Fuquay Springs High School - Greenbriar Yearbook (Fuquay Springs, NC)

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while Social Studies encourage citizenship. Gil Crumpler asks a question about Alexander the Great in World history. Seniors Norwood Pritchett, Bette Bulloch, and Pat Walls, study our economic problems and human relations by reading. Frantic first period in American history . . Who was Maximilian? Where is Madagaskar? What are the aims of the United Nations? These questions might be discussed in a social studies class. Every graduate of Fuquay is required to complete four social study courses-one each of United States History, North Carolina History, Economics and Sociol¬ ogy, World History and or Civics and Geography and Government. Through these courses the students are exposed to the past, present, and future. Students become closer to other countries by studying their geo¬ graphical location. 11

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English aids development in self expression . . . Seniors listen as Dick Ellis speaks on the subject, “Religion.” Sophomores Lynda Beckwith, David Pope, and Ken Moore review the work ahead for them in Julius Caesar. In the junior class, diagraming comes easy to Faye Honeycutt. Ever since someone said, “Do you say 2 and 2 is 5 or 2 and 2 are 5?” students have been studying English. Beginning with English I and continuing through Eng¬ lish IV, Fuquay students explore English grammar, practice creative writing, read the works of literary mas¬ ters from all over the world, and gain a good speaking vocabulary in their home language. 10

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Students study Facts and Figures . . . Jimmy Parker solves his physics problem by using a slide rule. X=a broadening field of concentration and Y= approximately 400 Fuquay High students. X+Y=Fu- quay’s Math Department. Math is studied- in its various forms all four years of high school ranging from General Math to Trigonometry. Students havp an opportunity to become acquainted with math in its simplicity and complexity. John David Talley, a freshman, asks Sarah Adams, a jun¬ ior, to explain an algebraic equation. Jo Ellen McLean, a senior, explains the proof of a solid geometry problem. While Billy Adams constructs a geometric figure, Linda Prince measures the degrees in the angles. 12