JEB Stuart High School - Sabre Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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FACULTY □ 24 SCIENCE ! Miss Shugrou. Row 1: Mrs. Steele, Miss Shugrou, Mrs. Beym. Row 2: Miss McDurmott, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Cataldo, Mr. Benton, Mr. Woody. “Two plus two does not equal four.” What? Chem-Study rooms 237 and 212 are, perhaps, the only places in the world where this is true, as Mr. Benton or Miss McDermott will happily explain. “Two moles of hydrogen plus two moles of oxygen will give you two moles of water.” But the courageous Chemistry student does not let this new concept in arithmetic discourage him, and he successfully plods through the year balancing equations, forming silver nitrate compounds, and lighting candles. With the addition of the new science wing, bigger and better lab equipment was made available. To the regular curriculum of Earth Science, BSCS Biology, and Chem-Study, it was also possible this year to add an Advanced Placement Chemistry class. Although the response was not immense (eight students), Mr. Benton, the instructor, is hopeful that this class will become one of the most popular science courses. Precision work by the human hand. Linder observation. Mrs. Beym and Mrs. Steele: Biology in action

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23 □ Row 1: Mrs. Uphoff, Copt. Rice. Row 2: Mr. Whoolery, Mrs. Holdt, Col. Huggins, Col. Cralle, Miss L. Matney, Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. R. E. Davis. MATHEMATICS A be-spectacled boy, muttering “f(c)=f(x-h)— f(x) f(h)”, disappears into room 219. Seconds later, an ecstatic girl rushes into the same room exclaiming that she finally understands the Mean Value Theorem. The bell rings, and Capt. Rice resumes command of Stuart’s first Advanced Placement Calculus class. After nine months of classes beginning in a similar way, the students in this college freshman course were in “ship¬ shape” condition for the spring A.P. exam. The math whizzes who did well on this exam were enabled to take higher math courses in college. Other new additions to J.E.B. Stuart’s Math Department included the math laboratory in the new wing, and two new teachers. Fairfax County gave Stuart the laboratory, which has extra large desks and an opaque projector. The new faces belonged to Mrs. Isakov, who is from Yugoslavia, and Mr. Cataldo, who taught chemistry here last year. Mr. Whoolery: Doorway to learning. Mr. Stratton: Disbelief. FACULTY

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25 □ Miss Roberts. Row 1: Mr. Baker, Miss Roberts, Mrs. Helton. Row 2: Col. doe, Mr. Lambert, Mrs. Redding, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Varner, Mr. Boggess, Col. Kait. Learning “to swim” may not seem very important for school work, but a group of selected juniors did just that this year. These students were enrolled in Stuart’s first Advanced Placement American History course, taught by Miss Roberts. As she explained, the tremendous amounts of research and individual thought thrust upon them at the beginning of the year had the same effect as “throwing them into water without teaching them how to swim.” As evidenced by their achievement on the A.P. exam in the spring, which may award high scorers with up to six hours of college credit. Miss Roberts’ juniors had mastered the sport. American Civilization entered its second encouraging year, augmented by instruction from new-comers, Mr. Pritchard and Mr. Sawyers. U.S. and World History courses saw a number of lively debates, led by Mr. Lambert, a Kentuckian, who enjoys arguing about anything and everything. SOCIAL STUDIES Mr. Irwin. 4 ' ll Mr. Baker: Seventh period. FACULTY