High School Math
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High School Mathematics is grounded in a growth mindset, where risk-taking, collaboration, and perseverance are encouraged. Each course reflects the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards and incorporates the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Through culturally responsive teaching and relevant applications, students learn to make sense of mathematics and make connections within and beyond the classroom. Students work closely with expressions that define functions and continue to model and reason as they solve real life problems. We foster environments in which students communicate their thinking using multiple methods and representations and learn to value mathematics as a tool for interacting with the world.
AACPS High School Mathematics courses are aligned with the Maryland College and Career Ready Standards from the Maryland State Department of Education.
Graduation Requirements
In order to graduate from an Anne Arundel County Public School with a Maryland State Diploma students must earn a minimum of 4 credits in mathematics which must include a credit in:
Algebra I
Geometry
Two Additional Mathematics Courses (see course offerings below)
Students seeking to qualify for admission to Maryland state colleges and universities should have a credit in Algebra II.
Students are required to take the state assessment for Algebra I (MCAP).
Students entering 9th grade in 2014 or later are required to take a rigorous math course each of the four years the student is enrolled in high school (Senate Bill 740) and to be enrolled in Algebra II or beyond during senior year for the College Completer.