The Middle School mathematics program is sequenced to provide a smooth path from the concrete visual world of numbers and shapes into the more symbolic, abstract study of algebra and geometry. It is designed to increase the student’s ability to communicate mathematically and to expand the student’s knowledge of number theory and arithmetic, measurement and geometry, statistics and probability, patterns and functions. Students are actively involved in doing mathematics: exploring, modeling, making conjectures, researching, making decisions, and solving problems. Students develop and use mathematical algorithms, properties, and concepts. There is emphasis on study skills, reading, writing, listening, speaking, note-taking, doing homework, and preparing for and taking tests. Computers and calculators are tools of the curriculum. Middle School mathematics classes are ability grouped. The advanced sequence concludes with an intensive course in Algebra I.