Central Academy Math Program/Pathway
Many students are afraid of the Central Math Program. It is notoriously hard. I was one of these students who feared the program for the longest time. I never wanted to switch over to Central math, even when I ran out of math classes to take at Roosevelt, my home school. Why did I feel like this? I pondered it for a while and eventually realized it was because I was uncomfortable when I was not the smartest in the room.
I eventually convinced myself to take AP Calculus at Central my junior year. It was very scary at first, and I did not raise my hand for the first few months. My peers seemed to always know what was going on, while I felt lost. I had never studied more for a math test until that year. To my surprise, I did better on my test than some of my peers. This is a perfect example of the misconception of central math. It is okay to feel a little bit lost. Central math program teaches students how to think outside the box and accept that there is not always an answer to everything. I would recommend the math program to anyone. You do not have to identify as a "math person", you just have to be willing to learn.
The math classes offered there begin with Algebra 1 and go all the way up to Linear Algebra. Students from all Des Moines schools and backgrounds attend school there, taking accelerated math classes. Even though students complain about the difficulty and the homework levels, the math classes there are renounced across the Midwest and students tend to do super well on the AP math tests.
I eventually convinced myself to take AP Calculus at Central my junior year. It was very scary at first, and I did not raise my hand for the first few months. My peers seemed to always know what was going on, while I felt lost. I had never studied more for a math test until that year. To my surprise, I did better on my test than some of my peers. This is a perfect example of the misconception of central math. It is okay to feel a little bit lost. Central math program teaches students how to think outside the box and accept that there is not always an answer to everything. I would recommend the math program to anyone. You do not have to identify as a "math person", you just have to be willing to learn.
The math classes offered there begin with Algebra 1 and go all the way up to Linear Algebra. Students from all Des Moines schools and backgrounds attend school there, taking accelerated math classes. Even though students complain about the difficulty and the homework levels, the math classes there are renounced across the Midwest and students tend to do super well on the AP math tests.
Have you taken any of the advanced math at TRHS?
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