Indiana School for the Deaf - Oriole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Preparing For A Mathematical World IT ' S NOT EASY to go through life without knowing any basic mathe- matics because future jobs depend greatly on mathematics. Pre-school students learned how to count and identify numbers and then add and subtract the prob- lems. Elementary students counted money and solved basic multiplica- tion and division problems. Middle School students worked on more difficult arithmetic problems. High school students took classes such as general math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and consumer math. Selected students took the annual American High School Mathematics Examination (AHSME), a test which gave greater emphasis to the essen- tial ideas behind each solution. ISD students loved or hated this very important subject that they all would use very often in their lives. Mr. Merle Goldman teaches Trade Sams how to identify numbers in millions in a Mid- dle School classroom. When she gets older, she will be able to use the large numbers involved in science and economics. High school student Scott Dallman tries to solve a solution set in Pre-Algebra class. 29

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Pre-schooler Steven Showalter stacks five blocks to show that he understands what five means. In Pre-school. Mrs. Linda Canty tells Tiffanie Jenkins to jump seven times to demonstrate her knowledge of numbers as Mrs. Doris Al- exander marks her jumps on the chart. High school student Mike Sprouse questions Mr. Melvin Squire about a story problem while Richard Dettmer listens in general math class. Elementary teacher Mrs. Jan Everson teacfi- es her students how to count money because it is important for their future lives.

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Involvement Increases Learning The social studies department re- lied on getting the students involved and interested in this field by letting them participate in debates, art, and research work. The teachers made the subject more interesting by using movies such as North and South and Holocaust , and pictures relating to the unit to help the students un- derstand and appreciate their class- es. The students visited Central State Hospital, Indiana State Capitol, Mounds State Park, and saw the movie Children of a Lesser God to get first-hand experience to relate history to their daily lives. Social studies at ISD wasn ' t easy, but with the help of teachers and interesting methods, these classes became fun. Josh Shaffner, Angle Boyd. Karla Gunn. Jes- sie Adner, Eddie King, and Kenny Lawyer, students in Mrs. Sally DeNardin ' s class, stand in front of tfie Ausctiwitz concentration camp model that they made while learning about Adolf Hitler, Adam Kyle plays the African drum in the Children ' s Museum while on a field trip in connection with his study of history. 30