Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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6 2 CURRICULUM MATHEMATICS Name: Schultz, Vera College attended: Western Michigan University Degree earned: BA. Classes taught: Advanced and Trade Math, Alge Sponor ot: Senior Class The first year I started teaching at Silver Lake I began riding with two other teachers in a car pool. Not men- tioning any names, I will tell you that one of the others quite consistently forgot to pick me up in the morning and after school. The real clincher came when I was to ride with her fo a party in Rossville. To save gas, she accepted a ride with another teacher and forgot about me. When Mr. Donovan arrived at the party, she searched his car for me. Thank goodness there was another teacher that lived in Rossville. I finally got fo the party. bra Il, Geometry Quadratic equations. While studying specific quadratic equa- tions, and functions, junior Angela Shell questions Mrs. Vera Schultz Algebra ll instructor about prob- lem number six. The answer was the vertex points t1,2J as the ver- tex vvhen determined by the qua- dratic equation. Photo by Julie Hawkins, ilu---'7 'I personally liked the way Mrs. I think Algebra ll should be I think geometry should be a re- Advanced math is a challenging Schultz taught geometry. It will moved dovvn to the sophomore quired class. I tound out last sum- course that gave me a broad un-I help people go on to colIege. - level to make room tor calculus. - mer on my job that I could have George Anderson. Bret Kerr. used it many times.-Loren Dekat. derstanding ot how vast the field of math is, and hovv it's involved in everyday lite,-Steve Brown.

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tlfiw cunnicutuivi 6 -1 SCIENCE Teacher volunteers Physics travels to K-State to compete at egg launching Being an emergency medical technician on an ambulance squad is one of the few volunteer jobs that Mr. Joseph Plankinton, sci- ence teacher, contributes his time to. He has been in- volved in this for the last four years. He travels in the ambulance to the sight of the accident. Once inside the ambulance, he tends to the sick or injured until they Egg launching. Physics receives a third place trophy for competing with the egg launcher they made. Photo by Connie Bobbins. are safely at the hospital. Plankinton took extension classes at the KU Medical Center and Highland Com- munity College to be trained for this. Plankinton can also be found as an amateur radio operator. This is a person who serves his community and his country by trans- mitting communications around the world. He is now working as a zone one emergency coordinator for the state of Kansas. To do this one must be licensed by the federal government. PH problems. Determining the EMT. Before a practice run Mr. Jo- vveakness of an acid, sophomore seph Plankinton poses for the David Fangman adds the HCL. camera. Photo by Bill Craflin. Photo by Greg Abbott.

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'WWW curfzarcutum MATHEMATICS Three student class Calculus introduced into smallest mathematics section Can three students be enough to have a class? The advanced math class had only eight students at the beginning of first se- mester and starting second semester there were only three left. The class consisted of Jim Armstrong, Stan Pan- grac, and Art Thomas. Mrs. Vera Schultz said, We are working a lot faster in there Indian style. Getting herself com- fortable, Debbie Brungardt junior begins her daily assignment on calculating square roots. Photo by Julie Hawkins. ,I this year. The last three weeks we worked on basic calculus. Advanced math was good preparation for college. lt needs or could be more advanced. l'm glad they provided some calculus as it's a re- quired freshman class in college, said Stan Pan- grac. The geometry classes did the same projects as in past years. They represent theorums that were studied in class. These were used in place of models that the school catalogues have to sell. These models were used for reference. , ..-V V 1 Passing time. After finishing his problems in general math, David Biswell sophomore fills out a pass to the library. Photo by Beth Bran- denburg. Mechanical assistance. Work- ing on a difficult problem in trade math, Deana Womack junior uses the help of her calculator. Photo by Beth Brandenburg. 'S-.W