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

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Extra science and math Students in the academic electives soared high dur ing the 1985-1984 school year. There were thirteen academic electives in science and math combined The science electives were Chemistry I, Physics I Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics II, and Marine Biology. Sun Ham, a senior, stated, My major is go ing to be pre-medicine which requires an excessive amount of science courses. Most of my attention goes to Biology II. Learning and comprehending the studies of nature and the structures of the human body are very interesting to me The math electives were Geometry Algebra II Trigonometry, Elementary Analysis, Calculus, Com puter Math, and Advanced Computer Math. Hang CTheresaj Pham, a junior, replied, I am taking Trigonometry because it will be required later in col lege. I feel that it is good to take higher math and science courses so that I will be more prepared when I get to college Approximately forty five percent of the students who graduated will be going on to college. The academic electives offer the students additional op portunities to increase their knowledge Listening studiously is Mr. jobmonir Geometry class as he teaches them a proof electives 1 1 1 O O , . y H s y

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Before turning it in to the teacher for a grade, Lu Le, a sophomore, inspects her chemistry paper. While explaining chemistry to his class, Mr. Salinas goes over one of the fundamentals. F1 'Silky 4' n it , K 'fw ' - Vpp . Y 1... JV . , . 4 . x Q it nr l . Despite numerous distractions in the room, Vakrie Hurta, an Algebra II student, tries to study. In the Computer Math Lab, one can find Mrs. Rupp'r Algebra class experimenting with the computers. 10 electives Turning around, Thanh Le checks to see if he and his neighbor have gotten the same answer on their Geometry problem. W,- 4 av 1

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-1 A 7' Y M Showing off one of the sets for South Pacific are drama students, jeff Miller, 11, Stephanie Ttkmann, 12, jim lWIIxbms, 12, and-I. D. Harper, II. In the drama room, john Hargrove, 10, and Malt Thompson, 10, practice their lines for The Lge and Deaib of Sneaky Finch. electives