The Mathematics Department strives to accommodate the mathematical abilities of all students. Students are required to take three (3) credits of mathematics for graduation.

A student is placed into a mathematics course based on her standardized test scores. These would include scores from the High School Placement Test (Catholic School Entrance Exam) and from any standardized tests the student has taken in elementary school (Stanford, Iowa, Terra Nova, etc).

The placement is determined as follows:

1st, 2nd, 3rd stanine = Access
4th, 5th, 6th stanine = College Prep
7th, 8th, 9th stanine = Honors

A student may be placed in Algebra I or Geometry in her freshman year. Students who are currently enrolled in a full-year Algebra I course and students who have already completed a full-year Algebra I course are strongly encouraged to take IND’s Math Placement Test. Students scoring 70% or higher on that test are placed in Geometry for their freshman year. All other students are placed in Algebra I.

If a student is currently taking Algebra II or Geometry in the 8th grade, she should take IND’s Math Placement Test and meet with the Math Department Chair to arrange for a proficiency test.

Students placed in Honors Algebra I in their freshman year are asked to take both Honors Geometry and Honors Algebra II in their sophomore year in order to catch up with rest of the Honors level students in their class.

Like all other departments, it is possible to change from one level to another. For example, a student who has been placed in College Prep and who has excelled in her current course may be asked to take her next math course at the Honors level.

FACULTY
Mr. Robert Young
Math Department Chair/Language Faculty
M.S. Johns Hopkins University

Mrs. Diane Newcomer
Math Faculty
M.A. Towson University

Mr. Joseph Polek
Math Faculty
M.S. Lehigh University

Ms. Amber Wagner
Math Faculty
M.A. Johns Hopkins University