I extends students' knowledge and understanding of the real number system and its properties through the study of variables, equations, inequalities, and analysis of data derived from real-world phenomena.
Emphasis is placed on making connections in algebra to arithmetic, geometry, and statistics.
Calculator and computer technologies should be used as tools wherever appropriate. Use of a graphing calculator is considered essential to provide a graphical and numerical approach to topics, in addition to a symbolic approach. Students who have mastered the standards for middle school mathematics are eligible to take Algebra I in grade 8. However, parents may request that grades be omitted from the student's transcript and the student not earn high school credit for the course.