Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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The hope of pursuing a career in math is an ambition of many students. Choice of this field as a life's work must be built on dili- gence and study in high school. The main objective of the math teachers is to help the students to think for themselves. Courses that are offered range from Basic Math to the advanced study of Trigonometry and Calcu- lus. Basic Math offers a back- ground for further work in calcu- lating and business, while Algebra and Geometry courses provide ex- perience in exactness. These varied areas of study not only build the thinking power of the individual but make up the Mathematics Department in our school today. Students in an Algebra I class check their homework by putting examples on the board

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u 4 i i k .. s l. Phil Persinger and Mike Custer concentrate on an essay assigned by Mrs. Tice. 2. Journal- ism students Toby Blank, Jan Deyerle, Susan Lex, David Nash, Ellen Hancock, .ludy Lan- caster and Nancy West write, edit, cut, paste - all under Mrs. Wood's careful supervision. 3. Brenda Dehart chooses a skill builder from the selection in one of the reading laboratories. 4. David Whitenack, Chan Inge, Glenn Oakey, Mike McClure and Carl Vance work to remedy deficiencies and to develop new skills using study plans based on their individual needs. Mrs. Bowen teaches Reading six periods each day, yet there is an ever-growing list of stu- dents who ask for this course. A -ft

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MATH-FOR THINKERS l v' l l L lui Miss Ludwick's Algebra class learns various properties of equality. Mrs. Singer illustrates- graphing to her fourth period advanced math class. Mrs. Madelyn Singer Algebra, Geometry, B.A. Brooklyn College, M.A. Columbia University, Chairman of the Math Department. 'iv 1 . It z , V i , ' Mr. Carl Neve, .lr. Miss Margaret Fisher Plane and Solid Geom- etry, Trig., A.B. Roa- noke Colle e' M.Ed. Q , University of Virginia. 3' Ig if i K Qs 1 .. Q W, - wk X3 U, if lf' rss, Miss Sammy Scott Basic Math, B.A., M.Ed. Algebra l, Basic Math, University of Virginia. B.S. Longwood College, 19 Miss Berta Hartman Geometry, Algebra, B.S. Radford Colle e' M.Ed. Q 1 University of Virginia, 'Q IV , X l i f .X Mrs. Anne Stone Plane and Solid Geom- etry, B.A. William and Mary, Senior Class Ad- visor. Miss Geraldine E. Ludwick Geometry, Algebra, B.S Longwood College, Ad- visor Y-Teens. , , . i 1' 1' Q ig ., , 3 if :gf mfg S.. J' . xg-gi i Mrs. Florence Stump Algebra, B.A. William and Mary College.