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February 2000 
CPM deemed exemplary by Dept. of Education By Sheldon J. Reber, Director of School and Community Relations | |
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O n October 6, Eureka High School’s College Preparatory Mathematics program (CPM) was designated “an exemplary program” by the U.S. Department of Education. This is the fifth year that CPM has been taught at Eureka High. According to Eureka High math teacher Patricia Maisch, “the developers of the program recognized the need to update the methodology of teaching mathematics from what was created in the 1800s and is still in use at the end of the 20th century. There is a need for a different program to satisfy the needs of our students as we move into the 21st century.” Six teacher are teaching the four levels of CPM courses at Eureka High. The teachers for CPM I (algebra I) this year are Diane Bitte, Jennifer Johnson, Jack Lakin, and Brenda Smith. The teachers for CPM 2 (geometry) are Jennifer Johnson, Jack Lakin, and Patricia Maisch. The teacher for CPM 3 (algebra II) is Frank Kutil. The teacher for CPM 4 (mathematical analysis) is Patricia Maisch. At Winship Junior High, Bill Funkhouser is teaching CPM I in the eighth–grade. CPM is a six–year middle school and high school mathematics program that is dedicated to improving student learning of math as well as supporting teacher methodology in the classroom. CPM had to pass a rigorous, two–tier evaluation process overseen by an expert panel in order to receive the distinguished recognition. Each CPM course focuses on six to eight core threads such as graphing, writing equations, and mathematical reasoning. CPM materials and teachers help students develop problem solving strategies. The CPM curriculum is aligned with the new standards for mathematics instruction for the State of California. The courses reflect the concern of business and industry that students have the ability to apply their learning to new and different settings in the workplace. CPM has been used for ten years by more than 2,000,000 students. The 1998 SAT9 results in the 214 CPM California high schools (out of 813 California high schools) were three percentiles higher than the state average for 9th, 10th, and 11th–grades.
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