Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School

Mathematics Department

We live in a time of extraordinary and accelerating change. New knowledge, tools, and ways of doing and communicating mathematics continue to emerge and evolve. Calculators, too expensive for common use in the early eighties, now are not only commonplace and inexpensive but vastly more powerful. Quantitative information available to limited numbers of people a few years ago is now widely disseminated through popular media outlets. The need to understand and be able to use mathematics in everyday life and in the workplace has never been greater and will continue to increase.

Those who understand and can do mathematics will have more opportunities to shape their futures. Mathematical competence opens doors to productive futures. A lack of mathematical competence keeps those doors closed. Our teachers challenge the assumption that mathematics is only for the select few. At our school, students have the opportunity and the support necessary to learn significant mathematics with depth and understanding. Here, there is no conflict between equity and excellence.