Hauser Junior Senior High School - Jetstream Yearbook (Hope, IN)

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Junior David Graham works on solving ihe area of a triangle while in geometry class. Geometry deals mainly with solid objects and finding characteristics of them by using theorems and postulates. Sophomore Chris Morgan works on his geometry assignment on constructing perpendicular lines and bisecting angles. Senior Nina Tedder examines the program she has just written for computer math to make sure it works properly. Computer Math was offered as an elective for the first time this year. Seventh grader Adam Ross receives a hit with the dumb-dumb hammer from seventh grade math teacher, Mr. Tom Canright. Mr. Canright gave each student who responded with a wrong answer a smack with the play hammer. Senior Jay Stoner uses his math book to try and solve a problem for his unified math test. Unified math was previously known as senior math. The name of the course was changed to a standard name so that colleges would know what the course included.

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Gary Johnson and Jay Stoner act out a fencing scene in “Hamlet” during Mr. Jordon's third period Senior English class. The Senior English classes studied the story of Hamlet for three weeks. Brent Abies tries to finish a test in Mrs. Wagner's fourth period junior English class. This year the juniors read “Huckleberry Finn and “A Separate Peace.” Mrs. Joyce Israel goes over the Spanish spelling and vocabulary words as Todd Mann and the rest of her Spanish I class translate them into English. Dolores Tanguma shows everyone the present she received in her fourth period senior English class. Mr. Jordan's classes exchange gag gifts each year on the day before Christmas vacation. Freshman Todd Mann finishes a worksheet for Spanish I. This worksheet was over the contractions “al“ and “del.” Languages 23

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Preparing For New Technology The computer math class was offered this year to coincide with the introduction of computer literacy in the junior high. It was offered as a programming class in the BASIC language and gave senior high students more exposure to programming. It also utilized the computers more fully and gave nonmath students some exposure to the computers. The class prepares the students for owning their own computer, for writing their own programs, and for modifying any prepared programs. “1 feel the class will prepare me for the future. because computers will be the broadest branch of work,” stated Susanne Gold- “ .. . students will be able to handle story problems with greater ease.” en. The students are prepared by the teaching of how to: operate the computer, load and save programs, make a flow chart, write a program, test a program, debug a program, use the BASIC commands and functions, document a program, and solve problems using the computer. “The class intensifies and strengthens the students’ problem-solving ability,” stated computer teacher Mrs. Lois Bennett. “I think that the students will be able to handle story problems with greater ease.” The students use the computers whenever they have their programs ready. They must write their complete program before entering anything into the computer. “The hardest part is trying to write a program without any errors. Sometimes this is very time consuming,” said senior Tracy Harris. There is a good possibility that the school will purchase more computers for next year. “I am looking forward to getting more computers, especially if they have disk drives or networking with disk drives. The students will be able to work on one computer all period or the teacher can have a class presentation all students can participate in,” explained Mrs. Bennett. “With different types of computers, students can learn even more about them.” Julie Stone works on constructing parallel lines after the demonstration on the board by math teacher Mrs. Bennett. The members of the class had to make a notebook proving theorems by illustrating them. Seventh graders Gary Gick and Wally Miller measure the length of the math room with the trundle wheel. This class is used as an introduction to the metric system and geometry as well as basic math skills. Math 25