Jackson High School - Reflector Yearbook (Jackson, MI)

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Mr. William Cowell Mr. Chester Eicher Mr. Harland Hatch Mr. Walter Holdeman Miss Louise McIntyre Mr. George Mesko Mr. George Miller Mrs. Mary Jane Morehouse Math mafia? Z7 parfmmf The Math Department, under the direction of Mr. Chester Eicher, plans to teach the students beginning with fundamentals of math and then ad- Vancing. Arithmetic l and 2, offered in the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grades, aims at the development of the four fundamental operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and di- vision. The aim of Algebra l and 2 is to provide an understanding and appreciation of the significance of numbers and symbols. Algebra 3 and 4 develops these concepts and teaches a mastery of them. Another course of the Math Depart- ment is Geometry, which consists of a study of plane geometric figures such as the triangle, quadrilateral, circle, and the polygon. Geometry 3 deals with the study of planes and of other one of the courses, and it deals primarily with angles and the ratios of the sides of a triangle. solid figures, Trigonometry is an-

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lf ffliffii Mrs. Winifred Adams Miss Ruth Coolidge Miss Jean Densmore Mr. Maurice Fall Miss Janice Freeman Mr. Theodore Haddin Mrs. Helen Lammers Mrs. Alice Locker Miss Katherine Magill Miss Doris Millbrook Mr. Kevin Murphy Miss Harriet Pitts Mrs. Mary Riley Mr. Joseph Smith Mrs. Irene Thomas Engli I1 Z7 affluent After ninth grade English, a mini- mum of two years of English is re- quired for graduation from high school. The two courses necessary to graduate from our schoolnare English 1 and 2 for all tenth graders and Eng- lish 3 and 4A which is taught to eleventh graders. The latter of these two courses may be alternated for a course in Journalism l. However, other elective courses in literature and composition are offered to stu- dents in the twelfth grade who are preparing to continue their formal education. Mr. Kevin Murphy capably led the English department, which consists not only of our native language, but other courses such as debate, speech, dramatics, and journalism which are offered to students who are either in- terested or selected to take these elec- ives.

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Mr. Francis Cargo Mr. James Carlson Mr. William Fedore Mr. Martin Kopenski Mr. Donald Nearpass Mr. Grayson Newark Mr. Warren Parsons Mr. James Wallace Svisuce Z9 ,varfmmf Science is another one of the popu- lar academic subjects offered by Jack- son High Schoolg this department is under the guidance of Mr. William Fedore. Biology is a course offered at any time during the three years in high school. It gives the student an under- standing of living things, both plant and animal kingdomsg and it stresses the biology of the human being with emphasis on healthful living. Chemistry is also offered in the Science Department. This course is fundamental for those who expect to study science, medicine, engineering or nursing. Chemistry is the study of matter and the changes which matter undergoes. The study of the relationship of matter and energy is an integral part of the study of physics, which also studies heat, light, laws of mechanics, and sound. Aside from the courses expected in a science department is agriculture, which has both cultural and voca- tional classes.