Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Many small changes in the Math Department this year helped students take an active part in Math classes. Mrs. Toni-Marie Mancuso sponsored a project which resulted in a creative way of learning. Students measured and calculated dimensions of a cake. The Honors Math program under the supervision N U mM be rs reflect l nte rest of Sr. Marita Joseph sponsored TERETE res d 1 Math does have some tasty times. 2 Senior Mi- chelle Scyocurka, Pasqua Scibelli, and Trisha Woodbury show the many expressions of a cal- culus class. 3 Junior Paul Heath contemplates a complex Algebra problem. 4 Studious Bobby Brunton confirms his answer with the answer key. 5 A student uses his mental ability to solve a cal- culus problem 6 advances to the slide rule method 7 then decides to take the easy way out

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one thousand two hundred students worked toward achieving these goals. Special projects which contributed to these objectives included a talk by Dr. Thomas Cronin, history pro- fessor at Framingham State College, concerning the 1976 national election. A large group study of poverty, and the welfare bill in the Model Senate showed Social Studies students’ community awareness. The AIC Model Congress, the Framingham History Conference, and Voice of Democracy Contest Jo. | A: “ A fut He had Be IE were also projects which the Social Studies department participated in. The department helped to develop an attitude of interdependence to prepare for a twenty-first century world by giving a mini-course on the American Labor Movement and by the AFL-CIO Scholarship Exam. Special projects included the Presidential Classroom Program and participation in the Student Government Day Program. The Social Studies Resource Center was rearranged with an addition of four study carrels. New furniture and some two hundred reference books allowed students to do more research in greater comfort. No classes were scheduled in that room so that students might utilize these facilities during all school hours. During the year, the Social Studies Department brought students to a greater compre- hension of world and national affairs.

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State and National Prize Math exams. Among students who received new dimensions to present courses, certificates of outstanding achievement teachers gathered with some were John Monaghan and 2500 other teachers in Boston David Geoffroy. at the National Council of Teachers The Advanced placement of Mathematics, which lasted Calculus class with 37 students, had three days. Discussions, observations, the largest enrollment since and preporations were made the class originated. for the future. Interest in math rose substantially; The Math Department was a total of 2400 students were involved proportionately satisfied in math courses. To add with this year’s input. 33