New Prairie High School - Prairie Life Yearbook (New Carlisle, IN)

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Fundamentals of addition, subtraction and division are reviewed and then carried to further fields in New Prairie High School's Math Department. Students se- lect courses that improve their individual interests and proceed from what they know. They advance through the stages, to the final achievement of ana- lyzing geometric figures and determining angles, ratios, and related functions of the figures. Included in the Mathmatics Department are Hon- ors Algebra, and Honors Geometry. This Curriculum provides the members of the classes with hard work and unlimited potential in learning. 'I haven't the slightest idea of what I'M doing . Everyone listens attentively. 27 A show of hands is always appreciated by a teacher. Math time is work time.

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Were Counting on You

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Two Hundred Years Ago Our Forefathers . . . Write that down . . . We are living in history--the events of today are the historical studies of tomorrow. True statements today are often repeated tomorrow as history has a tendency of cycling. Contemporary problems, the psychological rea- sons, the social pressures, economic survival and the founding of this great country were discussed this year. Social studies was interesting and the instructors provided the enthusiasm, the talk power and the go to give the members of the classes greater insight into the past, present, and the possibilities of the future of the USA. Barb Watkins shows the reasons why we have money 28