Mathematics

Mathematics Department

Mission Statement

Our Mission: The mission of the mathematics department at LCHS is to challenge students to authentically explore, engage, and appreciate mathematics.

Explore: Student exploration through discovery.

Engage: Students will collaboratively engage through interactive, relevant, and creative tasks.

Appreciate: Students will appreciate the effort of risk taking and the process of achieving success.

Big Ideas:

The vision of mathematics at Liberty/Literacy is to help develop students that can do and understand mathematics, giving them significantly enhanced opportunities in their future. The goal of the mathematics program at Liberty/Literacy is meant to help ensure excellence in mathematics for all students by utilizing a coherent balanced mathematical curriculum that develops important mathematics along coherent learning progressions and develops connections among areas of mathematical study and between mathematics and the real world. All students have the capacity to become mathematically competent and confident when provided a rigorous and challenging mathematical program supported by high expectations.

As a department, we are deeply committed to these BIG IDEAS:

• All students can and should develop a belief that mathematics is sensible, worthwhile, and doable.

• All students are capable of making sense of mathematics in ways that are creative, interactive, and relevant.

• All students can and should engage in rigorous mathematics through rich, challenging tasks.