The Gray-New Gloucester High School Math Department

Education must equip all students with mathematical skills and ways of thinking that provide them with the flexibility, adaptability, and creativity to function as productive citizens in the changing society of the 21st century. Mathematical understanding must extend beyond the skills of calculation and manipulation of numbers and symbols to the use of mathematics to investigate, predict, analyze, interpret, create, and evaluate.

Deep mathematical understanding develops over time. While performance indicators describe the knowledge and skills expected at a given grade level, these concepts and skills may be introduced in previous years. They will also be used in later years as the foundations for more advanced topics or in new problem situations.

As growing mathematicians, students need to do mathematics and see themselves as capable of developing their own understanding of mathematical concepts, properties, and procedures. Mathematics classrooms should provide practical experiences using mathematics in everyday applications and in other content areas, as well as explorations solely within mathematics. Discussing mathematics is an important component of developing mathematical understanding. Technology should be used as an aid to understanding mathematical ideas. Classrooms that reflect these beliefs prepare students to be confident and effective mathematical thinkers.

As lifelong learners students will research mathematics concepts and methods. They must learn about sources of mathematics information, how to read and comprehend mathematics, how to employ the mathematical ideas they learn, and how to communicate what they learn.

The State of Maine should expect its students to enjoy, appreciate, and use mathematics. Students who are challenged to master the Mathematics Standards and are supported in reaching them will be better prepared for a future in which mathematics will be increasingly important in all areas of endeavor.

Please take a moment to check out our offerings at our page in the Course Catalog. We encourage parents to contact us directly with any questions about our offerings and how best to support their students.

 

 

 

Last Update September 21, 2018