Deer Valley High School - Soaring Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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tial-,its - It was a lot of fun: I got to play in the snow! Rick Dou- gherty, sophomore. it was kind of scary at first but it was fun, Erik Ro- sander, junior. Yeah, I was scared but it was fun! The dance was great! I danced with six girls! Aaron Spray, sopho- more. Posing in front of Flagstaff High School are junior, Brian Martinez, sophomore Aaron Spray, senior Rick Dougherty and junior Erik Rosander. ad: I '14 41' Pausing for a quick click of the camera Learning the basics of skiing is Erik Ro are Aaron Spray, sophomore and Rick sander, Dougherty, senior. Special Services

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MFITH: Provides problems for students k, here's a quickie a + best teacher because he doesn't b equals what? If you've just teach, he goes over and over forgotten, you had better it until the whole class not tell your math teacher or else understands. you may be stuck taking another The math department offers a year of algebra. variety of math levels, from This year, the math department Algebra 1-2 and consumer math was headed by Mr. Ted Corley. to trigonometry to AP Calculus. My job has three parts - l'm an informative and material Most students think that algebra isn't that important or agent, a curriculum monitor, and they don't understand the use of an instructor's assistant, he commented. Besides teaching Algebra 1-2, Corley also teaches AP Calculus. it. Sometimes it's hard to show students how important problem solving is, but I wouldn't teach anything else, Algebra teacher Out of his small enrollment of this Mr. Anderson commented. advanced class, Corley feels Todd So, even if you couldn't Cross, senior, shows the greatest amount of understanding and effort. Todd shows insight into problem solving, he said. ln Todd's opinion, AP Calculus is A real challenge because it's so abstract. Mr. Corley is the Tidbits Math can help you in many ways because numbers are all around you. ,lt can help you with balanc- ing your checlfgbook anctother nancial things, Chris Fuller, ju-C' mor. Mathematics is relevant to ev- eryone and it is very important for each-student to develoggy hisfherff . own skills for use in thelfuturefiii Miss Columbo, teacher. l think math is good for you be- cause it will come in handy in the future. Lots of-careers like in the: medical field, technicians, and ac- countants need math. You will use it in everyday life so l think it is important to take lt, Tori, Young, junior. Explaining how to answer the prob- lems is math teacher Mike Forrest Math remember what a + b equals, that doesn't mean your algebra teacher didn't teach it or that you're dumb. It just might mean you need a refresher course in algebra.