William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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This year the number of lectures given by Mr. John Akey, planetarium director, was doubled. These included in-service classes for District 11 teachers, a special program at Christmas, and lectures for stu- dents from all District ll schools. For junior English students a special program on mythology was presented. In this program, Mr. Akey point-out those constellations which have mythologi- cal names. Students studying the more advanced sciences were able to take advantage ofthe new open lab sit- uation. This, along with long structured lab periods, enabled many students to do more advanced re- search work. Guest lecturers and team teaching highlighted many of the science courses throughout the year. gl PERRY BEAN MEASURES the temperature of a water bath for his honors chemistry class. Number of Astronomy Lectures Doubles ASTRONOMY LAB ASSISTANT Luther Wessel inspects the Spitz pro- jector in the planetarium. YVONNE MASON OBVIOUSLY enjoys herself as she and Mary Hooper dissect a cow's eye in physiology.

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lVlath Department Otters Computer Class A ,,s-X .,.,:fe f DURING ONE OF her structured mods, Pam Fisk busily works on some Algebra ll problems. NIR. JOHN FOWLER, new at Mitchell this year, helps Kent Walton with his algebra during his small group algebra class. Again this year the mathematics department spon- sored a non-credit, volunteer class for students inter- ested in computers. Under the guidance ot lVlr. James McDermott and Nlr. Robert King, interested students ran programs through a computer and used the com- puter to work on individual mathematics projects. Each mathematics student spent an average of ten modules a week in actual class time, usually four modules of large group lecture, with the remainder spent in small group classes. Because great use was made ofthe math-science resource center, students received more individual help. Complete answer keys, film strips and a variety of other enrichment materials were made available for student use. Students at Mitchell were able to take a variety of mathematics courses, ranging from general mathe matics to calculus. SOPHOIVIORE DANNY HANSON takes advantage of the complete an- swer keys available in the resource center, x i

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., lf: R i ,1:. f . X' ' Q '? 'i5'l Q22-, we ,,.. I-ni-...Q 'iff BARBARA GATELY, RITA Hitchcock, Carolyn Shively, and Joann Garcia work on dresses for a sewing class. Clothing Students Receive Individual Help so 9? 1 ii'iii as r gi t.- :gh V , .5 we + ,V M . r,'. Q , V..,, , ,..' gg K ': , 'N-QR? ,,,V K, 611. NANCY CAMPBELL AND Dolly Bosworth begin making Christmas dec- orations in January for their home economics class. With the new modular scheduling, clothing stu- dents found that they were not as heavily scheduled as under a traditional type of schedule. Many girls found that they accomplished more by being able to work at their own speed. The factuly members found that they could meet the needs of more students by being able to give more individual help. Members of the home economics classes were able to combine classroom work with other activities, such as making accessories for the home. These ac- cessories included making grapes, candles and hold- ers, refinishing furniture, and making drapes and slip covers. Free time, as well as class time, was spent on these projects. Because of modular scheduling, the number of students taking foods classes doubled. Each student spent a total of seven mods per week in class work. Three of these mods were used for the study of theory, while the remaining four mods were spent doing lab work. Members of the boys' class, taught by Mrs. Betty Meyering, prepared breakfasts and desserts, learned correct table setting procedures, and took a field trip to Safeway. Also during the year, two local chefs came to Mitchell to demonstrate the preparation of several dishes to members of the boys' foods class.