High School Registration Guide - White Bear Lake Area Schools

Credit Requirement:
Students are required to earn 3
credits in high school mathematics in
order to graduate from high school.
Most students in high school will
enroll in Intermediate Algebra,
Geometry, and Algebra 2.
Those students who enroll in
Geometry in 8th grade will begin
their high school courses by enrolling
in Honors Algebra 2.
The GRAD Mathematics course is
offered as an elective credit and
is intended to provide students
with additional preparation for the
required graduation test called the
GRAD (see below).
Additional Graduation
Requirements:
In order to graduate from high
school, students must also meet
the State of Minnesota testing score
requirements. The testing score
requirements state that students
must either earn a proficient score
on the 11th grade Mathematics
MCA, or earn a passing score on the
GRAD Mathematics assessment.
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INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA:
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL
Full Year/1 credit Grade 9
Prerequisite: Students will
be selected for this course
based on the recommendation
from an eighth grade math teacher.
Level: Introductory
Emphasis in this course is on having
students work with real data, real-life
situations, and real-world applications.
Students enrolled in this course will
complete the same content requirements
as the Algebra 1 course. Topics include:
proportional reasoning, linear equations,
systems of equations and inequalities,
exponents and exponential models,
functions and quadratic models and
probability.
MATHEMATICS
3033
INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA
Full Year/1 credit Grades 9-10
Prerequisite: Eighth grade
math or teacher recommendation
Level: General
Emphasis in this course is on having
students work with real data, real-life
situations, and real-world applications.
Topics include: proportional reasoning,
linear equations, systems of equations
and inequalities, exponents and
exponential models, functions, quadratic
models and probability.
3093
GEOMETRY:
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL
Full Year/1 credit Grades 10-12
Prerequisite:
Introductory Algebra 1.
Students are placed in this
course by teacher
recommendation only.
Level: Introductory
Emphasis in this course is on developing
a strong understanding of geometry
through hands on exploration and the
use of technology. Students enrolled
in this course will complete the same
content requirements as the geometry
course. Topics include: reasoning in
geometry, using tools of geometry,
triangle properties, polygon properties,
circle properties, transformations and
tessellations, area, volume, Pythagorean
Theorem, similarity, congruence
and proof.
3073
GEOMETRY
Full Year/1 credit Grades 10-12
Prerequisite: Intermediate Algebra
or teacher recommendation
Level: General
Emphasis in this course is on developing
a strong understanding of geometry
through hands-on exploration and the use
of technology. Topics include: reasoning
in geometry, using tools of geometry,
triangle properties, polygon properties,
circle properties, transformations and
tessellations, area, volume, Pythagorean
Theorem, right triangle trigonometry,
similarity, congruence and proof.
3103
HONORS ALGEBRA 2
Full Year/1 credit Grade 9
Prerequisite:
8th Grade Geometry or
teacher recommendation
Level: Advanced
This course is meant for those students
who intend to take AP Calculus.
Topics include: describing data, linear
models and systems, functions and
transformation, exponential functions,
power functions, logarithmic functions,
matrices, quadratic functions, rational
functions, applications of probability and
statistics.
3054
ACCELERATED GEOMETRY
& ALGEBRA 1
Full Year/1 credit Grade 9
Prerequisite: None
Level: Advanced
Successful students in this course are
those who have achieved a score of at least
235 on the NWEA MAP test in the Spring
of 7th grade or Fall of 8th grade and have
earned A’s or B’s every quarter in their 7th
and 8th grade math classes.
The focus of the course is on developing
strong understanding of geometry
through hands-on exploration and
the use of technology. Topics include:
reasoning in geometry, triangle
properties, polygon properties, circle
properties, transformations and
tessellations, area, volume, Pythagorean,
Theorem, right triangle trigonometry,
similarity, congruence and proof. This
course also includes a review of algebra
concepts including: linear equations,
solving systems if equations, functions,
transformations and quadratic models.
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