The Mountain Pointe Mathematics Department goes to great lengths to provide the finest learning environment for its students. In conjunction with the Maricopa County Community College district, we have been able to offer college credit to our high school students taking our higher level classes during the normal school day. This allows many of our students to graduate high school with a college transcript as well as a high school diploma. Under the direction of principal Bruce Kipper and department chair Steve Heiser, Mountain Pointe boasts of one of the finest math departments in the state of Arizona.

Math Department Faculty

	Mike Feringa ext. 58049		Jon Meier ext. 0		Peter Rupp ext. 58203
	Stephen Heiser Department Chair ext. 56122		Jennifer Novaczyk ext. 59811		Randa Ryan ext. 58136
	Robert Hendrickson ext. 58025		Erin Ostroski ext. 58121		Michael Sinkovic ext. 58150
	Eric Hitsman ext. 58025		Tony Ramseyer ext. 58121		Bob Wakefield ext. 58147
	Rick Lang ext. 58040		Dan Ray ext. 58092		Erick Woertz ext. 59816
	Clay Lawson ext. 58073		Jamie Ruelas ext. 58027

Department Highlights:

• Mu Alpha Theta: The Mu Alpha Theta National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society was founded in 1957 by Dr. Richard V. Andree and his wife, Josephine Andree, at the University of Oklahoma. In Andree's words, Mu Alpha Theta is "an organization dedicated to promoting scholarship in mathematics and establishing math as an integral part of high school and junior college education". The name Mu Alpha Theta was constructed from the Greek lettering for the phonemes m, a, and th. Mountain Pointe High School is proud to have their own chapter of Mu Alpha Theta. See Ms. Vergari for further information.
• Math League: Mountain Pointe High School participates in the Math League Competitions. Math League's High School Contests are the best in high school mathematics competition. Students in each league compete for the highest scores, while schools compete for the highest team score: the total of the top 5 scores in each school. These contests consist of 6 High School Contests each year, with 6 questions per contest. There are 6 score reports per year for each league, showing each participating school's team scores, high scoring schools and students, and students with a perfect score. Each score report is accompanied by a newsletter, which includes comments and alternate solutions from teachers and students. All high school students in accredited schools are welcome to compete. Problems draw from a wide range of high school topics: geometry, algebra, trigonometry, logarithms, series, sequences, exponents, roots, integers, real numbers, combinations, probability, coordinate geometry, and more. No knowledge of calculus is required to solve any of these problems. Detailed solution sheets demonstrate the methods used to solve each problem, including various approaches where appropriate. Working through these problems and our contest problem books is excellent practice for the SAT and college-bound students.