Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Science -ss-mm., 200 - Academics!Faculty Teachers Not Shown: Mrs. Nancy Crawford Mr. Joe Jacques Mr. Doug Perry Mr. John McWilliams Mrs. Joycelyn Spears Mr. Tim Ware Mrs. Lyle is the chairperson for the science department. A variety of courses are offered in the science-departmer Biology I involves a study of all classes of living organis TT Dissecting frogs, earthworms, and squids make up a portic of all classes. The students also performed blood test determine their own type of blood. During the six weeks of school the biology classes move into mini-courses, such as genetics, social animals, kinesic ogy, values in science, and outdoor biology. Physical science is a course designed for students wl' wish to study physics and chemistry. A mathematics cours required to be taken before entering this course. 6 Topics such as the use of the metric system, and organ chemistry were studied in chemistry l. Working equati became the outstanding portion of chemistry l. Ol l l l T

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Congressman Presents Documents Q, in 6' M J 4 nn s 4 Z x . M ! resentative Bill Archer, pictured above with Mr. Ronny Truitt, principal, has n a frequent visitor to Jersey Village. resentative Bill Archer spoke to American History classes as he presented the adam Shrine Awards. The World History Team consists of four teachers. They are Mr. George Clayton who is also the Department Chairperson, Mrs. Reba Daughtery, who is team leader, Mrs. Debbie Hill, and Mr. Larry Forson, who left the department in January. Government classes kept Seniors very busy. One of their class activities included a mock court session for a murderer. Students portrayed roles such as the judge, the prosecuting and defense attorneys, and of course the murderer. Students had to make decisions according to an actual trial based on criminal law. This year's government students also were able to watch the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter on tele- vision. Four government students accompanied Mrs. Sue Del- lacroce to Washington, D.C. on a special trip to view the capital. They were Patty Galan, Melinda Haidik, Charlie Renfro, and Annette Villaman. The government team consists of three teachers. They are Mrs. Sue Dellacroce, team leader, Mrs. Celia Riddle, and Mrs. Vickie Rude. Sociology has done many activities. Officer Knape, from the Houston Police Department came and gave a lecture on rape. She explained to the girls howto protect themselves from a rapist. Another visitor was Reverend Tom Huser, and he gave a speech on getting married and how to bring up a family. They also viewed the film, Black and White up tight, and read and discussed the book Future Shock, to get a better understanding of what the year 2,000 would be like. Mr. Sam Faris is the Sociology teacher. World History students painted murals to illustrate the American and French Revolution. Academics X Faculty

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hxperiments Form ortion of Labs 4404 ln Chemistry l, Donna Barhorst junior, stretches to wash out chemicals in test tubes. l Steve Staflford senior, experiments with chemicals in Chemistry II. Becky Butler, senior, gathers sea-anemone during the oceanography W fieldtrip at Galveston. Biology stude its get dizzy while learning about the balance of equilibrium. Academicsfliaculty