PRESS RELEASE

 

        St. Mary's County Public Schools is in the process of adopting mathematics materials for grades K-12.  A committee of stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, supervisors, and parents/guardians has recommended the following textbooks as a primary resource to teach the Voluntary State Curriculum:

   

Elementary/Middle

Book Company

Textbook

Grades K - 4

   

Pearson

Investigations in Number, Data, and Space

   

   

Grades 4 - 8

   

Macmillan-McGraw Hill

Math Connects

   

   

§ Grade 4 will use a combination of Investigations and Math Connects

 

High

Book Company

Textbook

Prealgebra

   

McDougal Littell

Prealgebra

  

   

 Algebra A

   

McDougal Littell

Algebra Readiness

McDougal Littell

Concepts and Skills

   

   

Algebra 1/B

   

McDougal Littell

Algebra 1 - MD Edition

  

   

Intermediate Algebra

   

Pearson/Prentice Hall 

Intermediate Algebra,  5th edition

  

   

HSA Review Course

   

Cord Communications

Bridges to Algebra and Geometry

  

   

Geometry (Honors, CM, and Comprehensive/C)

McDougal Littell

Concepts and Skills (C)

McDougal Littell

Geometry (Honors and CM)

  

   

Algebra 2

   

McDougal/Littell

Algebra 2 MD Edition

   

Precalculus Honors and CM

   

Pearson/Prentice-Hall

Precalculus

   

   

Calculus (CM)

   

Pearson/Prentice-Hall

Calculus

   

   

AP Calculus AB/BC

   

Pearson/Prentice-Hall

Calculus

 

 

 

 

   

   

Data Analysis

   

Bedford Freeman and Worth Publishing Group

Statistics Through Applications

   

   

AP Stats

   

Bedford Freeman and Worth Publishing Group

The Practice of Statistics (3rd Edition)

   

   

Practical/Contemporary Mathematics

   

Houghton Mifflin

Personal Finance

Glencoe

Mathematics with Business Applications

       

        The textbooks will be on display from June 2 to June 6, 2008, during operating hours at the Lexington Park , Leonardtown, and Charlotte Hall branches of the public library.  They will also be displayed in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the school system’s Central Administration Office located at 23160 Moakley Street in Leonardtown.  For more details, call 301-475-5511, Option 5.

   

                                                                                Submitted by:

                                                                               

                                                                                Alex Jaffurs

                                                                                Supervisor of Instruction for Mathematics

                                                                               

                                                                                Rebekah Loker

                                                                                Instructional Resource Teacher for Mathematics

   

05/28/08