Our Eighth Grade Intensive Preparation (8IP) class is a 6-lesson summer course designed to fully prepare students for our eighth grade curriculum. Whereas most summer math programs are remedial in nature, ours is not. Students entering our 8IP class should already possess a basic understanding of seventh grade math and be ready to move to a higher level of proficiency.

Each 8IP lesson reviews approximately 6 lessons of seventh grade (7A and 7B) material. The class not only gives students an opportunity to review and reinforce what they learned in seventh grade math, it encourages them to build upon that knowledge by applying it to solve more challenging multi-step word and non-routine problems, thereby improving and expanding their abilities.

Topics covered include:

• Lesson 1 : Factors and multiples. Real numbers.
• Lesson 2: Approximation and estimation. Introduction to algebra.
• Lesson 3: Algebraic manipulation. Simple linear equations in one unknown.
• Lesson 4: Angels and parallel lines. Triangles and polygons.
• Lesson 5: Ratio. Rate. Speed. Percentage.
• Lesson 6: Number patterns. Coordinates and linear graphs.
• Lesson 7: Simple inequalities. Perimeters and areas of plane figures.
• Lesson 8: Volumes and surface areas of solids. Data handling.