Sahuaro High School - Viva Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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'mls MATH Team teaching, curriculum developments change math Geometry is more interesting than other math courses, because you are able to work with logical figures rather than tedious problems, said Sopho- more Craig Carter. Math is a hard subject to begin with. The teachers expect you to understand it immedi- ately or they think you're a total idiot, said a trigonometry student. More teachers involved with team teaching, two large computer math courses, and an accelerated pre- calculus class were the new develop- mentsin the math department. Twenty-five percent of the students taking math were in the team-teaching program, said Dr. Bennie Linkhart, Sahuaro's math chairman. Eight teachers and one teachers' aide 90 ACADEMICS: CU RRICU LUM assisted in the team program. Electronic data processing aroused a lot of student interest, Dr. Linkhart said. Enrollment was seventy students. Mr. Edmund Story taught this for the first time. E.D.P. taught students what a computer does, how it works. and how to make a program forit. Algebra 3H was a compact course of second-year algebra, trigonometry. and analytic geometry-pre-calculus class. The thirty-six students enrolled were able to learn two years of math in one because they had the ability and the desire to advance at a faster pace than most students. A student who has difficulty in alge- bra, but is still motivated, should be

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IABOVE: David Sparrold uses the Xerox copier which was installed in the library this summer. l TO P MIDDLE: Dr. Bob Hoehn supervises the using of all machines in the A.V. depart- ment. l TO P LEFT: Listening intently, Steve Hokanson uses the library's record facilities. l BOTTOM LEFT: In the resource center, Robin Von Drak uses the Reader's Guide, which aided in check- ing out magazines. l BOTTOM RIGHT: Dougan Gary operates a camera in the TV studio, which was set up this year in the 300 building. ACADEMICS: CURRICULUM 89 PHoTos BY DENNIS MILLER

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-W-v-A so ' A4 K .WMF l ABOVE: Anita King. solving proofs of similar triangles, works in geometry. TOP CENTER: Demonstratingto the calculus class. Bill Ullery and Dr. Lin khart graph the inverse function gfxj. l TOP LEFT: Fora change in scenery. Miss Black works outside with Mark Lewis and her general math class. I BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Robert Treat, decked in a Christmas tie, works on the next homework assignmentl BOTTOM RIGHT. As senior class advisor, Mr. Kent,Fisher helps the seniors in designing posters. ACADEMICS: CURRICULUM 91 Pnoros av KATHY Gusmo