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

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FACULTY Celia Riddle Government Judy Swasey American History RIN! Sam Faris Mike Day Government Debbie Hill World History Alan Meeks American History George Clayton Dept. Chairperson World History Ray Housley Government Team Leader David Smiley American History Larry West Sociology and American CVAE History History Fleba Daughtry World History Team Leader Bart Oliphant American History Team Leader FacuIty!Accdemics

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Government is comprised of Mr. Housley, Mrs. Riddle, Mr. Day, and Mr. West. ln Government seniors saw many interesting films such as Missiles of October and The Watergate Tapes. ln January, Mr. Housley and ten honor students took a trip to Washington D.C. Later, seniors studied the court syse tem. A guest speaker from the Har- ris County District Attorney's Office demonstrated wire tapping and electrical surveillance. ln May, stu- dents worked out stock proiects and practiced filling out income tax forms. Sociology is instructed by Mr. Faris. Sociology is a study of man and how he relates to his environ- ment. During the year, the classes went on a field trip to the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sci- ence. Later students studied Death, LITICS URALSP Mrs. Hill explains the upcoming road game to the World History students. The World History students participate in the road gamei as they sit on the floor and try to break into their enemy's' Senior students Greg4Crook, Bruce Ferdinand, Ramon Morris, and Frank Abagnal, world famous con-artist, speaks to Sociol- James Rasberry, discuss problems in Government such as ogy students about white collar crime and his upcoming grades movie The Skywayman. 180 Fcculty!Acodemics

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Fundamentals of Math I and ll, Tri- gonometry, Geometry, Algebra, Calcu- lus, and Mathematics of Consumer Education CMOCEJ are some of the courses which conprise the Nlath Department. Fundamentals of lVlath I and ll are supplementary courses involving basic mathematical skills. Some of the major topics developed in this course are elementary theory, beginning geometry, consumer bank- ing, and problem solving as related to daily living. During the year, students wracked their brains on worksheets, filling out income tax forms and num- ber theory problems. To prepare for Algebra, students began with Intro- ductory Algebra I and ll. These partic- ular classes introduce familiar con- cepts taught in Algebra. For many stu- dents Algebra didn't come so easy. Algebra I includes a study of set nota- tion, the relations of equality and ine- quality, absolute value of real num- bers, factoring, and the solution of word problems. All students were required to use their protractors and Compasses in Geometry. Topics include relations of perpendicularity, parallelism, congruency, similarity, equality, and inequality. Algebra ll and Trigonometry involve advanced algebraic and geometric skills in Alge- bra ll, the study of quadratics equa- tions is extended to include their solu- tion by the quadratic formula, the rela- tions representing the conic sections and systems of quadratic open sen- tences. Most distinguished honor stu- dents had Calculus and Elementary Analysis in their math curriculum. In Calculus limits of functions, continu- ity, and derivatives were studied in detail. Both indefinitive and definitive integrals are explored, with applica- tions to area and volume. Analytic Geometry includes a review of trigono- metry from the analytic stand point. I l82 - Foculty!Acodemics ETRY F ETR TRI EBR L C LCULUS Always inquisitive, junior Mike Kennedy explores one of math's great mysteries. What is inside of a pencil sharpener? Junior, Judy Ahlgrim talks with an old friend during Computer Math.