Highline High School - Pirates Log Yearbook (Burien, WA)

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AF' f 3 : l l Experiments lead to greater understanding The changes and discoveries in the world today could not help but be reflected by an intensified program in the sciences. Well equipped labs along with a competent teaching staff led to an enthusiasm for learning among students. Mr. Bob johnsen, Mr. Ray johnson, and Mr. Rod Sivertson, led the beginning biology students into the realm of microscopes, frog disection and conservation. The advanced biology class taught by Rod Sivertson, developed their own program of study, based on their interests. Students were given the opportunity to develop and perform experiments in areas such as botany and marine biology. The chemistry classes were instructed by Mr, Carl Torkko. Students are provided with the basic knowledge and understanding of how chemistry relates to the world around them. Mathematical equations, sound waves and atomic structure became increasingly familiar to those who were in the physics classes under the direction of Mr. Robert Putnam. tg 'E 125.5 1 . is N Mt. Mr. Robert Putnam QW Mr. Carl Torkko Mr. Rod Sivertsen Mr. Bob johnsen Mr. Ray johnson

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Mr. l. CQ Bonney Mr. Vern Elwell Mrs. Rosaly Farris vt SJ' Practical application of 1 .1 Mathematics plays an important role in the modernxlip world, and Highline's teachers continued to stress its use in many different areas such as geometry, math analysis, and computer classes. Highline offered a mathematics class for every indi- vidual need. Basic math, taught by Mr. Earl Wog, was offered to give a vocationally bound student a basic knowledge of the subject. Mr. lack Withrow taught calculus and a college preparatory course. Students showed great interest in the geometry classes taught by Mrs. Rosalie Farris and Mr. Vern Elwell, and in the algebra classes taught by Mr. 1. C. Bonney. Students who had previously thought that the mathe- matics they had studied offered no practical application to their lives discovered, as they entered into a chosen field, that mathematics becomes a vital part of their success or failure. mathematics emphasized Mr. jack Withrow Mr, Earl Wog L i, ' ' '--1 ff!

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Community employment made available The Occupational Skills Center offered a variety of programs which led a number of students away from school each day. Classes trained students for jobs that are available in the community. Medical and dental assistant classes taught interested students the skills required of dental hygenists and medical receptionists. Marine technology offered stu- dents an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with the various employment opportunities in the fields of pollution control and water transportation. Preparing students for employment in the restaurant and manu- facturing industries were the classes of commercial foods and commercial sewing. Visual communications is a two-year class that exposed students to commercial art, offset printing, photography, and closed circuit television. Due to the growth of the plastics industry, many people enrolled in the production plastics course that gave them the opportunity to work in a shop setting with a variety of hand and power tools. Nl 1- r ,., .- ls 4' 1-fs. .F 8. A T' AQ ,