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

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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

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ai . 5 Q 'W .j'?Q , 5 5, 44 60 Faculty Section Studying History Is A Blast from the Past When you enrolled in World Geography, American History, or Free Enterprise, what was the main thought that struck you? What do we need to know about George Franklin and ah, who's that other guy, Benjamin Washington? and anyways, nobody wants to know where Nigeria is.', Many students started out with a S-D-R-A-W-K-C-A-B- attitude about past history. With teachers like the P.V. social studies that tried their best to make our required 2 and W years of social studies educational and fun, many P.V. students realized that it wasn't really all that hard to get Ben and George straight. If students really put in an effort, they probably could have told you where Nigeria is...so before they knew it, they really did know it. Junior Sarah Gale said, American History was a potentially boring sub- ject made interesting by Mr. Seivers. You could have asked just about any student at P.V. and they would have probably said the same thing: It's just another class, but it was taught in an interesting way. Mr. Cook's American History classes were asked to present an oral report on the Constitution. Each stu- dent was required to design a report, other than an oral speech, to discuss with their classmates. Some students chose to use drawings and plays to get their point across. The students were told that if they did a good job there wouldn't be a test! That was enough to make everyone strive to do a good job. According to a student survey, the P.V. Social Studies teachers as a whole conducted their classes in a way that made their classes fun and the students wanted to learn about history, past, and present. Remember, when you study the past, you are really educating for your future. This was the motto to be remembered in these classes.