Andrew Lewis High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Salem, VA)

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Listen, ponder, and scribble are the words for the day as Algebra Two students bus¬ ily take down notes in Mr. Browder ' s quadratic formula lecture. Using her hands and mouth, Jenny Flora tries to explain a Trigonometry problem. Thoroughly involved in getting down As¬ signment 41, Robin Sturgill is unaware of a sneaky photographer. 27

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Math is a package deal . . . Learning Packages forced Math Survey students to work indepen¬ dently. The packages consisted of a pre-test on which the students had to score 95 or above, two pages of exercises and readings from textbooks, and a post-test. With only eight seniors taking Math Analysis, Mr. Basham found the year quite enjoyable, but some of the students had a diffi¬ cult time since the course ex¬ posed them to some college math. Other Math students found them¬ selves caught in a maze of home¬ work assignments. Students tak¬ ing Math 9 were introduced to some basic principles of Algebra while Geometry students were confused and aggravated from the many hours spent memo¬ rizing and proving theorems. Algebra One, Algebra Two, and Advanced Algebra and Tri¬ gonometry students were bound to the textbooks solving problems that dealt with equations with two variables, difficult slope equa¬ tions, and ratios of cosines and sines. To the joy of many students, M. Basham headed the Math Depart¬ ment teaching staff and Mrs. Jones returned after a two year absence. Mrs. Billings was the only department newcomer. In December the Math Department sponsored three outstanding stu¬ dents from Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, and Math Analysis classes in the Math Rally Competition at Radford College. Taking an Algebra Two test requires deep concentration and headache pains, as Kathy Worley exemplifies. 26

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. Each music teacher proudly felt As Christmas roJIed around, the that his own band or choir was Chorale gave certs at area the best ever. The Chorale began churches and theKand marched the year with an invitation to in the ChristmaMpM»de to the Expo 74. Running into some tune of jolly Old%tlNicholas. conflicts over the schedule with All of the choirs joined in, giving a the Band, which was going to Vir- concert which was open to ginia Beach, the problem was everyone, soon solved and it seemed the dreams would become reality. With the excitement of the end of the year, there was the Spring concert for the choirs. The Con¬ cert Band participated in many area festivals and Opus 74. At the end of the year, the Band and Chorale prepared themselves for Virginia Beach and Expo 74. While the Band and Chorale were preparing themselves for their festival, the Mixed and Girl ' s Choirs were learning music for the Christmas and Spring con¬ certs. Some of the members were experienced singers and some were not, but there was always new music to break the monotony. 28