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

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Future Problem Solvers The Future Problem Solving Pro- gram is a national organization dedicated to training minds to solve the most vital problems that face our civilization. Groups of four students attack such knotty issues as nuclear waste, the greenhouse effect. nuclear war, chemical pollution, family breakdown, starvation, etc. Skills in brainstorming, analytical thinking, creative imagination and group cooperation are enhanced. The program has caught on all over New Jersey high schools with close to 100 involved. Almost every year Watchung Hills has placed in the top five, qualifying for the state finals at Rutgers. Twice, we have won first place for execution and a third place for problem solving, sad Mrs. Vilain, the team's advisor. Kyle Young balancing out his abilities in solving the world's problems. Activities

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5 4 . .19 . Dennls Huang. Jeff Kiel, Mike Rider, and Chris Lenzo tfront rowt. Jason Santos and Rob Op- penheim tback row; Academic Team The Academic Team, led by Mr. Miller, competes in an academic competition between all schools in Somerset County. This competition tests the teen's knowledge in many areas including: literature, sports, science computation, math, and cur- rent events. There are only nine mat- ches from December through February. The Somerset County Academic League allows each school to present a varsity and junior varsity team. The only difference be- tween these two teams during the competition is during the varsity match they asked 27 questions, while during the junior varsity match they asked 25 questions. The varsity co-captains are Chris Lenzo and Rob Oppenheim. The junior varsity co-captains are Debbie Landau and John Chow. Awards won by this club are: '82-83 - state champions, '83- '84 - second place in the league, '84385 - second place in the league, and '85-86 - second place in the league. Cheri Papandrea speaks of a new strategy for the team. Frank Hwang reviews information for upcom- ing competition. Activities 203 T

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The 1986-87 Math Team MATH TEAM The Math Team participates in the Central Jersey Math League iCJMLl which holds 8 contests per year at local schools. They also participated in the New Jersey Math League iNJMLl which holds 6 contests per year in our own school. The CJML contests are usually the first Wednesday of each month from Oc- tober to May, while the NJML con- tests are usually the first Tuesday of each month. In the January CJML contests the Math Team was fifth overall out of 26 schools. At the conclusion of the year, the highest scoring participant from each school receives a CJML award. Students who participate in 6 of the 8 contests receive a Certificate of Merit. If a student is among the top scores in the league she or he also receives appropriate recognition and is eligible to participate in the ARML, a regional math contest for schools in NJ and neighboring states. This years Math Team was led by Ms. Camporini, who commented, llThis year's group strove to achieve meritorious positions within all the league participants. They should be quite pleased with their work. Activities 205