Three Rivers High School - Reflector Yearbook (Three Rivers, MI)

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Harry E. Striker, Steve A. Henderson, Charles S. Riley, Don E. lott. Science Classes Designed To Encourage Students To Progress at Own Rate Please help me adjust my microscope! What ' s the valance of Nitrogen? Where did you put my dis- secting needle? These are typical of the comments heard from the science students in their endeavor to master the subject. From the eighth grade study of general science through biology and physical science to chemistry and physics emphasis is placed on individual research and experimentation to prepare the student for his college science study. New this year is an honors chemistry course which covers principles of chemistry as an experimental sci- ence. The honors biology course initiated last year is progressing very well this year. In this course lab exer- cises and problem-solving techniques are stressed. These two subjects are designed to help the outstand- ing science student progress at his own rate. The main project of the science department for the year is the Science and Art Fair on March 15. Every science student is encouraged to make a project in the science field of his choice. Mr. Striker demonstrates to Dennis Lockwood the reaction resulting from the application of heat to a solution. 20

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Student teachers first semester: Robert Thill, history; Mike Ewing, history and English; Charles Swartz, industrial arts; Byroii Bond, speech; and Peter Jarrad, mathematics. Mr. Wills organizes his materials prior to the beginning vf a school day. Mrs. Langworthy and Mrs. Cleveland, on Hall Duty, discuss a Home Ec. Dept. problem.

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Classes Recognize Essential Need for Mathematics Mathematics is one of the most challenging fields of study for T.R.H.S. students. Knowledge of the use of numbers is essential to every person regardless of his future vocation. Students plan- ning to become engineers, scientists, or math teachers prepare for this in high school by four years of math: algebra I, plane geometry, algebra II, and advanced mathematics. To prepare other students for a general knowledge of math appli- cable to everyday Ufe, general and commercial mathematics courses are offered. Plans are being made this year for the ex- pansion of the honors program. This spring the seventh graders in the elementary grades are be- ing tested. Students will be selected from the test results and recommendations of their teachers to begin the program in the eighth grade next fall. The honors program will then be continued for the full five years of high school. The T.R.H.S. Mathematics Department offers every inquiring student an insight into the abstract field of numbers. Whether proving the rationality of a number or finding the area of a triangle, the student is impressed with the complexity of num- bers and realizes how little he knows in relation to all that is known. This realization is a challenge to the student to dig deeper and increase his knowledge. onald J. Riopel L. Arthur Willick, Jr., Robert Thompson, William Jacobs, Robert Jones