Watchung Hills Regional High School - Lenape Yearbook (Warren, NJ)

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gait K In this day and age, more and more households are getting computers. This is also the case at Wat- chung Hills. This year, the school acquired seven new Apple Hats, and six new IBM PC computers in addition to last years Franklins and Commodores. The Apple and Franklin computers are being used strictly for class studies. French students use a program that aids them in learning the language. Circular Function students also use the computer to see how certain trigonometric functions are graphed. The Commodore and IBMs are used by students interested in the various computer languages such as Basic and Pascal. This year a Pascal course has been introduced to the students at the Hills. This Honors course is be- ing taught by Mr. Momberg and requires a great amount of computer knowledge. The class deals more with theory than work on the computers themselves. In the future, Mr. Momberg hopes to gear it toward the AP Test. Mathematics t 223

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7T Throughout high school, each one C 6 3 . , , of us has experienced a health course et S et YSlca of some kind. The topics we covered ranged from the blushing topic of human sexuality to the very sensitive subject of death and dying. The cur- riculum for each of the courses was decided on by a combination of guidelines established by the state, the health teachers of W.H.R.H.S. and the needs of the students. The incoming freshmen discuss coping with adolescense, substance abuse, and human sexuality. For many of the freshmen, high school is a new experience where one could get lost. Their health class helps them find themselves and teaches them to deal with the pressures around them. The sophomores, usually somewhere around sixteen in age, discuss driving and the problems associated with it. At the end of their health course, they are asked to take the written driver's test. If they score high enough, they can avoid taking it later. Emergency First Aid is the main topic of Junior year health and the importance of the body and its upkeeping are the stressed subjects. In the last year, health prepares the seniors for life outside the walls of W.H.R.H.S. Contemporary Adult Living is the course title. The topics of discussion involve parenting, life cycles, getting along with others on a relationship basis, and dealing with death and dying. Many of the classes are open discussion where values and ideals are openly expressed. Mrs. Angel DeBergeois says, iiThe only problem is that it would be nice to have more time for the subjects, nine weeks real- ly is not enough time? Physical Education-Health t 225