Options for Accelerated
Math Students
J.F. Drake Middle School
Debra Beebe, Principal
Cynda Fickert, Sarah Armstrong, Bob Cloud,
and Yari Davis, Teachers
Qualifications for 6th Grade
Accelerated Math
 Students must meet two of the
following three criteria:
 Earn an A average in 5th grade math
courses
 Earn a SAT-10 Total Math score of 89%
or greater
 Earn an SAI score of 120 or greater
Schedule comparison
 6th Grader taking
Regular Math
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7th: 7th Grade Math
8th: Pre-Algebra
9th: Algebra
10th: Geometry
11th: Algebra II
12th: Pre-Calculus
 6th Grader taking
Accelerated Math
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7th: Pre-Algebra
8th: Algebra
9th: Geometry
10th: Algebra II
11th: Pre-Calculus
12th: AP Calculus AB
Beginning in the 9th grade at Auburn Junior High School,
students may “double up” on their math courses if desired.
NOTE:
All students must take four
math courses in grades 9-12
as per Alabama State
Department of Education
guidelines
What is covered in the 6th Grade
Accelerated Math curriculum?
 6th grade math objectives
 7th grade math objectives
 Very little overlap exists between the
two curricula; this course moves at a
brisk pace
What’s next?
All students in 6th Grade
Accelerated Math will
take the Orleans Hanna
Algebra Prognosis Test
Composition of Orleans Hanna
Algebra Prognosis Test
 Research-based assessment designed
to predict future success in Algebra
 98 total points possible
 48 points from grades earned in 3rd nine
weeks
 50 points from score earned on test
 Some questions are review
 Some questions are on new, self-taught
material
Orleans Hanna
Algebra Prognosis Test
 ALL students who successfully complete
6th Grade Accelerated Math are advanced
in their mathematics course of study and
are automatically placed in Pre-Algebra.
 Placement in Algebra as a 7th grader is a
significant advancement in a student’s
education, due to the abstract nature of
the course, and requires special
circumstances.
Qualifications for 7th Grade
Algebra I
 Students must earn a minimum score
of 90 on the Orleans Hanna Algebra
Prognosis Test
 Students must meet two of the
following three criteria:
 Earn As and Bs in 6th Grade Accelerated
Math.
 Earn a SAT-10 Total Math score of at least
89%.
 Earn a SAI score of at least 120.
FYI
 Each year, Auburn City Schools (ACS)
submits a letter to the Board of
Education outlining its desire to meet
the needs of its most mathematically
gifted students by offering Algebra in
the 7th grade
 Pending board approval, ACS requests
permission annually from the SDE to
teach Algebra I to 7th graders
More schedules…
6th Grade
Accelerated Math
7th:
Pre-Algebra
6th Grade
Accelerated Math
7th:
Pre-Algebra
6th Grade
Accelerated Math
7th:
Algebra
8th: Algebra I
8th: Algebra I
9th: Geometry
9th: Geometry, 9th: Algebra II
Algebra II
10th: Precalculus 10th: Precalculus
10th:
Algebra II
11th:
Precalculus
12th
AP Calculus AB
8th: Geometry
11th
AP Calculus AB
11th
AP Calculus AB
12th
AP Calculus BC
12th
AP Calculus BC
Some Math Courses offered at AHS
Algebra II with Trigonometry
Algebra III with Statistics
Precalculus
Calculus
IB Math Methods
IB Math Higher Level
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
Questions?
 Teachers – Mrs. Armstrong, Ms.
Fickert, Mr. Cloud, Mrs. Davis
 Counselors – Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Rainer
 Principal or Assistant Principals
 Director of Secondary Curriculum –
Mrs. Anderson (887.2100 or email:
ksanderson@auburnschools.org)
Thank you for
coming!