Marion High School - Warrior Yearbook (Marion, KS)

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New Addition Equals Added Interest n The addition of a new teacher to the math department equaled more class offerings and a solution to the '83-'84 curriculum. The math department was divided into two congruent parts, due to enrollment be- ing multiplied. Mr. Rex Wilson, who began his twentieth year os MHS math instructor, gained assistance with the deportment. Mr. Don Melleker took over the Trigonometry and Calculus class, and one Geometry class. Wilson taught General Math, Geometry. Algebra I, and Algebra II. MHS requires only two years for gradua- tion. However, Wilson recommended three or four years of math for the college bound student. Molleker and Wilson agreed that advanced levels of mathematics improve problem-solving ability, and give different techniques for finding solutions. The sum of the '83-'84 mathematical year could have been broken down into the facul- ty. the addition of courses offered, and the belief of the instructors in the importance of mathematics. All of the above components added up to the increased interest and par- ticipation m the field of math for the year. Mr. Wilson exploms on assignment on the overhead pro- tector Math 21

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Instructors Invoke Ingenuity and Involvement Many science students believed they were facing an entire year in the lab cutting up frogs. They soon learned otherwise. Bruce Rhodes, new MH$ Biology and Chemistry in- structor opened the fields of anatomy, heredity, physiology, self-structure and ecology in his Biology classes. Another new addition to the science department's teaching staff. Mr. Don Molleker. taught Physics, which hadn't been offered in the previous years. Mr. Earl Wine- mger completed the science department by teaching General Science. Two credits of science were required by MHS for graduation. Although many students thought that two years were enough, Molleker said he thought it was im- portant for a student interested in college to take Physics also. He believed Physics would improve math techniques, therefore helping prepare one for a |ob in engineering, medical or science fields. Rhodes and Molleker agreed that a Com- puter Science class is also important, since most sciences and almost everything in the future will be run by computer. Rhodes also pointed out that colleges now require a course in Computer Science for admittance. Not only was science available in the classroom, but there was also a Science Club, which offered a variety of experience for the science students. One of the plans for the Science Club was to visit the Wolf Creek Nuclear Reactor. Mike Kelsey and Chns Webb fight the bottle of the grams. Come on Mr Rhodes, have a heart. pleads Craig Brock Kenny Fowler jots down an onswer as Jeff Fitzpatrick probes the inner recesses of his frog 20 Science

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New Course Keys Business Department Success The keyboard no longer referred to the piano during the year at MHS. The business department added to the curriculum with the required Keyboard Machines course. This class involved working with the typewriter, the ten-key adding machine and the microcomputer. Bill Pickering and Helen Rez- nicek, business instructors, both felt that learning keyboard skills with different types of machines helped all students to cope with a future centered around computers. According to Mr. Pickering. General Business is an excellent course for freshmen and sophomores. Everyone planning to go into a business-related field should unders- tand the business and economic environment in which we live and work. General Business helped students develop an understanding of our business system and the economic setting in which we function. Mrs. Reznicek was also the Business Math and Typing II instructor. Reznicek believed that all students should enroll in Business Math because it deals with the math everyone will use in day-to-day living after graduating from high school. Robbie Hett diligently types os port of crozy day. Dale Heidebrecht spends his time at the ten-key oddmg machine in the new Keyboard Mochmes doss. 22 Business