Saint Pius X High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Piscataway, NJ)

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The Science deparTmenT has been acTive wiThin The school communiTy in keeping inTeresTed sTudenTs inTormed abouT The world oT soluTions, chemi- cals, and all Torms oT liTe. Courses oTTered wiThin The deparTmenT include lnTroducTory Physical Sci- ence, Biology, ChemisTry, and Phys- ics. lvlore specialized oTTerings include Advanced PlacemenT Chem- isTry, ChemisTry STudy, Advanced Biology, and ChemisTry Lab AssisT- anTs, where sTudenTs learn The basics oT The ChemisTry Lab, such as clean- ing The lab and seTTing up experi- menTs. The only new course oTTering has been lnTroducTory Physical Sci- ence ll, where sTudenTs are able To dig even TurTher inTo basic scienTiTic meThods and procedures. All lab rooms have been seT up as resource cenTers, where sTudenTs have pursued Their scienTiTic sTudies even TurTher on unsTrucTured Time. A Teacher or supervisor has been avail- able during These Times To oTTer addi- Tional help. The deparTmenT has succeeded in making science an inTeresTing and innovaTive subiecT, and The enTire school has appreciaTed The job ThaT everyone involved wiTh science has done.

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ll Mrs. Elaine Pahler is demonsfraling a new l.P.S. lab lechnique KTOPJ. Even Paslor Roberls doesn'T know fhe answer fo 'rhaf one lMIDDLEl, Miss Joan Geigel is lhe only person who seems io find Chemisfry amusing lABOVEl. Jeanine Modola examines plani- cells under a microscope lTOP, RIGHTL Chemis+ry sludenls will gel by wi+h a li'r+le help from Paslor Rober1'slRlGHTl, Mrs. Barbara Albanir pauses while sfudenls read Their Biology assignmenfs lOP. PAGE, TOP LEFTJ. Mr. Juanilo Rabo smiles af fhe Thoughl of giving his nexf Physics iesl IOP. PAGE, MIDDLE LEFTI. Mr. Paul Smikovecus lecfures lo his Biology large group IOP. PAGE, TOP RIG-HTJ. Kafhy Pascoe and Michelle LeGoFF seem To ques- lion fhe procedure of fhe Biology Lab IOP. PAGE, MIDDLE RlGl'lTl. Alrigh1',where did Thai' amoeba go? ques+ions Joe Messina lOP. PAGE, RIGHTL lnnoyalion lnyiles Learning .. li

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The Business deparfmenf has played an imporfanf role in helping fhe sfudenfs prepare for college or fhe iob markef for fhose nof enfering college. The curriculum wifhin fhe deparfmenf has been divided info four general groupings: fyping, basic business, secrefarial, and disfribufive educafion. Typing courses offered include Personal Typing, which is open fo all inferesfed sfudenfs, and Business Typing, which consisfs mosfly of sec- refarial sfudenfs. Basic business offer- ings include General Business, Busi- ness Law, Business lvlafh, Bookkeep- ing and Business Crganizafion and lvlanagemenf. Secrefarial offerings range from Sfeno, Transcripfion, and Nofehand fo Business English and Secrefarial Office Pracfice. Disfrib- ufive Educafion sfudenfs musf have Disfribufive Educafion in fheir iuhior year, and have fo have faken Psychol- ogy and Human Relafions in Refail- ing, Consumer Economic Salesman- ship and Adverfising, and Adverfis- ing Pracfices and Procedures in fheir iunior and senior years. Seniors who have faken Disfribufive Educafion l have been eligible for Disfribufive Educafion Work Experience, where fhe senior sfudenf has fhe opporfu- nify fo leave school for a iob. ln fhis course, sfudenfs receive credifs as well as being paid for fheir work. The business deparfmenf has always been an aid fo help sfudenfs' fufures in fhe pasf and has confinued fo help insure fhaf sfudenfs will suc- ceed in fhe workaday world.