Centennial High School - Eyrie Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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ff Afaslgf ' ' M fm -. A t ., Q Q'hi'. . if i 1 V OPPOSITE, ABOVE: Mr. Siegert explains to senior Marie Webster the ups and downs of a sine function in Trigonometry. OPPOSITE, BELOW: l978-1979 marked Mr. Bill DeLeo's first year on thc faculty ol' Centennial. Here he uses both a traditional blackboard and a modern overhead projector in order to present abstract concepts to his geometry class. ABOVE, LEFT' To challenge more advanced students the Math Department offered honors-level courses. Mrs. Elaine Alfano answers a question from sophomore Jay Updike in Algebra ll, honors. ABOVE, RlGHT:Sophomore Toussaint Myricks solves one of the many demanding problems during the National Math Exam, in which two hundred Centennial students parti- cipated. LEFT' The Math Department pre- sents: Elaine Alfano, Patricia Trabbic, Karen Dorsey, William DeLe0, Mike Siegert, Beverly Joseph, fseatedj Nancy Jesehke, Emma Ames, and Ken Sachs. Math Department 43

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Wild And Crazy Peoplev Teach Math i Over half K lof the Y student fbody WaS ienfolledi in at lealst oneif of the twelve c math courses iofferede by Centen- nial7s iMathf Department The facuity wns increased to eight and thefcourse offerf 'ings Wereiexpanded because of .thee greater 5 nilmberf of students needing instruction to passl required f county irnath proticiencyiexamina? tions -pri preparations for college-level lwork. i Al- though V college L preparation was gan in obvious benefitg students also gained disci- pline and skillsf in logic which couldii be applied ito' 't problem solving i 'outside the classroomq e o l e f , ,X X X f 4 X 1 ff 1 if- e . 'TV' ' 41 ' , , ,, in V .. -f ' V' ..- '?S.'4l , .,N,,5,'1tfw..g,,,jg:g, X X X H5 42 Math Department

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Students Sing Gut The Vocal Music Department, directed by Mrs. Kathleen Schneider, grew larger and more efficient. Mrs. Schneider instructed students in Piano, Music Theory, Mixed Chorus, and Madrigals. She worked on develop- ing the students to their full potential. She felt that the courses helped the students to work together and accept themselves. The vocal music students sang at a number of concerts and assemblies and put in many hours of hard work. They received a rating of straight Ones at the County Adjudication, the highest possible score. Mrs. Schneider hoped to have more males in the chorus and also planned to start a ninth grade chorus. CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE LEFT: The vocal music teacher, Mrs. Kathleen Schneider: The Concert Choir harmonizes as Ric Ryder sings The Jesus Gift during the Christmas Concertg Judy Ogaitis, conductor of the stu- dent organized Pep Band, keeps the music peppyg The instrumental music teacher, Mr. Donald Cohen: Tony Lee is featured with other trumpet players during an especially brassy numbergThc vocal music students take a rest between notes. 'Y 8'