Rochester High School - Falcon Yearbook (Rochester, MI)

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Project math students manipulate the abacus. LEFT: Bill Sorenson and Mike Alfred attempt to solve an algebraic equation. BELOW: Bob .Vortbrup executes a trigonometric maneuver. 27

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Math Has Its Problems What do you say when your parrot has flown the coop? - polygon! If you were unable to answer this ques- tion, take a visit to your local Math Department. There one can find beach balls used by project math students learning about longitudes and latitudes. The general math students conjure up answers to their magic squares and area problems. ln geometry, the students discover that theorems are easier to write than prove. Formulas are the basis of algebra, and trigonometry students have all the joys of sines and cosines with soh-cah-toa. fstandingj Mr. McKenney, Mr. Kerr, Mr. Tennor, fseatedj Mr. Minke, Mr. Konzal, and Mrs. Reeves listen as Mr. Harrigan gives a math lecture. 26 Betsy Richter sets up bowling pins in Mr. Kerr's class

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I f 1 i W '61 zgrq. 9 K .,. tis if---f i e, ibert , and the Pursuit of Happiness The Social Science Department at Rochester focuses on the study of life within a group - whether that group he a family, a nation, or an entire culture. Courses offered include World History, American History, Government, Economics, and Social Living. These classes are largely concerned with individual and international relationships. History classes help the student to understand why Hitler was ahle to force Neville Chamberlain into abandoning Czechoslavakia, government classes help the student understand the relationship between state and federal government, and social living classes help the student understand why father feels that way about his mother-in-law. 28 wig? uv 4 2 I . ' ' : ABOVE LEFT: Using visual aids, Mr. Swift instructs his Special Education class. ABOVE: Dave Korhonen relaxes as he informally discusses 11 question in Social Living.