Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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etter Word Man has been using mathematics ce the beginning of life. From figur- the very simple such as how far it s from the cave to the stream for ter, to the complicated of how long tail of Halies comet might be. The les have existed from the beginning. ly man has been able to discover at they are - with one exception, rabbits have learned to multiply, d Mr. Wood, Algebra I teacher. Although teachers in the Palo Verde th Department did not teach how it was to water or the length of the mets tail, they did teach math as it plies to the world we work in today. e teachers set out this year to pare the students for the next pro- ssive math class. Students at Palo Verde were offered sses from general math to onometry with six classes in bet- en. l've never really enjoyed math, but e learned to take it as it comes, cause I know that practically rything I do will get back to math en you really look at it and sort it t, said one student as she walked o third hour Geometry. The best way to make it through th seems to be to forget that it is a r letter word, study always, and ver forget anything that you have rned. Mr. Wood explains how to work an equation ich a student had a problem with in his sixth r class. Before writing a problem on the board, Mr. dwin checks the angles and numbers in the t so he can accurately solve the problem for students. After some confusion with his algebra ework, Shannon Walker Hgures out just to do his last problem on his assignment h a little help from Mr. Wharton. at J mvv .9 li ln Math 57

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Frogs Give All for Psychopath Surgeons Science didnit just teach us the im- portance of dissection, it taught us what we were, how we got that way, and why it happened. Science is for the few privileged students who understand it, stated senior Joy Williams. Science and all its methods, systems, and equations often petrified students who took on the challenge of trying to master some of its mind-boggling solu- tions to major questions. That was the easy part of science, but when it came time to slice open the first frog, most students honestly didn't believe that science was impor- tant to their futures. But when the teacher sits in front of his students with a tray and a few basic tools like a blade, scissors, and a few straight pins, a person could start to wonder whether they were enrolled in -science or surgery. With shaking hands, class members made their first incisions. After they peeled back the first few layers of skin and muscle, the frog revealed to them its innermost possessions, and they realized that they had made it through surgery. But some eyes had not seen enough of this creature. More things began to intrigue the students. Slowly but surely their desire to just mutilate this poor defenseless creature, just to quench their curiosity, grew. By the end of the period, no one could tell that the class had begun with just a ccfrogin Science not only taught students in a scientific manner but it also brought out the warped psychopath in all of us. U1 Mr. Mignery carefully checks over his grading book before turning in grades for the quarter. fPh0to by J. Perkinsj 121 This class is the black sheep of the atom family. explains Ms. Krucker to her General Science class. iPhoto by S. Handley! U1 Mr. Donnelly amuses his class, while teaching them about the metamorphosis of a snake. iPhoto by J. Klobnakj 141 Mr. Hatcher demonstrates to a student the scientwc way to cover iodine solutions with a glass cover slip. lPhoto by Kennedy! 58 F faculty Section , ' 'il W , Richard Bluth is Kathleen Krucker ,H Robert Donnelly Q we isle , s N' Ag I Jack Mignery Paul Hatcher FL, ,. ' .f . 9. xiglmy I Arthur Ratclif f L X7 J ,q .Z f will, Efiigl S 5 ,- Ralph Johnson