Central High School - Centralia Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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Listening very attentively in class are Renee Huber, Chris Smith, Kim Brown, and Barb Taber. Showing Sidney Hickey how to do a certain math problem for his next assignment is Mr. Lyn Ter Bush, a Explaining some Algebra I problems is Mr. Wes-new teacher. ton Hartman, second hour, while Jeanette Webb listens on. ACADEMICS 13

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Math Students Worked Together to Learn Emphasing some principals of mathematics to a group of Centralites, fourth hour, is Mr. David Clark. Math students, for the second year, used the “work group” approach which proved to be a success again. For the students that were capable of doing above average work, Honors Math was offered to them as their math course. To take Honors Math, you need a special recommendation from your math teacher. Math classes offered to students at Central were Algebra I and II, Plane Geometry, Plane and Solid Geometry, Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry. These classes were for the college bound students. For the students not planning to attend college, classes such as General Fundamentals, Vocational and Business Math were used. Added to the staff of the Math Department this year were Mr. Lyn Ter-Bush and Mr. Jay Ross. Mrs. Rebecca Post, a former teacher, returned after a short leave of absence. Teaching Allen Durocher hou; to keep score when bowling is Greg Kintz in one of the math classes. Bob Messenger happily displays his answer to a tricky math problem in his Algebra I class. '-U . “ X - ify i i = I ' O v 12 ACADEMICS

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New Ohm and Volt Meters Facilitate Lab During a chemistry laboratory experiment, chemistry student Sidney Hickey checks to make sure that his hydrochloric acid and sulfur dioxide have mixed thoroughly. Science Department had a closer look at things with the new equipment they received this past year. Some of the equipment received was volt and ohm meters, microscopes, slide projectors and zoom lense microscopes. All the equipment received came from the Government funds for schools. Mr. Edward Hodges, a physics teacher, introduced a new program which was called Harvard Project Physics. This class was designed to enable students to discover and learn the new principals and laws of physics. New ideas in teaching were used by many of the science teachers, such as the “work group” program. This was set up to help the students learn from other students by working together. In many of the classes new books were used. One used frequently was “Pathways in Science.” Books such as this one helped in giving students more ideas for class experiments. Removing the thermometer from the water to check the temperature is senior physics student Mina Neitzkeas Thomas Zabel studies the information he gathered for the experiment.