Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Juniors Ron Watts and Doug Whitlow talk about their reading assignment in Social Studies to prepare for the in-class discus- sion later. H 35S? . Wm ■ V( W r K : i ' rwP , mftv K-. » !■ ys M atmmmw 11 Hil ■ . am ' i swp In Psychology, students often discuss the experiments which are given as projects. Classes do about two experiments every nine weeks. Given time in class to study for their U.S. History test, Juniors read quietly. Social Studies 37

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A Door to Your Mind Psychology was a very unique class. It assisted those who took it to better deal with the things around them. Psychology classes had discussions over world pro- blems, giving opinions and talking about issues of the day. Sometimes an entire class period would be given to an open class discussion. Many subjects of debate came from the movies shown in class on teen suicide, anorexia, sexual abuse, missing children, and nuclear war. The movie about anorexia was about a girl named Casey who struggled with self-esteem and as a result ended up with this emotional disease, anorexia. The students discussed whether Casey ' s parent ' s did the right thing and also what could have been done differently to resolve the situation. The movie Adam revealed the pain and defeat that Adam ' s parents felt when their little boy was abducted and murdered. This movie brought awareness to America about the dangers of ab- duction. It also brought forth con- troversial issues of where the state and law should get involved in these cases. These nationwide issues discuss- ed were intriguing interest-holders for the class. As Senior Debbie Farley stated, It ' s a fun class and Mr. Rather makes the class really interesting. Discussing the personal analysis questions which are part of the experiment, Mr. Rather argues the answers given. Reading intently, Senior Trudi Brown works on her open-book Psychology test. Students have to complete an open book test for each chapter, as a study aid. Social Studies

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PnicUWg c6 Mrs. Farris assists some of the students in an experiment done in class. Mrs. Farris was one of the several new teachers at D.C. Mr. Molby takes attendance before he begins his class. Mr. Molby taught Physical Science and Biology classes. Experiment in the science field Test your creativity as well as your interest (NH 4 ) 2 CO- (g) 2NH : CO (g) (g) Get your speciman dissection pan, and razor blade. This is frog dissection day. This statement has been a part of many lives while students were in Biology. Science was a required course for students at D.C. A great part of science was the ex- periments done in class. Today we did an experiment on heat. I thought it was kind of weird and confusing, but it still was fun, stated Freshman Nicole Hodges. While much of science was the experiments done in class, some of it involved time outside of class. Chemistry 1 and 2 is hard, but it is fun. You have to remember a lot of facts about certain equations and experiments. Plus, there isn ' t a lot of homework, just a lot of stu- dying, said Sophomore Kyle Ahnafield. In addition to the science classes that were offered at D.C, there was a science fair scheduled for the year. Students in college prep, biology classes, second year biology, all levels of chemistry, and physics classes were asked to pre- sent projects for the fair. Other classes could participate in the fair as an option. We want to encourage science students to learn how to use the in- vestigative approach to study natural phenomenon, replied the science department chairman, H 2 Mrs. Judy Faatz. The tentative date for the fair was February 6 and anywhere from two to three hun- dred projects should be presented. The project topics ranged from biological experiment, to psychological experiments. Although science was con- sidered a difficult course by some, it was important to students who wanted to enter college or consider it as a future. As stated by Senior Bev Randolph, Chemistry is a challenging course that will help you in college and let you know in advance if you can handle it or not as a future career. Science