus on problem solving through
the use of algebraic techniques and methods. Students will learn
to solve complex linear and polynomial equations and to draw the
graphs associated with those equations. Also covered are the coordinate
plane, factoring of polynomials, systems of equations, inequalities,
quadratic and radical functions, polynomial fractions and long
division. Critical thinking is used in all applications of Algebra.
Geometry
Grade Level: 9-12
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I with
a C or better.
Description: The principals of Euclidian Geometry, integrated with
problem solving through algebraic methods, will be used in this
course. Geometry topics will include inductive and deductive reasoning,
lines, angles and planes, area and volume, geometric proofs, circles,
polygons and polyhedrons, and the principals of trigonometry. Higher
level critical thinking skills will be emphasized as students use
mathematic applications to understand their environment.
Informal Geometry
Grade Level: 10-12
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I. Students with a C or better
in Algebra I will not be admitted.
Description: This course is a study of the basic relationships of parallelism,
perpendicularity, similarity and congruence of figures with emphasis on triangles,
parallelograms and circles. Logical reasoning and higher level critical thinking
skills will be developed through a study of simple deductive proofs.
Algebra II/Trigonometry
Grade Level: 10-11
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of one year of Geometry with
a C or better. It is recommended that the student owns a graphing
calculator (YI-83 or TI-83 Plus).
Description: A continuation of Algebra and Geometry expanding algebraic
principles to complex numbers, logarithms, rational and irrational
numbers, rational and irrational exponents, and graphing of quadratic
functions, including transformations and shifts, right triangle
trigonometry, and matrices. Problem solving strategies and critical
thinking are taught and used throughout the course. A TI-83/84
or TI-83/84 Plus will be introduced and suggested for use throughout
the course.
Algebra II
Grade Level: 10-11
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra I and Geometry or Informal Geometry.
Students with a C or better in Geometry will not be admitted.
Description: This course will review, strengthen and extend the algebraic skills
learned in first-year algebra. The course is designed for those who would be
unable to handle the rigor of Algebra II/Trigonometry. Problem solving strategies
and critical thinking skills will be stressed throughout the course.
Pre-calculus
Grade Level: 11-12
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of one year of Algebra II/Trigonometry
with a B- or better. It is recommended that the student owns a
graphing calculator (TI-83/84 or TI-83/84 Plus).
Description: This course is an intense analytic study of functions
and their graphs. Topics covered are polynomial, rational, exponential,
logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Vectors and vector applications
will be discussed. Problem solving applications and use of the
TI-83/84 orTI-83/84 Plus graphing calculator will be stressed throughout
the course.
Trigonometry/College Algebra
Grade Level: 11-12
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Algebra II/Trigonometry or Algebra II.
Students with a B- or better in Algebra II/Trigonometry will not be admitted.
Description: This course is designed for the student who has not sufficiently
mastered the Algebra required for Pre-Calculus, but who requires a fourth year
of mathematics to further prepare him/her for their college program. Algebraic,
geometric and trigonometric skills will be strengthened as the students study
functions and analytic geometry.
Calculus
Grade Level: 11-12
Credits: 1/2 per semester
Prerequisite: At least a C average in Pre-Calculus. It is recommended that
the student owns a graphing calculator (TI-83/84 or TI-83/84 Plus).
Description: This course will parallel the first course in calculus on the
college level. Analytic geometry, limits, differential and integral calculus
will be studied. Problem solving strategies, real-world applications and the
use of the TI-83/84 orTI-83/84 Plus graphing calculator will be stressed throughout
the course. The Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB Examination will be offered
to students successfully completing this course.
Students must earn three mathematics credits in order to graduate
(4 credits for the Class of 2011 and beyond).
The Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition is offered in the fall
of each year.

