Council Rock Senior High School - Councilor Yearbook (Newtown, PA)

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A general definition of the word history could be that it is a systematic record of past events especially of those concerning a nations inhabitants At Council Rock history is a required sublect a different form of which is studied every year The classes range from Those studying the prob lems of American democracy to those dealing strictly with ancient civilizations The students also learn about our American government and see how it compares and ranks with the govern ments of other countries After completing the requisite courses the graduating student will be well versed on the basic elements of history He will then be able to go out into the world and give an intelligent opinion concerning foreign or domestac problems and better understand the various world cultures MLK!!! KAWS mln-an write-04' .affix Mr, Kershaw lectures to his world his- tory class concerning development of architectural design, which is part of this course. Alice Reiff presents dolls in typical Svvedtsh costume for the benefit f a lunior high history class Jeff Ogborn reviews the law making proce r which is an important pat of ur democracy i - - - H . H - - - 1 1 I . O , . . .Q l ,sy f L 110 K ' st ' Y . 4 .wh Lg -WW V l Hg. -Y -.-.. A LILZL' ' N 'A ,, a , s,A,, ,,,.s ix: X V ' se-fi-., A' H , 0' M ' ' Q! -sn' A :M 1 V 3317 fu A 1 A Q ...If du e ' ' ' 1 o

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-.Q I The scrence deaIIng wIth QUGHTITIGS stzes and theIr measurements through the use of symbols IS called mathematIcs The courses range from the most fundamen tal whIch are taught In the IunIor hIgh school to the more complex classes whIch may later 8 gra e math ss ern Scale drawIng Income tax preparatuon In terest and budgetIng are Included In the practIcal phase of mathematncs taught be studIed as electIves Courses In both prac tIcal and academIc mathematIcs are taught In the senuor hIgh school The academrc course Includes many separate but related studnes Geometry IS the branch of mathematncs concerned wIth the propertIes measurements and relatIons of lInes angles and surfaces Two years of algebra are offered In whIch students work wIth propertIes and re latIons of quantItIes TrIgonometry whIch IS an advancement of algebra and geometry per taIns to the relatIonshIps between the angles and the sIdes of trIangles sap BrIan KIllough a geometry student ex plams the dlfference between a chord drameter and radnus blackboard .553-, I Af In this th d cla , ,Ng I M l . A 322 - ' N-63.7-:P A 0 0 p 0 l I . I r A I l , l l I ' - I . . . - II - II , g . . l I I . - I I I ,- . .. . . I V I , V , I f I I 3 - I I -- A .' '., .ef g ., . Q... ,QI V , , - lp., student endeavors to show he class how to solve a typIcal prob As practIce for l'IIs students Mr Bmgaman has them calculate algebra problems on the

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WMM Usmg a map Jeff Traub descnbes Italy In relatronshnp to other European nattons Ora talks such as thus one gl-len by Charlotte PItt are an Important phase of Englush desugned to d velop personal ease and conttdence In publrc speaknng By use of tape recorders Jan Wulf and Sharleen Swartz practnce therr German dnctron rt' ,W of Language IS the expressuon and communlca tnon of Ideas between human berngs by means of speech and hearlng Several drfferent lan guages are taught at Councnl Rock Englush IS a requlred sublect each year for every hugh school student Llterature vocab ulary grammar and spellmg are heavrly stressed In thrs course French German and Latrn are three electnves whrch may be studled by the students who are Interested In learning a for eugn tongue The French and German students acqurre a vocabulary of over one thousand words as well as a knowledge of the grammar of that language The students who study Latnn frrst learn grammar and then read several hrs torlc works Besides gnvmg the Interested stu dent a chance to learn about the language of the country he IS studynng It also helps one ac qunre a knowledge of that country s culture xi.. ' W . 1 W-.M Y , , A sN,'1,,.,, ' N-'L . -Ir id A, it X I- - 1 , . M . X I are ,-gr V M' at 1 ,I U- . . . , - , ' 1 ' x v ' I an F If I I . .I , . el V I l I I JV V 1 . 5 . 4:5 I F I rm 17 1