Potomac High School - Prowler Yearbook (Dumfries, VA)

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Academics Students often made the discovery that class activities included more than just bookwork. Classes often took time out for something different. Students delved into the world of science through research and science Fair pro¬ jects and dissection of pigs and rabbits in Biology, while government classes allowed them to assert their political tendencies in mock elections and de¬ bates. Mrs. Polk ' s and Ms Stulz ' s classes also experimented in playing the stock market. Foreign Language classes per¬ fected their speaking skills by perform¬ ing in dramas and skits then celebrat¬ ed by gorging themselves at fiestas complete with ethnic food and music. P.E. classes took CPR as a required sub¬ ject and some instruction in the uncon¬ ventional subjects of bootcamp train¬ ing and squaredancing. So students found that schoolwork didn ' t have to mean “bookwork . Special activities from food fairs to CPR broadened the student ' s experience in the range of each subject. In preparation for a new paint job, Tim Abei uses a power sander to strip off the old paint of a car fender in Auto Body. A group of Biology students stand facinated as a boa constrictor strangles a rat to eat for lunch. Academics Divider

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With his books scattered all over the bed, Ma¬ nuel Alfonso listens to his Walkman and studies in preparation for SAT ' s, A cold day in February finds Patricia Amezquita in the parking lot, sitting on the hood of her car and doing her homework while plugged into her Walkman, Tod Hupka relaxes on the floor amidst a pile of encyclopedias while taking notes for a report. Study Habits

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Snowing In school? Not quite. After a year of learning Accounting, the class put its skills to use on a project that would last eight weeks. Mrs. Haun told them they could release their frustrations when it was all over, and Andy Dearing does just that by tearing up his project. Academic Divider