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

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Ms. Jeannie Thielman aids student Kevin Rodriguez with his Algebra Il assign- ment. Y A Robyn Bowen, Algebra lesson. kai Donnie Burrell and Sean Christman prepare for sf, TY Q01 their daily Mr. Bob Martin, a new addition to the Math Department, lectures his class on the importance of Algebra. YY Christina Cespedes performs her trigonometric functions with ease. V ,, af 1, 4 .pw wr Vg-If-.4 35 11 ff, , L 1 A Richard Hunt, in his second year of Computer Math, concentrates on program- ing the PET. Math -

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MATH: Yankees Arrive . . . Computers Thrive The Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming! The newest arrival to the Jersey Village Math Department were not new textbooks or harder Algebra tests, but eight teachers. Six of them, by mere coincidence, came from Northern states. Still grieving the loss of Big Bog Collins, fto Campbell Junior High as their Director of lnstructionl, the seven remaining teachers greeted their new co-workers Dorene Mitchell, Donna Saldivar, Bob Martin, Ron Carlsson, Mike Kennedy, Brian Stackhouse, Kathy Burrell, and Joyce Rupp. Out of the 1910 students attending school this year, approximately 1580 students were enrolled in math courses. Forty percent of these students took ad- vantage of non-required courses such as Algebra ll, Trigonometry or Calculus. Billy Reese explained, l'm benefiting from fCalculusl because it will make it a loteasier in college. The physics l'll be taking in college uses Calculus in many of its problems, so l'll be a year ahead, at least, of those who haven't taken it. While many students spent their year in math working through a Geometry or FOM textbook, others actually applied their skills. The computer teaches you to think all the way through your problems and gives a better understanding of logic, added Bruce Phillips. Although chasing Twonkys and at- tacking Space lnvaders were still the main attraction to Computer Math, ac- cording to Mr. Monty May, the games are what creates the enthusiasm for the course. ln reference to the games, Mr. Orvall Hardin remarked, lt's cheaper to play them in Computer Math than in a game room. 1 - Math V Colette Cunningham, one of the few students in Advanced Computer Math, studies her program on th PRIME. 1 e v vis. 1 mn . I 1 ir A Jeff Johnson listens astutely to Mrs. Freda Toon's wise words of Trigonometry. l

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SCIENCE: Blood, Beakers, and Creative Labs Does the sight of blood make you faint? Does the vision of a pumping human heart make your stomach queasy? These symp- toms didn't stop Mr. Robert Dennison's Biology ll students. ln the month of November, the class took an all-day field trip to the Fonder Brown Building in the Medical Center where they viewed open heart surgery and witnessed the renowned Dr. DeBakey perform a femoral artery operation. They later toured the classrooms and Gross Anatomy Lab of Baylor College of Medicine with the aid of a first year medical student. When asked about the event, Anna Nevils replied, A lot of people wanted to become doctors and it was a chance to see if they could stand all the blood and gore. Not missing a chance to make an addi- tion to Simon Bond's 101 Uses for a Dead Cat, Biology ll students engaged in examin- ing every tissue of these feline specimens. Students in Biology l were introduced to their first dissection by observing the digestion and circulation of fetal pigs. Every unit they experienced new labs, which included testing their own breathing rate, blood, and saliva. Creative labs seemed to be the theme of Physics, as Mr. Daniel Kutsko provided his students with a lesson in logic. According to Phyllis Chang, He gives you a problem and then asks you to for- mulate your own opinion. There are no right or wrong answers in the labs. E - Such experiments included building mousetrap vehicles, pencil missile laun- chers, and toothpick structures for supporting weights. First year Chemistry students found the class to be oriented around laboratory work while they studied various topics as the metric system, atomic structure, and periodic classification. Besides offering students another chance to break beakers, Chemistry ll pro- vided a more in-depth study of the prin- ciples and concepts of the class. Although a lot more labs were per- formed, Jim Collingsworth said the majori- ty were recipe labs and added discourag- ingly, They tell you exactly what to do and don't let you think. Before any student could advance to Biology, Chemistry, or Physics, the study of Physical Science was required to learn the basics. Once completed, students began their adventure into the scientific world of blood, beakers, and creative labs. 4Agha Ahsan investigates the world of chemicals. VMr. Robert Dennison flashes that friendly smile which has won him much admiration from his Biology students. ACancer research? No, just Kevin Gross and Devin Eiband hard at work on their Biology l assignment. AAAfter thorough observation, Jim Williams and Kay Feezor record interesting results. - Academics