Department Philosophy Statement: The Williston Northampton Mathematics and Computer Science department believes that summer work plays an important role in facilitating review to highlight important areas of focus for prerequisite material needed to support student success in the course in which they plan to enroll. Whether a course has a summer work component is up to the discretion of the instructors, but for multi-section courses, summer work expectations, including grading, will be the same across all sections regardless of the instructor*. Summer work will be collected on the first-class meeting period that work can be accepted per ASC guidelines, and while it may be scored for correctness, it should not be scored as a major assessment grade.

*Summer work expectations may vary for students enrolling in a course against the recommendation of their last mathematics instructor and will be different for students moving from standard into honors/AP courses regardless of instructor recommendation. These students, as well as students skipping courses via summer work, should speak to the Williston Northampton Mathematics and Computer Science department head individually for summer work expectations.

Required Summer Work: The following courses have required summer homework for all students enrolled. Students should expect these assignments to be graded for correctness and not just completion.

3205 Honors Geometry: Download PDF

• This assignment will be collected on paper by the instructor.

3315 Honors Algebra II: Download PDF

• This assignment will be collected on paper by the instructor. A few days into the course, students will take an ungraded diagnostic test on the content covered in this summer work.

3405 Honors Precalculus: Download PDF

• This assignment will be collected on paper by the instructor.

3590 AP Statistics: AP®︎ Statistics | College Statistics | Khan Academy

• Students will be expected to complete the first three units (listed below) each to 90% mastery or higher. The student’s instructor will go around and confirm completion individually with students, so it is important that students use an account they will remember how to access once they arrive on campus at Williston.
  • Unit 1: Exploring Categorical Data
  • Unit 2: Exploring one-variable quantitative data: Displaying and describing
  • Unit 3; Exploring one-variable quantitative data: Summary statistics

3690 AP Calculus AB: Download PDF

• This assignment will be collected on paper by the instructor.

3695 AP Calculus BC & Multivariable Calculus: Download PDF

• This assignment will be collected on paper by the instructor.

3700 Honors Discrete Mathematics: Download PDF

• This assignment will be collected on paper by the instructor. This assignment will be graded as a problem set, and students will be given opportunities to make corrections and revisions throughout the fall trimester.

Optional Recommended Summer Work: The following courses do not have a required summer work component*. The links below are recommendations from the department for students who are looking to do preparation over the summer to help prepare them for the courses they will enroll in during the fall.

3110 Algebra 1: Get ready for Algebra 1 | Math | Khan Academy

3200 Geometry: Get ready for Geometry | Math | Khan Academy

3300 Algebra II Essentials: Get ready for Algebra 2 | Math | Khan Academy

3310 Algebra II: Get ready for Algebra 2 | Math | Khan Academy

3400 Precalculus: Algebra Basics | Khan Academy

• A few days into the course, students will be given an ungraded diagnostic test on the algebra basics that will be needed to find success in 3400 Precalculus.

3505 Trigonometry, Probability, and Statistics: Algebra Basics | Khan Academy

3600 Calculus: College Algebra | Math | Khan Academy

• A few days into the course, students will be given an ungraded diagnostic test on the algebra basics that will be needed to find success in 3600 Calculus.

Note: All courses not listed above have no summer work component and have no recommended optional preparation.