Brookstone School - Laureate Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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T History ond Mystery S 5 E 35 554 Led by Mr. Ronold Burkhort, the Sociol Studies Deportment implemented new textbooks, listened to vorious speokers, ond took fieldtrips. The members of the deportment included Mrs. Non Pote, Mr. Pope Richter, Mr. Hen Poulk, Mrs. Hothy Helleher, ond Mrs. Borboro Livengood. During the 1985 school yeor, severol new electives were in the curriculum. Some of these included Rntebel- lum South, Georgio History, ond Rmericon Indions. Still offered ore: Rmericon History, Twentieth Century U.S. History, the Civil lllor, ond R.P. Rmericon History, which wos offered For the third yeor. The Seniors ore required to toke o term of Economics ond moy select from Psychology, Low, Current Events, Comporotive Reli- gions, Lililderness Humonities, ond l.Uor. Some history students went to the Columbus Museum to see on exhibit of Rudubon pointings celebroting the 200th onniversory of J. J. Rudubon's birth. There, they sow mony of his originol pointings from the Smithsonion Institution. Rlso, the wilderness closs invited Dr. Ike Moxwell to tolk obout koyoking in the wilderness of northern Conodo. Rnn Burr ond Spencer Gorrord showed slides of the Rfricon wilderness os well. Rccording to Mrs. Pote, The Sociol Studies Deportment strives through on orderly sequence of study to instill in our students improved powers of onolysis, criticol thinking, ond knowledge of the world oround us. lilloy Chostoin CU Morgoret ond Brontley disploy their interest in Rudubon exhibits. C25 Discussing foreign offoirs. C35 Mr. Richter ond Mr. Burkhort sell textbooks. C45 l love sending home progress reports! Not reolly. C53 Mrs. Helleher tokes o breok. C63 Mr. Poulk mokes deskcolls. C75 Mrs. Livengood drows flogs. 54fSociol Studies Deportment

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Spelling, Sonnets, ond Sotire Mr. Gorrord enjous the Holloween Cornivol. Mrs. HeIleher's closs is hord ot work. Mr. Youngblood plons his lessons for the dau. 1 if ' 5 I-its--. Mrs. Cliff enjous her lunch breok. D .. lo u. This ueor's English Deportment wos bosicollu the some, but it did go through o few minor chonges in the Senior English Deportment. The teochers decided to odd some more electives to the list for Senior English. These new electives were: Musteru, the Sixties, Shokespeore, Brother Hgoinst Brother, Love, Muths, LUilderness, ond LUor. It wos decided thot the lost two, LUilderness, ond LUor, could be counted os on English credit, or o Sociol Studies credit. This wos o veru populor decision for the students, os it gove more options to the Seniors for Sociol Studies credits. Of these new electives, Mrs. Cliff soid: It exposes the students to more contempororu books. ln generol the English closses served to better the student bodu's understonding of the English longuoge. EMissi Murrou Students enjou leorning obout Shokespeore. 'D E O cc Mrs. Tomblin joins in on the Field Dou octivities. English Deportmentf53

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Man and Math Go Hand in Hand The Big Math Machine I W i C15 Brooks Hubbard and Mrs. Helen Purks ponder a Precalculus problem. C25 Theu love mathematics in the Middle School. C35 Using the computer, Jason Cohen and Mrs. Pam Coffield create geometric designs. C45 Tom Rickard nervouslu chews his pen as Mr. Bruan explains a problem. C55 Mr. Ethridge excels in I-1lgebra. Involvement In Math Hctivities Reaches New High This Year Involvement in math activities during the 1985-1986 school uear took a wide range of forms. F1 large selection of courses was offered from the eighth to the twelfth grades. Eighth Graders could choose Fllgebra I or fundamental math. Ninth Graders, if theu took Fllgebra I in eighth grade, took Geometru. However, those Eighth Graders who had not taken Hlgebra I experienced it in the ninth grade. Following Hlgebra I, all students take Geometru, then Hlgebra II, then Precalculus or f-llgebra III in the eleventh grade. Statistics, Math Topics, Precalculus, Hlgebra III, and HP Calculus were Senior electives. The courses offered in 1985-86 gave students a trulu mathological experience. This uear's extracurricular math activities were: Chl Fllpha Mu, Mu Fllpha Theta, the Math Club, the six GHML fGeorgia Mathematics Leaguey tests, the schoolwide intramural math contest, and VITH CVolunteer Income Tax Hssistanceb. Those students who participated in these extracurricular activities gained a broader knowledge of the math world. The Upper School mathematics teachers were: Pam Coffield, chairman of the Math Department, Jerru Bruan, lUindIe Mclienzie, Helen Purks, Robert Todd, and Chico Lunch. The Middle School math instructors were Carol Osteen and Clude Ethridge. Hs Pam Coffield said, the Math Department attemp- ted to give equal prioritu to both the enjoument of and achievement in mathematics. U David Garnett Math Department! 55