Brush High School - Sagebrush Yearbook (Brush, CO)

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Under the direction of three instruc- tors, the 1966-67 math department of- fered varied levels of study. The instruc- tors include Miss Young, Mrs. Hancock, and Mr. Schweers. Mrs. Hancock, a new teacher at BHS this year, began by covering the fields of Algebra I and Related Math. Miss Young taught in three fields including Algebra I, Geometry, and Consumer's Math. Cov- ering most of the advanced classes, Mr. Schweers had Geometry, Algebra II, and Fundamentals for Advanced Math. Many interesting topics were covered during the year. In Miss Young’s Geome- try class the students worked with drawing as they each drew a scale model of a math room to be put in the new school. While studying probability in the ad- vanced senior class, Mr. Schweers showed a few card tricks to show the probability of receiving a certain hand. In addition to the regular teachers, a student teacher came to BHS in the spring. His name was Mr. Hansen and his supervisor was Mr. Schweers. After a couple of weeks of observation, Mr. Hansen led the various classes in math.

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English Classes Read Various Literature English is a required subject at Brush High School for four years and is taught on regular basis as well as functional levels. Students were assigned vocabulary, literature, composition, and grammar. Seniors, instructed by Mr. Neill, studied the modern novel and read such books as Heart of Darkness, Lord of the Flies. Animal Farm, and War and Peace. They also did some writing and studied formal vocabulary. Mr. Neill's freshman classes wrote themes, read Oliver Twist, discussed a unit on poetry, and studied and reviewed capitalization. Miss Walters also taught members of the class of '67. These students made a survey of English literature. When this was accomplished, a theme was written by each student about a phase of literature, some author, or'a movement in literature. Some of the books read were Great Expectations, Lord Jim, Keys of the Kingdom, and Return of the Native. Juniors, Under Mr. Schantz, spent the first semester reviewing grammar techniques and working on vocabulary assignments. During the second semester, students worked mainly on the analysis of American literature. Moby Dick, The Last of the Mohicans. My Antonia, and The House of the Seven Gables were some of the stories which were used. Ivanhoe, The Pearl, Lost Horizon, and Kon-Tiki were some of the books which were required for the sophomores under Mrs. Travis’ guidance. Modem drama, speech, and short stories were also studied. Mrs. Queen's freshman English class went into the topic of mythology. They read Treasure Island and several short stories. The purpose and aims of all of the English classes are to help the students increase their knowledge of the subject, to help in self ex- pression, to broaden vocabulary uses in the everyday language, and to teach students to appreciate outstanding selections in English literature. 25