1. Options for Accelerated Math Students
J.F. Drake Middle School
Debra Beebe, Principal
Cynda Fickert, Sarah Armstrong, Bob Cloud, and Yari Davis, Teachers

2. Qualifications for 6th Grade Accelerated Math
Students must meet two of the following three criteria:
Earn an A average in 5th grade math courses
Earn a SAT-10 Total Math score of 89% or greater
Earn an SAI score of 120 or greater

3. Schedule comparison 6th Grader taking Regular Math
7th: 7th Grade Math
8th: Pre-Algebra
9th: Algebra
10th: Geometry
11th: Algebra II
12th: Pre-Calculus
6th Grader taking Accelerated Math
7th: Pre-Algebra
8th: Algebra
9th: Geometry
10th: Algebra II
11th: Pre-Calculus
12th: AP Calculus AB
Beginning in the 9th grade at Auburn Junior High School, students may “double up” on their math courses if desired.

4. NOTE:
All students must take four math courses in grades 9-12 as per Alabama State Department of Education guidelines

5. What is covered in the 6th Grade Accelerated Math curriculum?
6th grade math objectives
7th grade math objectives
Very little overlap exists between the two curricula; this course moves at a brisk pace

6. What’s next?
All students in 6th Grade Accelerated Math will take the Orleans Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test

7. Composition of Orleans Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test
Research-based assessment designed to predict future success in Algebra
98 total points possible
48 points from grades earned in 3rd nine weeks
50 points from score earned on test
Some questions are review
Some questions are on new, self-taught material

8. Orleans Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test
ALL students who successfully complete 6th Grade Accelerated Math are advanced in their mathematics course of study and are automatically placed in Pre-Algebra.
Placement in Algebra as a 7th grader is a significant advancement in a student’s education, due to the abstract nature of the course, and requires special circumstances.

9. Qualifications for 7th Grade Algebra I
Students must earn a minimum score of 90 on the Orleans Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test
Students must meet two of the following three criteria:
Earn As and Bs in 6th Grade Accelerated Math.
Earn a SAT-10 Total Math score of at least 89%.
Earn a SAI score of at least 120.

10. FYI
Each year, Auburn City Schools (ACS) submits a letter to the Board of Education outlining its desire to meet the needs of its most mathematically gifted students by offering Algebra in the 7th grade
Pending board approval, ACS requests permission annually from the SDE to teach Algebra I to 7th graders

11. More schedules… 7th: Pre-Algebra 7th: Algebra 8th: Algebra I
6th Grade Accelerated Math
7th: Pre-Algebra
7th: Algebra
8th: Algebra I
8th: Geometry
9th: Geometry
9th: Geometry, Algebra II
9th: Algebra II
10th: Algebra II
10th: Precalculus
11th: Precalculus
11th
AP Calculus AB
12th
AP Calculus BC

12. Some Math Courses offered at AHS
Algebra II with Trigonometry
Algebra III with Statistics
Precalculus
Calculus
IB Math Methods
IB Math Higher Level
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics

13. Questions?
Teachers – Mrs. Armstrong, Ms. Fickert, Mr. Cloud, Mrs. Davis
Counselors – Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Rainer
Principal or Assistant Principals
Director of Secondary Curriculum – Mrs. Anderson ( or

14. Thank you for coming!