Castlewood High School - Castletonian Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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When going to scheduled classes, many students discov- ered that once again, they would have fo take a math course. Thoughts of yet another year of math filled them with dread. “What | learn won‘t do me any good in the real world,” they thought. People who thought like this last spring had a couple of rude awakenings and quite a few pleasant surprises. One of those surprises was the increased participation of CHS in math competitions with other schools. For years, only people who excelled in English could compete by means of forensics, but now the math department has started competing and has made the best of it. By the fourth six weeks Castlewood had already been in two major com- petitions, the Mathcounts programs for eighth graders and a maith and science meet which was held at Clinch Valley College in which four juniors and seniors compet- ed. This was the first year of the Mathcounts program and Regionals were at Virginia Highlands Community Col- lege. Castlewood took four people to the regional meet, including Jeff Griffith, wno was a third place winner. Also participating in Mathcounts were James Clark, Kim Cook, and Megan Recktenwald. The meet at CVC involved seniors, Julie Collins and Ann This is the way ... Mrs. Skeens tries to get the point across to her Alge- bra students. ls this right ... Coach Sabo helps a student with her homework assign- ment for math class, A Calculated Risk McReynolds and juniors Kristen Duncan and James Sluss. While no one placed, it was still a great experience. They gained some knowledge for future competitions which would be held in the spring, then they hoped for more wins for the trophy case. People who thought that the math classes were a waste of time also learned a couple of things. One of them being that not all the math classes are college prepara- tory. Classes such as Consumer Math, Math 8, and Math 9 teaches the skills which are needed to survive in this world. The other surprise was when they learned that while technically ninety percent of the people who take the Algebra, Geometry, and Trig courses will never have jobs where they will have to define a variable or solve if, nor will they have to know how many points are on a line, the basic reasoning skills which are developed in these classes are invalulable tools which can be used in solving everyday problems. Together the teachers and students will continue to strive for excellence, but everyone knows it’s never as easy as it looks. James Sluss and Tammy Wheatley

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4 What's that again . Tyra Keith looks as if she can not comprehend the math equations. Busy, Busy, Busy ... Vanessa Breed- love endeavors to complete her math assignment. 4 What a day Jeremy Sharp and Tommy Peterson looks as if they can not believe class is almost over. Not Pie, But Pi... Mr. Hodges is explain- ing math equations on the blackboard to his students. Vv wi N dard at work ... Tracey Salyers and Slenna Neece diligently work to finish ‘heir assignments.