Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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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

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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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Grody to the max A scalpel. a probe, a dissection pan, a lot of paper towels, scissors and a pair of tongs. These and a strong stomach were all the materials you needed to perform a dissection during lab. Once a week Biology l students spent fifth period dissecting everything from sponges and hydras to crayfish and snakes. Advanced Placement Biology and Anatomy students moved up the food chain and attempted the dissection of rats and minks. We spent three days burning the bones, said AP student Jennifer Moers. lt really smelled bad. and everyone in the halls complained. But the aroma of burnt bones wasn't the only smell students found themselves complaining about. The Chemistry classes were constantly at work making sulfur solutions. l really like experimenting with the chemicals. but too often you come out of lab smelling like a rotten egg. said sophomore Holly Tompkins. Is it dead yet? Sophomore Rebeeea Brain work. Sophomore Susan .louett Hall puts a pin into a butterfly so it will and junior Greg Bumpas probe a Stay in place on her bug Collectign for sheep's brain as they study its structure Biology. 38! Academics in Anatomy.