Saguaro High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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t L 'X as ...M ,cle . 1. vi Sally A. Swanson George Vemich Virginia Blount Frank E. Griffits Fran Chupp Jane Bruner Sally A. Swanson-algebra, geometryg taught six yearsg B.A. in Ed. George Vemich Alegbra IgAlgebra II Trigonometryg taught eighteen yearsg sponsors Freshman Classg M.A. Virginia Blount-geometry, basic mathematicsg taught two yearsg co-sponsors Sophomore Classg B.A., M.A. Frank E. Griffits- Alegbra I, taught twenty -one yearsg Varsity basketball coachg B.S., M.S. Fran ChuppfAlgebra I, geometryg taught seven yearsg Track coachg B.S., M.A. Jane Bruner- algebra, basic mathematicsg taught two yearsg B.A. in mathematics am seat.-aww Wgfeifafft :isa -'-' N- 5 5 Q , I . , 7 ,. - M i -'Wi'- 'f',1i t t Mr. Hopkins pauses zz minute to try and simplify an explanation to a problem in one of his mathematics classes. 150 - MATHEMATICS -'tx X No matter what subject students are in, when sixth period on Friday comes around they all seem to have the same expression. Weekends help to relax the students and teachers and make them ready and eager to start new material. 1 'att t A let, E Q, ..,r ww f ' ,. ...WW 7 ,. . -tw... tie gb Q is ef as s? Ng'-Si 4 , x A ' fi if wx 1 Lie ' g it H, , I '--- 4--,Q i fa 6' 2 .. . . f si s 3 4, 5 V -s it 4 f Suffering students and teacher go together when past test papers are returned in class. 1 Evxyf gk szssfx fi - f wg. 3, , ,. 7, ,gill -MM' Wm., This year the math dept. placed an increasing amount of effort on logical techniques. One of the ways in which they did this was by setting up a computer terminal with the other three high schools in our district. This computer helped the students to gain knowledge in the programming for future studies. A great achievement also for Saguaro was to place fifth in the U.S. for the National Math Contest, This was acknowledged during summer of last year. An achievement like this comes from a great deal of study and interest on the part of the students and the teachers. A .az-nw' Starting the year off on the wrong foot can easily be corrected if the student is in an Algebra I class with teacher, Mr. Frank Grifjits. The paddle punishment never seems to go out of date, especially in the educational system.

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In the Social Studies Department this year the idea of the thought-process, was increased by having more classroom discussions. This method also aimed at having greater individual attention through which students could be able to understand more about the course, Another new idea brought out was the doing away with the costly text books for such classes as government and American history, instead having modern up-to-date pamphlets for a smaller sum of money. The last change this year was that students who had failed world geography the previous year were not required to take this subjecta second time, but could take another socialstudies c ass. A Ageorge Butchkg Douglass Lawson Robert Brewster Don Pauluch ' R.C. Willis John Connell Ed Cable Richard Smith Marlin Spaw-world geographyg taught fifteen yearsg Varsity football coachg M.A. Fred Pratt- American history, Contem. World Affairsg Dept. Headg taught twenty yearsg B.S., M. A., M.S., Ed. D. George S. Butchko-World Geog.g taught seventeen years, sponsors Soccer Club, Freshman Classg B.S. Douglass F. Lawson-economicsg taught five yearsg sponsors Senior Class, Pol. Science Clubg A. B., M. A. Robert H. Brewster- World Geog., taught three yearsg sponsors Chess Club, Freshman Classg B.A. inEd., M.A. Don Pauluch-governmentg taught twelve yearsg sponsors Key Clubg B.S., M.A. R. C. Willis-American history, taught ten yearsg sponsors Saber Society, Behind Wheel Instructorg college. John Connell-Ameri- can historyg taught thirteen yearsg Freshman football coachg B.S., M.A. in Ed. Ed Cable- world geog.g taught sixteen yearsg sponsors Boy's Golf Teamg B.S. in Ed., M.S. in Ed. Richard Smith-world geog., American historyg taught two yearsg sponsors Junior Class, B A With Miss Nelson 's classes in world geography it is not unusual to see a slide projector showing slides of the different geographical regions in the United States and other countries. Students enjoy and understand more with pictures. Setting the mood for an event in American History takes a great deal of involvement. In this picture Mr. Willis demonstrates this technique with one of his classes. SOCIAL STUDIES - 149

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Teachers help students overcome mathematics Lecturing on the daily assignment, as seen by Miss Swanson, is basic procedure in a geometry or an Algebra I class. These early years in math introduce the students to a good deal of fundamental tools. i f V' f Q .S Q-, ,, ' . . l ' 1 tgtt egtl W' Ii tg. ' 2 fi- K if , mf.-N' mul' Ns -..........W. A J WNW. Individual help from the teacher is defnitely needed in all classes of learning especially in the math department. Here Mr. Hoffman works a problem with one of his students in analysis. Mr. Vernich instructs his Algebra 2fTrig. class in the techniques of proper usage of the slide rule. This class is usually taken after one year of algebra and one year of geometry at Saguaro. Tom Hopkins May belle Sessions John H. Anderson Albert J. Ferencz Walter S. Hoffman Arnold Simmons Tom Hopkins-Algebra I, Algebra II Trigonometry, analysisg taught eleven yearsg sponsors Interact, B.A. in Ed., M.A. in Ed. Maybelle Sessionsw Geometry' Ag taught nineteen yearsg coesponsors Mu Alpha Theta, B.A., M.A. John H. Anderson-basic math, Algebra II Trigonometry, taught ten yearsg Frosh football and J.V. coachg B.S., M. in Ed. Albert J. Ferencz-geometry, Algebra II Trigonometry, analysisg taught twelve years, B.S., M. in Ed. Walter S. Hoffman-calculus, analysis, practical mathg Dept. Head, taught thirteen years, sponsors Mu Alpha Theta, B.S., M.S., M.A.T.Arnold Simmons-math- ematicsg taught thirteen yearsg B.S., M.S.T. MATHEMATICS - 151