Episcopal High School - Accolade Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Sybil Boizelle French Madeleine Campbell French Judith Drott Spanish Najoua Handal French Eileen Hughes French Rita Kemp Foreign Language The overall goal of the Classics program, according to Dr. Nill, is to promote knowledge of and appreciation for the ideas, history, literature and language of the Greeks and the Romans. The Classics program is available for student beginning with an introductory course their seventh grade year and continuing through their senior year with advanced placement courses and independent study. Emphasis in Latin A, B, I and I Continuing is on learning forms, grammar, vocabulary, Roman History, derivatives and mythology. In Latin II, students complete study of grammar and begin to read Roman authors such as Livy and Caesar. In Latin HI, students read the prose of Cicero and the poetry of Ovid and Cattulus. In Latin IV, students read Virgil's Aeneid the masterpiece of Latin literature. By the time a student completes the Latin program, he or she will have read a wide variety of authors and be familiar with the essentials of Roman political and literary history. Likewise French and Spanish are offered to students beginning with twenty-five minute sessions in the fifth grade. Regular classes begin in seventh grade and continue through advanced placement classes for seniors. Course work includes oral work as well as written exercises on grammar and vocabulary. Also included is the reading of short stories and a study of culture, geography and history. French

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Jack W. Caron Prf-Calculus. Algebra 11 Janie K. Johnson Algebra II. CAT. I.C.M. Ethel J. Kirchner Sixth Grade Math Anne Kornegay Mathematics and Computer Science Jo Ann Readence Mathematics Stephen R. Robinson Mathetmalics Department Head, Director of Research and Statistics Mathematics The mathematics program at E.H.S. attempts to place mathematics in a cultural and historical perspective as one of the supreme intellectual achievements of mankind. Courses are offered in Algebra I and II and geometry in order to provide every student with the opportunity to enter college at as high a mathematical level as possible. In order to provide gifted students with a challenging curriculum, an accelerated program, including pre-calculus and A.P. calculus courses are taught. An Introduction to College Math and College Algebra and Trigonometry are offered to provide the student who is weak in mathematics the opportunity to strengthen those skills before his entrance to college. All in all, the main objective of the math department is to train students to think logically, precisely, and critically.