High School Summer Bridge Sign Up
Comprehensive high schools will host transitional courses this summer targeting incoming Freshman. Classes will take place Monday through Friday during July 1 to July 23, from 8am to 12pm. Students will have the opportunity to become familiar with their new campus, learn about high school requirements and services, and receive academic support to help prepare them for math courses.
If you would like to register your child to participate during the summer of 2021, please submit the following form.
Course Description:
This 3-week curriculum unit will introduce algebraic concepts to incoming 9th graders. It draws upon algebraic research showing that it is more helpful for students to learn algebra through studying pattern growth where a variable represents a case number, and can vary, before learning about “solving for x.” When students start learning algebra by solving for x they come to believe that a variable stands for a single number and does not vary. Later when they need to understand that variables can vary, they meet a conceptual barrier, and many do not ever get past that barrier. Students should learn first about pattern growth and see that algebra can be useful for describing growth. This program will allow students to have fun engaging with mathematical patterns and see the importance of group discourse to find the "best" solution to a problem.