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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
COURSES AVAILABLE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL
Grade 9
- Algebra 1
- Honors Algebra 1
- Honors Geometry
- Math Seminar 9
Grade 10
- Geometry
- Honors Geometry
- Honors Algebra 2
- Math Seminar 10
Grade 11
- Algebra 2
- Algebra 2 Topics
- Honors Algebra 2
- Honors Precalculus
Grade 12
- Algebra 2
- Financial Algebra
- Honors Precalculus
- Probability and Statistics
- Exploring Math Through Art
- Accounting
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Statistics
- Math in Sports
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
The overall goal of the Mathematics Department at Pathfinder is to teach our students to be able to problem solve in high school and beyond. We follow the Massachusetts State Frameworks and use its “Standards for Mathematical Practice” to deliver our content in a manner that is consistent with other schools across the state. While taking math courses at Pathfinder students will learn to:
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
- Model with mathematics.
- Use appropriate tools strategically.
- Attend to precision.
- Look for and make use of structure.
- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
(Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework – 2017)
Mathematics may not teach us to add love or subtract hate, but it gives us hope that every problem has a solution. – Unknown
NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS
- Stock Market Project
- TurboTax Income Taxes Project
- Transformations Project
- Stained Glass Window Project
- Monster Mugshot Project
GRADUATION & MCAS REQUIREMENTS
THIS PROGRAM RELIES HEAVILY ON THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC SKILLS and/or DISCIPLINES
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. - Model with mathematics.
- Use appropriate tools strategically.
- Attend to precision.
- Look for and make use of structure.
- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
- Geometric shapes and angles.
