Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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They Just Can't Be Avoided s the srudenrs loolsed through the Registration Guide they found rhor there were many choices in the morh and science departments. The rypicol freshman ond sophomore were found sirring in o physical science, eorrh science, or biology closs. For the upperclossmen there were chemisrry, physics, both, or neirher. Then for rhose srudenrs who wished ro excel, there were two new science courses offered: l-lumon Physiology and Orgonic Chemistry. Because of the increased enrollmenr rhe science depart- ment odded four new reachers. To further ime prove rhe ouoliry of the staff, the reochers dedi- cated their time oy raising classes ro improve their reaching rechnigues. Science deporrmenr coordinator Ted Tsumura happily said, l'The science reochers are very professional ond love ro see improvement mode each year. With access ro many compurers the moth srudenrs became more lsnowledgeaple in the computer field with such courses os Computer Progromming and Computer Science. Sr. Dan Solomon said, Compurersjusr can'r be ovoide ed, rhey're in our future so l figure l berrer learn how ro use them. Some upperclossmen rool-Q odvonced courses such os Calculus, Moth Analy- sis, ond AP Computer Science. Then there were the olgeoro eguarions ond the geometry proofs rhor mosr srudenrs dreoded. New ro reaching geometry, moth teacher Denise Bourg said, l rhinls rhor geometry is o chollenging course ro reoch, our l've enjoyed ir. Once you convince everyone rhor proofs oren'r rhor bad, ir's oll downhill! The required omounrs of courses in marh ond science was two years. Among one of rhose high ochievers wos Soph. Sabrina Smith who exploined, I fools rrigonomerry and chemistry oecouse ir wos o challenge ond ir helps in my furure goals. Obviously morh ond science are essential reouiremenrs for furure employment, Y X k.,.,,,,,, Srudying diligenrly helps Fr. Benn Long and Soph. Tiffany Mandery oce rheir olgepro resr Most srudenrs will rolse or nove rolsen olgeoro rhrough rheir high school years During rheir compurer class Jrs. Heather Gustafson ond David Goldberg rype their worle Heather said, I enjoy working wirh rhe compurer oecouse rhe worls gers done fosrer Acodemics

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Something for Everybod lilse my classes ro be challenging and lseep me occupied, said Sr. Lisa Thomas. The business and social srudies deparrmenrs were lsepr busy frying ro lseep lsids inreresred. There vvere many classes ro choose from. Business classes ranged from typing and inrroe ducrion ro business ro accounring and office education. Social srudies courses included Wesr' ern and Non-Wesrern Civilizarion, American l-lisf rory, and American Governmenr. We rry TO range our classes for all rypes of people, said social srudies deparrmenr head Jim Bond. Business deparrmenr coordinator Al- ice Hinfon said, Usually we have a fevv more classes than we do rhis year, bur rhe ones we do have help ro prepare lsids for rhe fururef' Businessvvise, rhere were differenr rypes of classes ro false, ln rhe marlsering deparrmenr rhere vvere lvlarlsering Educarion l and ll classes. ln rhe office educarion deparrmenr rhere were business English classes, accounring classes, and Office Educarion l and ll. General business classes were Typing l and ll, lnrroducrion ro Business, Career Explorarion, and Noreralsing. I really enjoy business, and The facr rhar we ger 'hands on' experience, lilse vvirh rhe com- purers, helps, said Sr. Candace Harris. Business vvas an imporranr parr of school life and rhe furure. As Mrs. Hinton said, You can'r avoid rhe business world. According ra Mr. Bond, Social Srudies is gen- erally accepred vvirhin school. Abour 882 of rhe lsids raise social srudies for all four years of school. A fevv of The harder classes ro false were AP. American l-lisrory and Contemporary Issues. Mr. Coble and Mr. Ellis are borh very de- manding, bur you learn a lor because rhey expecr a lor, said Sr. Colleen O'Brien. Q . x sf w T X SX ,, Lew Q Ser: s Soph. Theresa Seaman rrles ro fix her rypevvrlrer as Mrs. Lourette Purfurst heads ro help her, Typing vvos one of rhe mosr popular business classes ro raise ,fc To ger rhe answer, sing rhe guesrlon Mr. Jim Bond dressed up as o bill and song ro his American Governmenr class abour hovv a bill becomes a lavv w M,-,Q l4'j..fi.rsn li 222