<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 10.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #ff2500">PLEASE do not reply to this email </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">contact Kori Austera, Math Department Co-Lead <a href="mailto:KORIANNAAUSTERA@BERKELEY.NET">KORIANNAAUSTERA@BERKELEY.NET</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Hello BHS Families,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Is your student currently in Math 1 and interested in taking Advanced Math 2 next year?</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">If so, they must take the<b> Mathematical Reasoning and Communication Assessment (MRCA) on Wednesday, April 17th. Please arrive by 3:35pm</b>. All you need is a pencil. In order to take the test, <b>please sign up at H113 (list is on the door) starting on Monday, March 25th.</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">In addition to taking the MRCA, you must earn an "A" in 2nd semester Math 1. Your performance on the MRCA and in Math 1 may give you an opportunity to work towards entering Advanced Math 2 in the fall of 2019. This will require completing some additional coursework beyond Math 1 and taking a short test in late August.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">What’s on the assessment? The MRCA consists of a few problems that give you an opportunity to demonstrate your mathematical reasoning skills and your willingness to communicate mathematically. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 12px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; font-size: 11.5px; font-family: Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">This placement process is the last entry point into the advanced math sequence at BHS. 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