Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Left: With eyes on his classmates, Doug Gentry toys with some scales on the IPS cart. Below: Sigma-Zeta Science Contest winners Rob Campany, Neil Raines, Cade Johnson, and Mark McClanahan show the trophies they won at Clinch Valley Community College in the fall. Cade won a scholarship, but he couldn't accept it because he isn't a senior. Regina Harrington thoughtfully spends time on her chemistry work unaware of our photographer's intention to capture her concern. It's been one of those days! Philip SSronko engrosses himself in his chemistry text while Miss Bland Craig prepares for an upcoming class. Science 21

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New Chemical Reactions Spark Greater Interest Something special attracted us to the science wing and even the refrigerated room 104 during the winter couldn't make us loose interest in the continual line of projects. Miss Beverly Norris held night reviews for her semester mastery test and armies of students piled into the labs. Along with the Advanced Science class' annual pilgrimage to Oak Ridge came the never before attempted planning of a homemade Star Trek movie. The Clinch Valley science fair attracted projects ranging from solar energy to rocket launching. We all felt a kind of chemical reaction that drew us closer to the scientific gala o f experimentation and investigation. Right: Doing a biology assignment affects students In different ways. Eddie Blackwell starts Immediately while Mark Copley, Greg Widener, and Patrick Conrad think about it. Below: Up on the house top footsteps tread as Jerry Grantham checks on his experimental solar water heater for Advanced Science class. 20 Science

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Problem-Solving Recipe Requires Understanding No one said it would be easy. We believed them and still took the chal¬ lenge. Not many people like to face problems , but we math students had no choice! Those problems seemed to get harder because we had to make up for the lost time caused by foul weather. When we did come back we realized that it was just like returning to school in the fall. We'd forgotten a great deal since Christmas , and with no books at home, it was impossible to study. When the sun scorched us in June, it was hard to remember mathematical operations. We had our minds on sum¬ mer. Left: Concentration is the key to solving calculus equations. If you already know the basic operations from a!! the arithmetic in grade school to all the mathematics that high school can offer, half the battle is behind you. Neil Raines is one for apply¬ ing those basics. Deep in thought, he inspects a problem for what it's worth so he can move one step closer to an answer to the assigned problem. The rise and fail of the New York Stock exchange intrigues Janet Cooley as she studies the columns Analysis class. 22 Math