Scotch Plains Fanwood High School - Culmen Yearbook (Scotch Plains, NJ)

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GLORIA PORTNOFF BENTON PLUMB Michele Chrone achieves nirvana of the slinky. EDWARD STOLT BONNIE THOMPSON ROBERT TILLEY DONALD WILLIAMS NEIL WINTERINGHAM , X J

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Let's play math. ALAN YURKSHAT L, i LEONARD ZANOWICZ Yfv - I -51 f:,f :,, Xl:-9, L? as innagodcla? Geoff Ramsden. CHARLES X 1' FRANK VOLPE JOHN WALL NANCY WINTERBAUER glad -L-is we 716V 1 + 1 : More Than Meets the Eye The 1970-1971 Math Department, headed by Miss Linda Alvord, illustrated the idea that mathematics added up to more than 1 -l- 1. Although basic principles were taught, the main goal of the department was to help students think creatively and logically. This goal was fulfilled through entertaining, yet educational projects, hard work from involved students and faculty, and a genuine concern of Math teachers to aid the students. Because the members of the Math Department felt there was always room for improvement, many changes were initiated this year. Math was presented at a recreational levelp an Independent Study area was provided with math puzzles and games, where interested students could test their powers of logic and accuracy. A change was also made in the academic curriculum. In lieu of Algebra II or Ge- ometry, all sophomores were assigned Math I to provide them with the fundamentals of Math. Pro-iects were designed for modern math students as the department planned to utilize a computer which authorized persons could operate. Use of this computer to calculate answers and prove theorems would ultimately give the student a better under- standing of Math. Through the curriculum and its related activities, students realized the subiect dealt not only with abstrdcts, but also with the practical aspects of math in life. 29