Millbrook High School - Laurel Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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New Methods in Science Mr. Harrell fishes around as he prepares for his biology class. Miss Hatcher gives extra help in her after-school classes on Wednes- day. Page McKellar, David Brown, and Eric Lortz struggle with a pulley in physics. On tests stu- dents find out just how little they know about chem- istry . Jackie Jeffreys and Woodson Giles wonder what will come from the test tube. Students learn that there ' s more to fish than catching and eating them. Miss Hatcher helps Tommy Jones with a phy- sics problem.

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Are these students really studying algebra? Geometry students apply geometric reasoning” on a test. It ' s so easy I can do it with my eyes closed, says Vicki Alford as she con- structs a triangle. Colon Terrell points out the steps of a tricky geometry problem to his classmates. New Ideas in Mathematics . . Millbrook’s mathematics department prepares stu- dents as they train for their futures, in hope that they will be fully equipped with not only an understanding of math, but also a power of reasoning. Seniors apply what they have previously been taught in general math and Algebra 1 as they study geometry and advanced al- gebra. In doing so they realize that math is an impor- tant step in the preparation for a future in any field. Mr. Farthing explains an algebra problem to a bewildered class. Miss Pate has help in finding the right paper. 10

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Miss Ruth Turner dem- onstrates the proper way to cook on a gas stove. Students Prepare for Mrs. Pendleton arranges the child care projects made by her students. Donna Bailey wonders how the freshman girls find their books. Mr. Winborne guides his boys in woodcraft and many other fields. The home economics and agriculture classes are busy learning new methods for doing old jobs. Home economics prepares future homemakers for making and managing a home by giving them actual practice in these skills. Agriculture trains future farmers in all types of work to develop their skills and guides some toward a future vocation.