Pulaski Academy - Bruin Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Bare Necessitl Food, clothing, shelter, English, social studies, science, math and P.E. You had to have them to get by in life. Every fall when students selected courses in each department, they did what they could to spice up their daily schedules putting their imaginations to work and finding ways to add variety to the routine. The reasons behind choosing a particular course were as varied as the course selections themselves. Sophomore Lundy Colvert said, My goal is to take Calculus my senior year. The only way to do this was to take two math courses during one year. Doubling up was the only way to take Calculus the senior year, since the option of taking Algebra I during the eighth grade had been abolished. I decided that taking Geometry and Algebra II would be the least difficult combination, he added. There's a big advantage because sometimes I use Algebra II in Geometry and vice-versa. Tracy Manning, Mark Pace, Ashley Smith, Carrie Stuart and Carolyn Gerber took double math loads. Choices such as these often meant that students did not have room in their schedules for electives such as typing, computer programming or art. However, some students were forced to endure heavy course loads 70.Academics in order to meet requirements unique to P.A. Seniors Kirk Aronson and Amy Korenblat found themselves enrolled in American Civics, a ninth grade requirement, because they had transferred to P.A. as seniors and Civics was not required in their previous school. P.A. requires four years of history.My old schoolonly required two, explained Kirk. I had always planned to take three subjects my senior year, leaving more time for electives I was interested in. Instead, they told me that Civics was required to graduate which left little choice. court iesters. Seniors Scott Cline and Greg Bell clown around at the annual Medieval Feast held at senior jennifer Haynie's house. , Q.

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omputer Programming Il, Business Law and Greek Il were just a few courses that expanded our knowledge. With SRA scores significantly higher than other Little Rock schools, we added interesting and challenging classes to the curriculum. I think the education you get at P.A. is special because classes are small, you become close to the teachers, and they really care whether or not you learn, commented senior Suzi Dabbs. P.A. also involved students in out-of-the- classroom learning. Trips to Washington, D.C., for Close-Up and New York City for the journalism classes put us in touch with what we studied. Fun substitutes, note passing and eating candy in class sometimes made long lectures or endless note taking go a little faster. But hard work remained a prerequisite for every research paper, nine week project or essay test. Academics069

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'Uri ' , W an . 1, , V 52 f fish frm . nj-Q Bullseye! Along with her classmates, sophomore lanice Greenfield learns the correct way to string and shoot an arrow in P.E. on the right track. Looking for sources for her research paper, sophomore lacklyn Grobmeyer searches the card catalog. For the first time, sophomores had to write a research paper in English. ' ff y 7 'i.., -, .ml lift My we-we ,snag Snakes alive! When substitute teacher Kris Krodell brought his snakes to school, sophomores Ray Minor and Travis Castleman learn about reptiles in their biology lab. The day off. Pat Moers, jeff Flint and Kathryn Massey tour Arkansas Power and Light's Nuclear One power plant at Russellville. The chemistry and physics classes took a day-long field tripto the facility in April. I '71 Required