Niles Township High School East - Reflections Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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-— Ron Johnson explains to Sherrie Bronstein, Judy Sheldon, and Don Eilers the results of using the actual dimensions of the George Washington Bridge in New York, in the general form of the second degree equation, yzz:ax 2 -J-bx-hc. SPUTNIK CHALLENGES U S. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM The challenge by Russia ' s Sputnik to United States ' superiority has caused a re-evaluation of our educational system and a shift of emphasis. Changes being clamored for include more advanced subject matter for gifted stu¬ dents, more emphasis on science and mathematics, and, in general, better secondary academic preparation. Dr. James Killian, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, said, At this point in the evalua¬ tion of our school the highest priorities should be given to better provision for our intellectually gifted young people. Niles has given reality to this demand by pro¬ viding accelerated mathematics, science, social studies, and English courses, which enable the bright students to progress at a pace in keeping with their talents. Students in Honors Reading judge novels, poetry, and drama by the aesthetic prin¬ ciples, pictures of which were designed and painted by Sherry Annex and Lillian Hoffman. Roslyn Virgilio explains the prin¬ ciple of Interest to Judy Godell and Alex Maurizi.

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TEN PER CENT OF NILES STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN ACCELERATED COURSES Pauline Cotell, Mark Peppercorn, and Patricia Feil, Ad¬ vanced Biology students, study the amoeba and paramecia, minute protozoans, under the microscope. In the sophomore Advanced Geometry class Bernard Kravitz, Gene Veto, and Judy Fulkerson show the class how to circumscribe a circle about a given triangle.