Harborfields High School - Harborlight Yearbook (Greenlawn, NY)

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R - ff 4 fflf alhrff arf' t A A Ugh! It's midterm time in Gr0be's AP Physics class, but it's no sweat for seniors Jenny Dore and Tricia Endres Really'?l Yeah, it's true,.. This week's test is over, so juniors Anne Dempsey. Mary Lynch and Vasant Marathe can relax in their ll AP History class. .12 J,,,,,.,,-ff' Deep concentration? Probably not. but these seniors in 12 AP History give it their best shot: Craig Stiller, Rick Rezhak and Andie Pukke. .41-P Pop in denim! Dressed for success. Mr. Pop Thoelen gets some reading done after teaching his third period AP class. AP. Courier-137

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TOUGHING IT OUT... AP COURSES Hey Matt! Whatis the room number for your AP math class? I want to take some yearbook pic- tures.'I I don't know, it's the one immediately on the right when you go up the stairs - but you better come soon, cuz I won't be in that class much longer... Anyone who has taken - survived - an AP, or advanced placement, course can understand how senior Matt Bender was feeling. AP courses are advanced placement studies in a subject, with an exam at the end that is graded on a scale of one to five. They are tough to get through. These are the courses that have introduced juniors to DBQ'S Cdocument based questionsj, seniors to intergration f?'??D and have caused more than a few all-nighters. However, that the work of an AP class is hard, should be taken for . .... I -21 2f1if' f .QQ W in 19. it . I Y K ',,,' g sl Taking AP courses has been a worthwhile experience. Although I haven't had the opportunity to really see for myself, I know that having this background will give me an edge once l'm in a college classroom. Senior Jennifer Fink. Bring out the soda and popcorn! It's Elm time for seniors Sheila Egan and Jenny Dore. 136 A P Comme: granted, completion of these courses, after all, can be used for college credit. For example, someone who successfully completes Mr. Mugavin's AP math class and does well on the exam, can earn college credits, and may not have to take a math course in their freshman year at college. Several other subjects have their own AP courses. English has an AP class for seniors, with 'igreat empha- sis on writing essays of freshman college caliber . There are AP Bio and Physics courses that are Htheor- etically of first year college level. Juniors can take an AP history course on American history. Euroean history is offered to senior AP students. Even students with a keen interest in foreign languages have the option to take an AP exam at the end of French 6 and Spanish 6. un-..,., 4 W . -, li' I v

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READI GI TO IT The Reading Department has a lot more to offer than just courses in reading. Sure, they have courses at a remedial level, but it doesn't stop there. How about Speed Reading? Did you ever think you'd never fin- ish that book for English or that chapter for history? Well, then here is the class for you. Try some rapid reading for a start, then a little skim- ming and scanning, and some study in the rate of flexibility to top it all off. After you have read seven hund- red words a minute, think back. Did you really understand all you read? Maybe you need to shape up your vocabulary. What better place to do it than Power Vocabulary. This will not only allow you to impress your teachers with words such as trinitrotoluene and gonfalonier , but you may actually leam someth- ing. fDon't tell anyone, but there is a rumor going around that Power Discussing the new words that they've just leamed? Cha, ha...J Senior Ronnie Gray and junior Steve Goldblatt take the same Power Vocabulary class. Junior Valerie Krause is in the background, still hard at work? 136' Reading Vocabulary may help you on the SAT's and on college entrance exams, but shhhh, don't tell...J After leaming to read fast and un- derstand what you read, you can than analyze, interpret and evaluate the text. What do you think a course like this would be called? Reading Strategies, of course. If, however, you are more interested in discuss- ing what you have read, than the Great Books Discussion would be for you. Here you learn the ultimate meaning of the author's words. Now you may begin to understand that the list of courses offered by the Reading Department goes on and on. As you may see, the Reading Department is not just for reading anymore. Jeanine Denue it ' L , iiiiiff A Z- - .9-1.. ,-?a'1i ram M Q 4 ' :.1:'.:.1:.,:+rf1f 1'-xii.-1. -'45-f'g,a:1: N -'1 V 24:44,-,..