Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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eadin itin 81 'irliiiiiil Q Chalk it up. Ro Anthony, in order to keep up with his math class, copies notes from the chalkboard. 36 f Academics thmetic Senior high opened up many other options. For some school was more than just learning as they took on the responsibility of teaching others. Senior Kitty Braswell balanced four different languages her final year at P.A., and along with Cindy Thomas, taught lower school students to speak Spanish. Computers classes, taught by Mrs. Jerri Rotenberry, brought students back to BASIC. The language on a computer is taught in a form known as 'BASlC', explained John Wyvill, junior. lt's a lot of out of class work, but it's rewarding also. You can play Star Trek, Poker and even type up papers for other classes. From math in first grade to calculus in twelfth, students all agreed, You can never learn everything there is to know. 2 + 2, 4 + 4, and 18 - 9 became familiar terms and easy equations. But try the square root of x2 minus a2 over x2 times dx equals cosine h minus x over a minus the square root of x2 minus a2 over x plus c. And to top it off, that's wasn't as hard as they came. There was an old saying, You learn something new everyday. P.A. students could testify that it was true. l Talking it up. Senior Keena Patton reads the newspaper to her class in Contemporary lssues, updating them on the murder McArthurtrials. Keena was a witness in the trials. which were among the most publicized ever in the city of Little Rock. Never give in. Senior Meleia Cloud spends time in the library doing research for a paper for her Contemporary lssues class. Students used not only the school library but also the UALR and public libraries. QR in

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Award winning. Mark Schuster receives an award from Mrs. Gae Bankston fora play he presented to his classmates and their parents. Time off. Juniors l'racy Cage and Caren Caruthcrs take a little time for themselves tojust sit down and read magazines in the library during study hall. Three R sf37