Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Math courses becoming more essential i 1 i Senior Dave Young explains a diliicult calculus problem that he has put on the blackboard to his fellow classmates in Mr. Hamlin's second hour calculus class. fBELOWl Jonathon Markle and Luanne Jensen use compasses in work- ing out a problem in Plane Geometry as Mr. Kepler looks on. KRIGHTI Plane Geometry students Ruth Fanello and Denise Wiedermann draw a parallelogram by use of a chalkboard drafting instrument in Mr. Hogan's second hour class. Q Our world is rapidly becoming an age of numbers. Mathematics is increasingly becoming more essential for everyone to study. Math is especially important in high school studies for all students, as college prepara- tory courses and use in future jobs outside of high school. There is an increasing number of students taking math courses at Bloom because it is becoming necessary for a wide majority of jobs and the demand for a greater num- ber of courses for college entrance. The Math Department at Bloom stresses the need for understanding and rigorous thinking on the part of the student. Courses in math are designed to emphasize the logical rather than the dogmatical development of mathe- matics. The faculty of the Math Department wants stu- dents to know not only how a mathematical answer is found, but also why. Math at Bloom is offered all four years, and covers a wide range of different courses suited for the individual ability and interest of each student. Courses in math range from General Math, which is a basic requirement for graduation from high school, to Calculus for the very math-minded students. OfTered to all interested students is Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, College Algebra and Trigonometry. 1 ii gg ., za 52 it li at ia it ft li gi fi

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KABOVEJ The combined classes of Mrs. Szelag and Mrs. Merritt work on a special project. KRIGHTI Sophomore Journalism students Georgette Wonders, Lester Turner and Monica Parisi look over articles they have written in a recent issue of the BROADCASTER. fABOVEj Robert DeGuilio, as so many other English students, uses the library to work on an English assignment. IRIGHTI Greg Buehrer and Gene Bruhl work on a scene design project in stagecraft class.

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,ve ' ,vkfif Mrs. Hanneman explains the construction of a triangle using one of the visual aids, the overhead projector to Martha Crane and Huey Johnson in Plane Geometry. Students in Mr. Stewart's third hour Solid Geometry class seem to be very interested in the different geometric solids used in showing the many geometric shapes and solids. pr N,-1 as ' 'f ' Lf yo ry- 541, I, v ' K uw- 4 Muni' ' 'e ., H .,f-' M w,, ,, m.M ll-dk. 1 ,,