Laguna Hills High School - Aerie Yearbook (Laguna Hills, CA)

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■grr W Na+02 Na02 Balancing equations are not the only element to the science de- partment. The classes are diverse, they range from Earth Science to A. P. Biol- ogy. The teachers are as diverse as the classes, from Mr. Dempsy ' s cone head hat to Mr. Card ' s movies. When asked vjhy he choose to teach science, Mr. McCormack replied, Because I like to talk about boogers and inter- esting biological topics, I can ' t imagine teaching anything as boring as Eng- lish or math. The teachers are there to help the stu- dents also. Mr. Adams stat- ed I choose to teach sci- ence because I enjoy helping young people learn and understand how the world operates. That is what science is about. ▲ ▲ one hundred three

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I i Th TBS ' ginnlng of the new fall quarter also brought about a whole revised version of the moth department. We teach a wide spectrum of classes from Basic Math courses through A. P. Calculus, stated Department Head Neal Garber. New changes in the math depart- ment Included the renaming of courses such as Math Workshop, and High School Math to Math topics 1 and 2. Aside from re- naming courses, totaly new courses were also added like Math A, and soon to come Life Application which are new in- novative approaches to moth. One may ask why all the new changes? Mr. Garbers response is, Every school In our district is just now in the process of re- ceiving new text books for all the changes which actually take place next year. All In all these changes will greatly im.- prove the math department in the future. A A one hundred five