Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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LEFT: Mr. Prathcr is trying to instill Algebraic figures into the minds of these students. MIDDLE LEFT: Mr. Prathcr begins to wonder if frcshmen Will ever under- stand. BELOW LEFT: Frosh Donna Stone begins to wonder if Algebra is really possible to learn. BELOW RIGHT: Mr. Shaw, Geometry teacher, is caught in action, teaching. WWMWWWWWMwmwm, ; Ma'rh direc+or +ells L siudenis abou'r +he move +0 METRICQ wymmmmmmyW c WM zwam m wm

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RIGHT: Senior Carol Cleveland, wearing her chemistry apron, reads intently as Sally Kuhlen- schmidt, in a weird disguise, attempts to sabatoge the L bunsen burner. BELOW: Enioying themselves at the annual Science Banquet are: Robin Rorapaugh, Carol Cleveland, Barb Richmond, and Stephanie Graham. Science: Examine +he facis. draw conclusions e +he scieniific wag Biology was taught by Mr. Moselyl andtMr. Love. They both tried to develop the students scientifically and personality-Wise. The teach- ers exposed all points of View besides prepar- ing them for advanced training. To point out to the students that the scientific approach is to examine all facts and draw their own con- clusions is their main goal. They strive to make students aware and respect all living things. All classes dissected specimens in order to learn the systems and the anatomy of other animals. They also took science-based field trlpS. ABOVE: Laura McClannahan and Brenda Lynch observe some microorganisms. LEFT: RCon- eoctingll some witehls brew are: Suzi Adams, Beth Marsh, Sharon Wildman, and Robin Rota- paugh.

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2mm- 942M RIGHT: Mr. Tom Pagan, Metrics Institute Director, dis- cussed the move to the metric system with Mr. Shawls math students. GENERAL MATH Mr. Shaweis General Math Classes learned many things this year including how to do income taxes. They also learned how to han- dlc money, probability, fractions and deci- mals, and how to compute interest on loans. Speaking of the class Mr. Shawe stated, There was a Wide range of ability in the stu- dents. Next year we hope to make the course more individualized.,, BUSINESS MATH Special Buying Problems, Transportation, Taxes, Small Businesses, Metric and United States measurements . These are just a few of the many varied topics the business math class learned about. They also studied Personal Money Records, Buying Problems, Wages, Commis- sion, Borrowing Money, Saving and Invest- ing, and more. As you can see this is a class you can put to use. Mrs. Mosely, instructor, thinks so too, uI really liked teaching the class. The students really worked hardl think that what they learned would apply to everyday life no matter What field they go into. I tried to emphasize business from the business-marfs point of view and from the consumers point of view? Senior Sally Kuhlenschmidt uses her calculator in Senior Math Class. Senior Mark Belles thinks hard as he works on his Senior Math problems.