Maria High School - Maria Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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computer programming course I NX, MaTh sTudenTs JoAnn Grandau. Diane Podlasek Nancy Jakocko, and Marilyn KIoTnia punch com- puTer program cards under eye oT IBM operaTor WiTh The maThemaTicaI abiIiTy oT each indi- vidual sTudenT in mind The maThemaTics de- parTmenT oTTers various Types oT' courses, rang- ing Trom inTroducTory algebra To calculus. Freshmen were placed inTo eiTher oT Two classes, inTroducTory algebra or The UICSM IUniversiTy oT Illinois CommiTTee on The STudy oT MaThemaTicsI algebra according To Their enTrance examinaTion scores. Three Types OT geomeTry courses were made available To soph- omores. For iuniors wishing To conTinue Their sTudy oT maTh, Two diTTerenT Algebra II courses were oTTered. Business maThemaTics was The perTecT answer Tor juniors and seniors wishing To pursue a business career, raTher Than a ca- reer in The Tield oT college maThemaTics. Col- lege-bound seniors were encouraged To Take eiTher a modern algebra course or pre-calculus, which provides The background Tor calculus. Living up To iTs goal oT meeTing The needs oT each sTudenT The deparTmenT oTTered a col- lege calculus course To Therese Naddy who had Taken suppIemenTary courses. This year Two courses were oTTered Tor up- perclassmen beTore school hours. A class in The use oT The slide-rule was oTTered To seniors and a class in compuTer programming Tor inTeresTed seniors and juniors. STudenTs were urged To parTicipaTe in maTh- emaTics conTesTs. especially The NaTionaI MaTh- emaTics ConTesT. This combinaTion oT courses and acTiviTies -worked TogeTher To discipline and Train The minds oT sTudenTs Tor TuTure IiTe. 'haf' SisTer M. SisTer M. Irene Pulcheria 25 SisTer M. ReparaTa

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Mathematics department inaugurates N, Sister M. Sister M. Dolorosa Elaine W. Mrs. George Sister M. Gaucys Helene Blackboard slide proiections are utilized by geome try students Denise Egan and Anne Westlove.

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Senior biology students visit hospital lab Biology sfudenfs Kafhleen Byrne, Denise Egan, An- drea Kwiaflcowslci and Jurafe Lingis explore fhe body organs. To prepare sfudenfs for fhe fechnological world of foday, Maria offers five science courses. These are earfh science, biology, advanced biology, chemisfry, and physics. ln six rooms devofed exclusively fo science classes, girls invesfigafed fhe physical phe- nomenon of life, maffer, and energy. Earfh science is a course usually offered fo freshmen. They sfudied fhe geological his- fory of fhe earfh, fhe forces affecfing weafher and erosion, and fhe movemenfs of fhe planefs. Since fhey also learn basic lab- orafory fechnigues and ferminology, fhis science forms basis for all ofher courses. Biology l is required of fhe sophomores. Those who wish fo confinue sfudying biology can fake advanced biology in fheir senior year. Beginning wifh fhe origins of life, sfu- denfs soon advance fo cell fheory, planf life, genefics, and man. The seniors delve info re- :earch worlc, populafion analysis, and even experimenl' wifh newborn chiclcens. This year fhey also visifed fhe lab af l-loly Cross l-los- pifal where lhey obfained firsf-hand informa- fion on isofopes. Chemisfry and physics, offered fo iuniors and seniors respecfively. presenfed a chal- lenge fo sfudenfs in fhe form of lab worlc, lecfures, and demonsfrafions. The worlc was difficulf buf rewarding. Holy Cross Hospifal lab 'lechnician demonsfrafes isofope compufer fo advanced biol- ogy sfudenfs Paf Rayman, Anfoineffe Candela, Elaine Beclcer, Theresa Kasperavicius and Sue Sincalc. 26