Mona Shores High School - Compass Points Yearbook (Norton Shores, MI)

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The recognition of achievement passes over Mr. Dennis Babcock's face as he teaches math. New teachers to the math department are Mrs. Doro-thy Andrews, Mr. Bill Thompson and Mr. Richard Jones. Mrs. Andrews teaches Business Math, Geometry, and General Geometry. Mr. Jones is the Gen. Algebra, Algebra I, and Business Math instructor while Mr. Thompson has Geometry, Shop Math, Gen. Algebra and blueprint reading classes. 26 Math Department Under the head of Mr. Fred Tosopeus, the math de- partment offered a diversified curriculum this year in- cluding the addition on Advanced Geometry and Matrix Algebra. Next year Probability and Statistics will he the math electives for students who show the aptitude and inclination to pursue math further. Three sections of ungraded math were taught this year by Mrs. Mabel Brooks. Students proceed at their

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Experimentation W' .seg Q S so as 54.5 at Clit The Science Department this year, under the head of Mr. S in 5 N Harlan Suffield, provided students with basic and advanced knowledge of the natural sciences. K Teaching his first year at Mona Shores was Mr. Leslie DeVries. Chemistry II was offered for the first time this year. Going into more detail than Chemistry I, this course is com- pared to a Freshman College Chemistry course. S Looking over a geranium in the climatorium is instructor Mr. Edward Wilson. He has three Biology I classes and one class of lv if Mr. Harlan Suffield examines a test tube experiment produced by Shelley Tamblyn and Vicki Winingar in one of his Chem 5 Study courses. Mr. Roger Tharp has four Biology I classes and one advanced. Dave Mayo of his Biology II class boils a fruit fly culture while Mr. Tharp looks on. Biology II students. Showing Rhonda Siegel an experiment in General Sci- ence is her outgoing instructor Mr. Garold Smith. He has four General Science classes and one Biology.

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Stresses Logic, Concepts own rate. Students may take anywhere from one to two or more semesters to complete the course, depending upon their ability. Seniors Bruce Bricker, Bruce Wie-ten, and Tom Kent and Junior Pat Anderson scoring the top 4729 of all stu- dents taking the Michigan Mathematics Prize Competi- tion Test. After taking part II, they were recommended for Scholarships. A demonstration serves as the best way to teach. Mr. Fred Toxopeus makes good use of the sphere as he teaches Thumbing through the pages of his book, Mr. Don Dezelsky General Math. stresses his point. He teaches Algebra and Trig. ss sstsxxssWN Q ,-......t fist . -ft. ' ' was 553 ssnx,xXx xx Q X . t K -. i s W S C ssgmxix Nil x ss Mr. Stanley Bode demonstrates to his Physics Class the proce- dure involved in boiling water in a paper cup! Mr. Bode also teaches General Algebra. 27