SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
COURSE CRITERIA FOR MATH 8 ENRICHMENT
Department Telephone Number: 488 – 9626
Call your child’s counselor for an appointment: 488 - 9652
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MATHEMATICS THIS YEAR:
1. YOU WILL NEED
a) A section of your binder and a folder for handouts.
b) Pens and pencils
c) A calculator: We will be using the TI-30XII scientific calculator in class, but
any scientific calculator is acceptable. After the Assessment Test in May,
students will learn how to use the graphing calculator, needed for Integrated
Algebra next year.
2) YOU MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
a) Taking notes in class and maintaining a good notebook.
b) Doing Study Island Assignments on-line at home or in the Library.
c) Making up work missed due to absence in a timely manner. It is the student’s
responsibility to find out from the teacher what work has been missed and to see
that it is made up.
d) Attending Assessment Prep classes before or after school.
e) Attending extra help classes when you need help with a topic.
3) CLASS POLICIES
a) This class is mandated by the NY State Department of Education. Its
goal is to improve students work in arithmetic fundamentals to prepare
students for their next Assessment Test.
b) Grades: Test, assignments, and classwork grades will be averaged and
used by your Mathematics 8 teacher as a test grade when computing your grade in
Mathematics 8.
c) The Assessment Test will have both calculator and non-calculator parts.
Students must know how to do problems both with and without the use of a
calculator.
d) Your grade in this class and in Mathematics 8 will determine your placement
for next year: Algebra or Algebra / Lab.
Show this to your parent or guardian. Fill out and return tomorrow with signatures:
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