Mathematics Department

        The Mathematics Department at Loretto College School is made up of a caring, nurturing group of teachers who seek to not only offer courses to develop skills in reasoning, problem solving, and analytical thinking, but also help students to grow in their appreciation of working with one another and maturing socially and emotionally. With many opportunities to learn and work collaboratively, math students at Loretto College are able to make strides in their learning and, when they graduate, often pursue math-related disciplines in their post-secondary studies.

In the grade 9 destreamed course, MTH 1W, math foundations are strengthened and students learn to make connections between numbers and algebra and how they are used in applications involving data, geometry, finance, and coding. Teachers provide many opportunities for learning and utilize multiple and diverse strategies for all students to be successful. 

Loretto College is proud to offer math courses at all levels of study for all pathways. Offerings include Locally Developed, and Destreamed courses in grade 9, Locally Developed, Applied, Academic, and STEAM courses in grade 10, along with Workplace, College, and University courses in grades 11 and 12. Additionally, math experiences, including excursions and the writing of Waterloo math contests, enrich mathematics education at Loretto College.