Mathematics
Mathematics
Mission Statement
Chula Vista Middle School cavaliers will become mathematicians by gaining the skills to be successful in California math standards. Students will experience differentiated curriculum, technology support, and manipulative enrichment to become proficient in number sense, measurement and geometry, algebra and functions, statistics, and probability. The mission of the mathematics department is to provide students with high expectations to develop their critical thinking skills to solve problems both in and out of the classroom.
CVM’s Math Department involvement with the CARE Program.
The Center for Research on Equity and Innovation at the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, along with partners from CREATE at the University of California, San Diego and the California Math Project, is collaborating middle schools such as Chula Vista Middle School to to increase the number of students who are Black, Latinx, Indigenous or from low-income backgrounds who have a strong academic identity and are on-track in 8th grade to graduate high school and successfully enter college and career.
To learn more about the CARE Program click on the links below:
The Math department will:
- Work collaboratively to create the best lessons for the curriculum
- Analyze data to identify the needs of students and focus interventions
- Emphasize student interaction to foster critical thinking development
- Promote retention to ensure proficiency and preparedness for future courses
The Math department EXPECTS students to be:
- Cavaliers who take being a student seriously,
- Cavaliers who are motivated to be successful,
- Cavaliers who complete assignments on time,
- Cavaliers who ask for help, and
- Cavaliers who work to promote to high school.
Students will have the following responsibilities
- Binder or Notebook for daily work
- Assignments on a daily basis
- Assessments bi-weekly
- In class participation and collaboration
Math Department
