Saguaro High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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DEPENDlNG UPON interest and ability, students at Saguaro fulfill their math requirements in any one of three levels. These levels consist of the accelerated, regular and basic math programs. This year the curriculum of the basic math classes has been revised with new books and audio-visual aids to generate more interest and obtain better results from students. The new audio-visual aids include six electric calculators, tapes and films. .emma ,f.. ,, . is John Anderson Jane Bruner Francis Chupp You, in the back row, did you forget to bring your homework, too? asks lVlr. Joe Stephenson. lVlath students have daily work assignments to do at home. 162 MATHEMATICS Albert Ferencz Karen Grassl Frank Griffitts John Anderson - basic math, Algebra I, Algebra lllTrigonometry sponsors Freshman Football, Freshman Basketball, J.V. Baseball B.S., lVl.S. Jane Bruner - basic math, geometry, B.A. Francis Chupp - geometry, Algebra l, sponsors Chess Club, B.S. Albert Ferencz geometry, Algebra lI!Trigonometry, sponsors Junior Class, B.S lVl.S. Ed. Karen Grassl - algebra, geometry, B.S. Frank Griffitts mathematics, sponsors Varsity Basketball, B.S. lVlr. George Vemich demonstrates to his class some of the basic points of algebra. To graduate from Saguaro, Algebra I and -geometry are required, but many students go on to more difficult studies.

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Russian Added to Language Department .ff , . in J . z s aede If ,i e ee d e La m.fYqllifO Sid aaa we we beam may A, Cfiifgutfto. s no Panini, -gas so puma, in an podia afzvewgfzn in-as 'Wig WIC. GEOS, tres, CHHTYQ me: ssefs, staff lVlrs. Lola Mackey explains the difference between various tenses to her Spanish class. The first two years of language dwell on structure and vocabulary. Amaya lVlacEwen - Spanish, sponsors Spanish Club, B.A., lVl.A. Lola Mackey - Spanishp Dept. Headp sponsors Student Council, A.B., lVl.A. Darleen Powell - Spanish, sponsors Sophomore Classg B.A., M.A. Christine Scott - Frenchp sponsors French Club: B.A. A THE FIRST two years of a if language concentrate basically on the fundamentals of the language. Speaking, reading, and listening comprise most of these two years. Studying literature, reading, and writing are stressed in the third and fourth years. Saguaro teachers and students were benefited by the use of the foreign langauge lab. Here each stu- dent could get individual prac- tice in speaking. As more stu- dents learn more languages, the world will grow closer yet. Language is the bond between countries. . 1 EWS, M? G 1 ., Sim 31133 av- ,y a is ' ,V,f, r it ' -it-if' 3 g 1 1 a r d . . ...s fs is V, SA v will ff M-fx-4.35 ' Repetition of words, sounds, and sentences is very important in learning any language. Students must learn different vowel sounds. Miss Darlene Powell takes her students through daily repetition drills. Amaya MacEwen Lola Mackey Darleen Powell Christine Scott 5 FOREIGN LANGUAGE - 161

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New Materials Used ln Math Department 3 Walter Hoffman Tom Hopkins Getting up so early in the morning is a real bummer! Bob McAllister struggles to stay awake while Dana Baker has no problem. a i ei 5 ' ' N -, 1. i? Maybelle Sessions Joe Stephenson Bob finally decides to wake up and do some studying, but Dana seems to be growing a little too weary from doing hers. .ui in-.. 065 Sally Swanson- George Vemich 'gf ',..4-sf What is this? Bob is wide awake and working hard. But Dana submits to slumber and leaves her work unfinished on her desk. Walter Hoffman - Analysis, calculus, Dept. Head, sponsors lVIu Alpha Theta, B.S., Nl.S., lVl.A. Tom Hopkins - Alge- bra ll!Trigonometry, basic math, Analy- sis A, sponsors Sophomore Class, B.S., lVI.A. Maybelle Sessions - geometry, trigonometry, B.A., Nl.A. Joe Stephen- son - Algebra l, geometry, sponsors Freshman and Varsity Boys' Tennis, B.S., IVl.S. Sally Swanson - Algebra l, geometry, sponsors Pep Club, Future Teachers of America, Junior Class, B.A. Ed. George Vemich - mathematics, sponsors -Senior Class: B.S., M.S. John Gruntz was late for class. l'll bet that won't happen again! warns Nlr. Frank Griffitts. The paddle is one of lVlr. Griffitts' last means for discipline, and it is always used with tongue in cheek. MATHEMATICS - 163