Mathematics
The Mathematics Department provides a diverse range of courses designed to support students’ academic goals, career interests, and postsecondary plans. Through engaging, real-world applications, students develop strong problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative reasoning skills aligned with district curriculum guidelines, the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, and national standards.
Technology & Problem Solving
In addition to mathematics courses, students can explore computer programming, gaining foundational coding and computational thinking skills that prepare them for careers in technology, engineering, business, and related fields.
More Details
For complete details, please review the Program of Studies.
Courses
Course offerings may include:
SAFE Pre-Algebra
Geometry and Algebra 2
Algebra 1 and Geometry
Algebra 1
Algebra 2
Geometry
SAFE Algebra 1
Precalculus
Calculus
Statistics
Quantitative Reasoning
Probability and Statistics
Calculus
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
Introduction to Java Programming
Introduction to Hardware Engineering
Robotics
AI, Design, & Robotics
AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A
Staff
Patricia Murphy-Sheehy, Department Chair pmurphy-sheehy@k12.somerville.ma.us
Mithlesh Bhargava mbhargava@k12.somerville.ma.us
John Buckley JBuckley@k12.somerville.ma.us
Rachel Chagnon rchagnon@k12.somerville.ma.us
Patrick Corbett pcorbett2@k12.somerville.ma.us
Kat Dutton kdutton@k12.somerville.ma.us
Evelyn Gibson egibson@k12.somerville.ma.us
Amber Jackson ajackson@k12.somerville.ma.us
Maria Konstantopolous mkonstantopoulos@k12.somerville.ma.us
Karen Leary kleary@k12.somerville.ma.us
Caleb Miller cmiller4@k12.somerville.ma.us
Michael Morgan mmorgan2@k12.somerville.ma.us
Clayton Myers cmyers@k12.somerville.ma.us
Laura Peters lpeters@k12.somerville.ma.us
Sarah Pierce spierce@k12.somerville.ma.us
Shara Pilch spilch@k12.somerville.ma.us
Eric Semple esemple@k12.somerville.ma.us
Victor Stewart vstewart@k12.somerville.ma.us