Mason Middle School - Masonian Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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Here seventh grade MATIEMA- TICS students check, record and average their semester grades on special form sheets. During the year the seventh grade worked on common and decimal fractionsg rounding off and estimatingg per centg units of measureg squares and square rootsg anglesg ratio: graphsg areasg profit and loss and numerous other topics. Mothemotics This eighth grade MATHEMATICS class is discussing finding board feet of lumber. IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 2 RATIONAL? Problems of this and other types were handles during the year in the ninth grade ALGEBRA classes. CBy the way - if anyone is interested - the explanation below proves that it is not rational.J GEOMETHY students, 9A, constructing a tangent to a circle from a point outside the circle. This was the first year for such a class at Mason.

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GERMAN students and teacher Robert Ehrenhelm are reading and talking in German. During the first- year course they concen- trated on grammar and vocabulary. Lonquoqee PRE-LANGUAGE students listen sto, learn and practice with a French record. During the year these classes studied one quarter each of Latin, German, French and Spanish. First - Year SPANISH Class Representatives leaving the Ecuadorian 'Rio Guayas while it was docked at a Tacoma port. An opportunity to visit and speak with Latin Americans came with the captain's invitation to 'come aboard? 47

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SCIENCE Clockwise from upper left corner are four experi- ments from ninth grade SCIENCE. Continuing around the page are five exam- ples of the seventh grade SCIENCE class work. At the left are two eighth grade reports on SCIENCE projects. 49