Polynomial Functions

1. MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE
In support of the District’s goals, the MST High School has a unified commitment to excellence
in meeting the educational needs of individuals in the Manchester School District through an
innovative 21st century Project Based Learning curriculum that has the same academic
requirements as Manchester’s other three high schools and leads to a high school diploma that
ensures a student is career ready or prepared to matriculate at the two or four year college
level upon graduation. Components of the course of study include:
➢ Project Based Learning
➢ Project Based Assessment
➢ A Career and Technical Education integration of academics
➢ Opportunities to earn college credits through Running Start and Articulation
Agreements
➢ Accelerated Pathway: a student may complete high school in three years, or take as
much as five years through an Individualized Learning Plan
➢ 1:1 Device Model: computer technology is used rather than traditional textbooks.
Students are taught that the computer is a critical and vital component for 21st century
learning and their vocational future.
➢ Participation in a four year longitudinal project studying 1) the student in relation to self
2) the student in relation to school 3) the student in relation to the community and 4)
the student in relation to the world.
➢ Each student will experience a mentoring process through the participation in advisory
groups
➢ Participation in internships, job shadowing, and Extended Learning Opportunities for
which credits will be awarded.
Students who graduate from MST High School will demonstrate the following characteristics:
ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS
MSTHS students are expected to master course content. With this foundation of acquired
knowledge, students will:
Inquire - ask questions and seek answers through research, using technology and other
resources, to create new understandings of the world
Solve Problems - develop solutions to problems in situations that stretch understanding and
require innovative thinking
Think Critically - analyze, interpret, synthesize, evaluate, and draw conclusions to develop
deeper understandings

2. Create - build, compose, design, or perform to develop an understanding of themselves, others,
or the world
Communicate - write and speak with clarity and purpose for a variety of audiences
SOCIAL AND CIVIC EXPECTATIONS
As they achieve at high levels academically, students are expected to:
Act Responsibly - consider the impact of one’s decisions while assuming responsibility and
accepting consequences
Collaborate -work effectively and respectfully with diverse groups of peers and adults
Contribute - explore and make positive contributions to the world beyond the classroom
Maintain Balance - developskills,includingstrategiestomanage workloadandstress,tomaintaina
balancedandhealthylifestyle