Farrell High School - Reflector Yearbook (Farrell, PA)

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-SUE IIE UEPABTME T- Science education aims to share with general education the responsibility of development of humanitarian and democratic ideals in our youth. The teachers strive to give all youth an understand- ing and an appreciation of science and adoptive experi- ences in the area of science as a means toward achieving personal adjustments to problems associated with living in this scientific age. The content and organization of the science courses in our Senior High School are related to life experiences and needs of youth. ln their effort to accomplish their goals, the teachers of science supplement the traditional methods of instruction by employing modern materials and tech- niques in the classroom. Miss Annarose Moraca and Miss Sarah Colley as teach- ers of the biology department strive to make the subject interesting to their students by taking every opportunity to show them movies, slides, and actual specimens of the subject matter they are teaching. During the year, the biology students are taught the life processes of the living things around them. The first month of school finds them engaged in field studies. ln the course of a year, the students are acquainted not only with plant life, but with animal life as well. Most people do not realize that everything they touch every day is undergoing a change. In the chemistry classes the students are taught the reasons for these changes. They learn what makes iron, rust, water, evaporate: and substances, burn. Most of the experiments conducted by the students re- late to everyday living in terms of chemistry. They pre- pare oxygen, acids, soaps, and food flavors. They also study the composition of gasoline, the structure of the atom and atomic energy. -MATHEMATICS DEPAHTME T- One of the basic departments in the Farrell Senior High School is the mathematics department, headed by Miss Helen Grimes. Beginning with the kindergarten and continuing throughout the school years, the pupil is led to see the social significance of the number and its prac- tical use. General mathematics is a two year course, taught by Miss Anna Boyle. This course, selected by general and vocational students, emphasizes the basic fundamentals of mathematics and their applications to everyday life. Algebra I, is taught by Miss Boyle and Miss Bessie Struck. ln addition to her classes in Algebra l, Miss Struck also teaches Algebra ll, which provides a solid foundation for the students who wish to advance to higher mathematics courses. Plane geometry is taught with an objective in mind somewhat different from that of the other courses in mathe- matics, The aim of this course is to teach students how to reason logically and clearly. Thus, plane geometry is of value not only to a student interested in furthering his education along mathematical lines, but also to pupils whose interest lies in other fields. Solid geometry and trigonometry are the most ad- vanced courses in mathematics offered in the Farrell Sen- ior High School. One-semester courses, they offer an in- sight into advanced mathematics for the senior academic student who desires to enter college. These courses, along with plane geometry, are taught by Miss Grimes. The academic mathematics courses are taught in the following order: Algebra I, Algebra ll, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry. Farrell Senior High School also offer courses in com- mercial mathematics, taught by faculty members of the commercial departments, GENERAL MATH I, II it Miss A. Boyle A.B. Trinity College

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IOURNALISM. SPANISH I, II LATIN I, II Miss Mary Zuhcxriou Mr. Alfred Mulutesta BA. Westminster Colle-qe BA. St. Boncnve-mule Universiiy lVI.Ed. Vlfeslminster Colleqe PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr. Ioseph Tommins Miss Teresa Boniio BS. University of Pittsburqh ES, Slippery Rock State Teachers College l7

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BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY Miss Sarah Cooley Mr. Edward Lindwcy Miss Annarose Moruca BS. VVestminster BS. Grove City College B.S. Columbia University MA. Columbia University PHYSICS, GENERAL SCIENCE ALGEBRA II, GEOMETRY, TRIG. ALGEBRA I. II Mr. Iohn Chiodo Miss Helen Grimes Miss Bessie Struck BS. Wostrriinster BS. Grove City College BS. Westminster College MS. Ed. Westminster College lVl.Ed. University of Pittsburgh 19