Mount Hebron High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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Pencil + paper + infellgence 2 Mafh Eyes are required equip- ment for many things. One of these is field trips, which are used to bring students closer to their subject. Wheth- er a class goes to various corporations, such as those who participated in Business Day did , or to a wildlife preserve at Meredith Creek for Science, field trips provide a valuable insight into the workings of the many organizations high school scholars study . One department that did not take students outside of the building was the Math De- partment. Although a relative- ly quiet year for the teachers of quadratic equations and co- ordinate plane systems, one small dispute has come up due to the recent nationwide dis- cussion over the competence of many high school graduates. Because of this controversy, the Howard County Board of Ed- ucation has set up standards for Math proficiency. However, a standardized proficiency test has not been developed leaving the department stranded . De- spite this, 19'7'7 marked the first time a math team has competed from Mount Hebron. Also, over ninety students partici- pated in the National Ex- amination, many scoring well. 11 In - - 1 f,,'f1 . . s 1-,gi 1 , ,lu TOP LEFT: A group of Hebron students visit Bendix Corporation as part of learning the realities of the business world. TOP RIGHT: Television in school may seem strange to many students. but not to the Calculus class. They regularly watch a math program in add- ition to class time. as Steve Weingarten N15-'N-1 is doing. BOTTOM LEFT: Guiding wood while using a saw is an exacting pro- cess. Brian Lapp watches carefully to prevent accidents. BOTTOM RIGHT: Good eyesight is essential in Commercial Art. Pete Baxter sketches one of the intricate mechanical drawings this Vo- Tech course teaches. ACADEMlCS!Sight 133

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Making beaufiful music fogefher Music would have no pur- pose if there were no ears to hear it. For this reason the sense of hearing is important to students involved in the 'Music Department. Choral En- semble, Band, Rock Music, Pi- ano and others are examples of this department's use of sound and hearing. The new music wing, in use for the first time this year, was an outstanding ad- dition to the music curricu- lum. Built-in stereos and tape recorders helped the students improve their tone and tech- nique, as did the extra work in the private practice rooms. The acoustics in the new wing were much improved over the old rooms, which helped the Band and the choruses as a whole . The courses offered were diversified. The Band and the Choruses practice for concerts and adjudications Cjudgingl and learn techniques of con- trol and tone . Piano and sec- tionals provide time for indi- vidual work on an instrument. Also, the Rock Music class learns about the history and artists of rock music. The ear is the key to all facets of music. From the time when the first note is written down to the time when the last chord of a concert fades away, hearing will be the main rea- son for the efforts of compos- ers, performers and finally, the listener.