Escambia High School - Escambian Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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Mr. William Booker MS, Mathematics Mr. Gerald Boone BA, Spanish Mrs. Joan Cantrell MA, Mathematics Mrs. Louis Cooper MA, Mathematics Mrs. Romana Dykes BS, Mathematics Mrs. Anolla Hall BS, Mathematics Mr. Roosevelt Harvey MS, Mathematics Mrs. Elizabeth Hill BA, Mathematics Mr. William Jones BS, Mathematics Mrs. Lowetha Jorgenson BS, Mathematics Mr. Lorin Lovely BS, Mathematics Mr. John Miller BS, Mathematics Mrs. Jacqueline Reynolds BS, Mathematics Mr. Paul Shelton BS, Mathematics Mr. Lige Tatone BS, Mathematics Mr. Marvin White BS, Mathematics New Approaches to Math The math department took on a whole new look this year with the addition of an air conditioned wing and new equip- ment. The new equipment includes a Monroe programmable calculator, Sharp printing calculator, Viewlex filmstrip viewer, Computer Tutor, cassette players and records with headsets. Special tables and desks were available. Study car- rells with charts, math symbols and diagrams were used. Mrs. Jackie Reynolds, head of the math department, says, These new machines helped the students by enabling them to have a 'Hands-on' experience with some computer hard- ware rather than watching someone elsef' Math lab activities were provided to reteach, emphasize, or enrich math 42 Attract Additional Students concepts. Math teachers are very happy and excited to have classes and a workroom in the new building. There are not enough words to describe the pleasure, the thrill, the excitement of teaching in such an atmosphere and environmentf' states Mrs. Reynolds. Some math classes were still held in the main building be- cause there were too many courses for all of them to be as- signed to the new wing. Many students regretted not being able to take part in the new facilities that were erected for their benefit.

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Mr. Charles Bennett BS, Chemistry Mrs. Ruth Blackbum BS, Chemistry Miss Eunice East BS, Biology Miss Mary Emerson BA, Physics Mr. Glenn Farrar BS, Science Mr. Don Holifield BS, Biology Mrs. Barbara Martin BS, Biology Miss Orena Smith BS, Biology Science Students Gain Ability Through Regional Fairs Students competed in the Regional Northwest Science Fair, held in March, to illustrate their scientific ability. Ac- cording to Mrs. Ruth Blackbum, head of the department, Students gain outside industrial and community assistance by participating in these fairs? Experimenting with the fundamentals of nature helps to broaden the scientific interest of the individual student. Opening the minds and creating an atmosphere for students to think for themselves should be the final result. This year the general subjects earth science, biology, chem- istry, physiology, biological research and physical science, were taught to students. Special and more complicated areas of science, such as the fields of oceanography were not taught because the department lacks the special equipment. The courses, offered by the science department, are ade- quately supplied with the equipment needed, except for the area of physics. Escambia's science teachers feel that if more scientific scales were supplied, the department would benefit. Mr. Clauzell Stevens Mrs. Dorothy Tarnpary Mrs. Claudia Williams Mr. Richard WillS0n BS, Chemistry BS, Biology BS, Biology MS, Science A I

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fl X ,,v' ' 4, ', i , 5 Recently added desks provide a modem atmosphere for the newly constructed mathematics wing. Math students gain a better understanding of Algebra II through the guidance of Mrs. Jackie Reynolds 5?