Cardinal Newman High School - Accolade Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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Math Department It covered all angles Newton ' s method, poly- nomials, word problems, and Synthetic Division are just a sampling of what Newman students had forced into their already overstuffed brains. Freshmen covered all the angles with geometry, while sophomores were presented with the problem of what variable x was equal to in algebra. The juniors struggled through logarithms, sine and cosine with mind-boggling trigonometry. Unlike underclassmen, seniors enjoyed the privilege of deciding whether or not to even take a math class. Those who did chose Functions I and II, Math Survey, Mechanical Drawing, and Introduction to Com- puters. Other classes offered included Basic Mathematics I, General Mathematics II, Pre-Algebra, and Calculus. The math teachers were Department Chairman Sister Ann Richard, Miss Janice Leannais, Miss Lynn Evans, Miss Ann Frearson, Mrs. Karen Hoff, Mrs. Sandra Burlingame, Mrs. Nancy Crew, and Mr. James Maginn. Chip Martoccia, senior, works mechanical drawing project. Two apples a day . . . Apples don ' t just grow on trees. The math department bought two Apple II micro-computers for a computer course and for school use. Thanks to Sister Ann Richard ' s persistence and frugality, $6,000 was raised through various means: coupons, green stamps, selling old uniforms, contributions from clubs, and a large donation from a secret benefactor, she explained. The computers, in addition to class work, will be used for grading tests, compiling statistics, and keeping student accounts. Accord- ing to math teacher Miss Janice Leannais, it takes a certain kind of logical mind, which some people just don ' t have to operate a computer. Students who do have this logical mind, however, will be permitted to use it. Sister Ann Richard emphasized the fact that one must have patience to program a computer, admitting that she can ' t stand it. It ' s like sewing to me-too many picky details! she said. Miss Ann Frearson, math teacher, experiments with the department ' s new computer. ACADEMICS 153

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r Sister Ann Richard, math department chair- man, listens attentively during a faculty meeting. 152 ACADEMICS

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Science Department They have skeletons in their closets H20, fetal pigs, physics for- mulas and worms all sound like something out of Dr. Frankenstein ' s lab. But monsters weren ' t created in Newman ' s science labs; mistakes were. They were a part of the learning process that included the study of such subjects as anatomy, evolution, genetics and molecular formulas. The most fascinating events occurred in the lab: Seniors Robert Denton and Chris Aloia extracted a tooth from their fetal pig, and more than one student discovered the cost of a new beaker when theirs broke; others complained of the lasting effect of silver nitrate on their hands and unexperienced chemistry students quickly made flame throwers out of bunson burners. Junior Brett Baker summed it up when he said, chemistry taught him self-control, better study habits and the ability to come to a conclusion, through experiments and deductive reasoning. TOP: Miss Colleen Courtney, biology teacher, demonstrates that two heads are better than one as she points out the parts of the skull to her anatomy class. ABOVE: Vickie Howell, senior, can tell you that dem bones is de radius and de humerus. RIGHT: Mrs. Sharon Baker, chemistry teacher, assists juniors Anna Marie Stevens and Jennifer Manning with their experiment. 154 ACADEMICS