Date: Monday, July 10–Thursday, July 13, 2023

Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM  

Location: UHC Room # 218

Instructor: Laura Erwin

Cost: $65 per student, brought to first day of workshop

This Algebra Refresher workshop is for high school students who completed Algebra 1 and will be taking Algebra 2 this school year. This is especially important for students that haven’t done math all summer or took Geometry between Algebra 1 and 2.  We will focus on reviewing  the following topics:
~Evaluating algebraic expressions
~Using order of operations
~Working with signed numbers
~Applying the distributive property
~Factoring by finding the Greatest Common Factor
~Solving and graphing linear equations
~Solving and graphing inequalities
~Operations with exponents, including roots and negative exponents
~Solving quadratic equations, including by factoring
~UHC Summer Assignment assistance

Students are required to have a copy of the Algebra 2 text used for the UHC Algebra 2 course.  Algebra II w/Trigonometry – Classics Edition, Prentice Hall,  ISBN 013133798X  If you do not have a textbook or you are not a UHC student, please contact the instructor.

There will be no homework assigned, but students are expected to bring a scientific calculator to each class, and to work through the problems as they are presented.

Questions to Laura Erwin: [email protected].

Message from the teacher:

I homeschooled my three sons for a total of 20 years. I earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering  from San Jose State University. I have spent much of the past 30+ years teaching and tutoring, including 15 years at the Upstate Homeschool Co-op.  I am passionate about helping students to see our great God’s hand in all of His creation, including Math and Science principles. I find it especially delightful to see a student’s eyes light up with one of those “aha!” moments, when a difficult concept finally clicks. I am also available to parents, to help them learn to better teach their students.  ~Laura Erwin