Math

Success in Algebra 1 is widely considered to be a determining factor in success in upper-level mathematics coursework.  The skills in Advanced Algebra 1 build on algebraic thinking which students have experienced in kindergarten through middle school. Algebra 1 content includes arithmetic concepts, proportional reasoning, and functions. Graphing technologies will be used to assist in teaching and learning. Advanced Algebra 1 provides instruction on all the Algebra 1 Standards and the following content from Algebra 2: absolute value equations and inequalities, simplifying and performing operations on radical expressions that include variables, and polynomial expressions with two variables. At the end of the year, students will take the Algebra 1 Standards of Learning test.  

Advanced Algebra 2 is an accelerated course that integrates select precalculus concepts to prepare students for Precalculus for BC or AP Precalculus for BC. Students are expected to master Algebraic mechanics and understand the underlying theory and apply the concepts to real-world situations. Extended topics will include advanced functions and trigonometric circular functions to continue from Advanced Geometry and prepare students for further study of this topic in the Precalculus courses for both AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC. This course has an associated Standards of Learning (SOL) test. Students will participate in these tests only when they have not yet earned sufficient credit for graduation and/or satisfied federal testing requirements. Algebra 2 is required for the Advanced Studies Diploma. 

This course includes emphasis on two- and three- dimensional reasoning skills, coordinate and transformational geometry, and the use of geometric models to solve problems. The intent of this course is to provide students with many opportunities to explore, conjecture, reason logically, formulate and solve problems, and communicate mathematically. Technology tools and dynamic geometry software will be used to assist in teaching and learning. In Advanced Geometry, students are provided instruction on all the Geometry Standards along with the following content: Truth Tables and Two-Column Proofs, The Unit Circle, and The Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines. This course has an associated Standards of Learning (SOL) test. Students will participate in these tests only when they have not yet earned sufficient credit for graduation and/or satisfied federal testing requirements.

Precalculus with Trigonometry for AB is a one year preparatory course for AP Calculus AB. The course content is comprised of the Algebra of real numbers and complex numbers, polynomial, piecewise, step, exponential, and logarithmic functions, applications of composition and inverse functions, limits and continuity of functions, matrices, discrete mathematics, and trigonometry, including the unit circle. Students who successfully complete Precalculus with Trigonometry for AB are eligible to enroll in AP Calculus AB.  Students intending to pursue AP Calculus BC should complete either AP Precalculus for BC or Precalculus with Trigonometry for BC as the prerequisite course in their sequence.

Precalculus with Trigonometry for BC is a one year preparatory course for AP Calculus BC. The course content is comprised of the algebra of real numbers and complex numbers, limits and the continuity of functions, analytic geometry including vectors, polar and parametric equations, matrices, and trigonometry.