I was born and brought up in California and attended California State University at Sacramento. I enlisted in the Navy in 1958 as a Naval Aviation Cadet and received my aviators wings and commission in 1960. I retired from the Navy in 1982 after obtaining my Bachelor of Science degree from University of Maryland and later a Masters of Arts degree from Central Michigan University. I began my teaching career at Seneca Valley High School in Montgomery County in 1982 and attended George Washington University where I received a Maryland Advanced Professional Teaching Certificate in Secondary Mathematics. I began teaching at St. Vincent Pallotti High School in 1989. I have three grown children and five grandchildren and reside with my wife in Mount Airy, Maryland.
CLASSES TAUGHT
ALGEBRA I
This course is designed for students who have demonstrated a solid background in basic mathematics through placement testing. It is a comprehensive study of Algebra topics including field properties and properties of equality, polynomial operations, solutions to linear equations, factoring, and performing operations with rational and radical expressions.
ALGEBRA II
This course is designed to build upon the basic algebra concepts introduced in algebra I and to further stress the structure of algebra and the development of computational problem solving skills. The main areas of study will be the real number system, linear equations and inequalities, operations with polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, systems of equations and inequalities, radical and complex numbers and quadratics. PSAT and SAT reviews will be conducted throughout the first quarter.
TRIGONOMETRY
This is a one semester course designed to enable the student to develop the skills necessary to deal with the solutions and applications of right triangles, trigonometric identities, and inverse trigonometric functions.
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
This is a one semester, basic statistics course designed for those students who have successfully completed Algebra II. The course will introduce descriptive statistics including random sampling, graphs, histograms and frequency tables, measures of central tendency, variation and data collection and analysis. This is followed by a discussion of elementary probability theory, binomial distribution and the normal distribution.