Honors Geometry

This course is typically done in 9th or 10th grade.  Topics include:

• Conditional statements
• Direct & indirect proofs
• Pythagorean theorem
• Lines & angles
• Congruence
• Inequalities
• Parallel lines
• Quadrilaterals
• Transformations
• Area
• Similarity
• Right triangles
• Circles
• Concurrence theorems
• Regular polygons
• Geometric solids
• Intro to trigonometry

Students taking this course for Kolbe Honors (H) credit are expected to complete daily assignments, periodic exams and quizzes as assigned by their parent.  Kolbe Honors (H) students will go into more depth and cover more material than the Kolbe Core (K) students.

Assignment due-dates and some grades are established by the parent.  To receive honors credit with Kolbe Academy, students must submit a number of designated assignments to Kolbe Academy for grading, usually exams and select papers.  The parent- and Kolbe-established grades are averaged to produce the final grade for the honors course.

Alternatively, a student may enroll in the Self-Paced Plus© grading assistance program to receive additional grading assistance by a Kolbe Academy faculty or staff member on designated assignments in the course.  In this case, parents may still submit grades for the student to be averaged in with the required Kolbe-graded honors assignments, or they may use the teacher-graded materials only to receive credit.

• Geometry: A Guided Inquiry, G.D. Chakerian, Calvin D. Crabill, and Sherman K. Stein
• Geometry: A Guided Inquiry Home Study Companion, Math Without Borders  (This course companion is optional, but recommended.)
• Kolbe Digital License for Accompaniment to Geometry: A Guided Inquiry  (This course companion is optional, but recommended.)

Other required material:

• Hand-held Scientific Calculator.  Calculators on mobile devices or computers are not acceptable.
• Compass
• Protractor

Self-Paced Plus courses include the following:

• Grading by a highly qualified teacher for selected assignments (listed below) in the course.
• Access to teacher through the course’s discussion board.
• Option to report grade given by the teacher, or to report a grade assigned by parent.
• The pacing is still established by the parent in conjunction with the student’s goals and academic calendar. 
• Assignments will be graded within 1-2 weeks of the submission date, excluding holiday breaks.  (For the quickest grading, students should turn assignments in incrementally throughout the year.  If a student turns in multiple assignments to be graded at once, expect a response time of 1-2 weeks per assignment submitted.)

Self-Paced Plus Assignment List: