Bishop Ireton High School - Flight Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Languages 'wwfvfemaew .M Combining the best teaching methods with experienced teachers has made the study of languages an easier and more enjoyable task. ln two new audio-visual rooms, Frs. Adam Radomski, John Wagner, Robert lVlc- Nally, and lVlr. Daniel Keohane have been able to gener- ate and achieve a new excellence in language facility. ,gd Fr. Wagner is left speechless as third year students describe the time relationships of the future perfect verb. . l l And away we go on another tour of France as Fr. Radomski dims the lights and turns on the Audio-Visual equipment, Keohano delenda est! lVlr. Keohane quells restlessness in his Latin With exaggerated articulation, Fr. Robert McNally attempts to in- class on the ldes of March with a chilling glance. struct French lll students in the finer points of French diction, 79 9 mam

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Starting with an inquiry into what constitutes life, Fr. Albert Smith leads his biology students into its complex mysteries. M aw ' . Mr. Albert Answini seems ready to turn on the gas outlets in utter frustration during another Chem. Study class. Science Science is: lVlr. Rich's slinky experiments in PSSC Phys- icsq lVlr. Spencer's Cancer Study in Biologyg Nlr. Paperiel- lo's liquor distillary in IPS: and finally lVlr. Answini's Chem Study and Traditional Chemistry mailing list. All in all, science is interesting, diverting, fun, and hard work. Nlr. Rocco PaperielIo's task is both difficult and important. In Intro- ductory Physical Science, the freshmen learn the scientific approach to inquiry. Nlr. John Rich dispels a disturbance in the ranks with an impossible question about refraction, directed at the instigator.

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Social Science Social Science is the study of the interaction of past and present people with their environment and with other people. lreton's Social Studies department has grown to a staff of four able men, each using his own unique presentation. They make the understanding of the concepts and their application easier and more meaningful. Mr. Michael Graben's use of student involvement, Fr. David Ha- gan's valuable insights, lVlr. Harry Swaney's own brand of humor and Mr. Edmund Gordon's fantastic research projects all add variety and life to history and allied fields. Father David Hagan seems to be objecting to a students interpreta tion of an assigned reading, Manchild ln a Promised Land. Five periods of World History and the freshmen's version of it puts Mr. Gordon into a state of numb acquiescence. Mr. Michael Graben grins as he listens to a Virginian's version of how the South won the war. With heartfelt sympathy, Mr. Harry Swaney announces the nior government grades.