South Adams High School - Reflection Yearbook (Berne, IN)

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HOLDING a class discussion, Mr. Leistner shows an interesting article to the stu- dents. DEMONSTRATING his skill on the com- puter, Mr. Leistner punches in some in- formation. JUDD Johnson scans his paper before handing it in to be graded. POINTING out an article pertaining to computers, Mr. Leistner reads a section to the class. Computer programming 29

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CONTRIBUTING to class discussion, Phil Lehman adds his comments. RUNNING a program into the computer, Tim Neuenschwander works in the sec- ond year computer class. WORKING feverishly, Ron Dull enters data into the computer. A running program A one-semester course of- fered to juniors and seniors was computer programming. Students in the first year class were taught what a computer is and the different types that exist. Students wrote programs and ran them through the computer. The prerequisite for this class was Algebra I, and the students held discus- sions, heard lectures, and were tested frequently. The second year class in computer programming was also offered. It was recom- mended that students had tak- en Geometry. In this class, the students expanded their knowledge with more effi- cient ways of programming.

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LOOKING at his disected frog, Phil Sprunger peeks through his microscope. EXPERIMENTING with his science fair project, Ron Dull attempts to convert corn into alcohol. It all adds up There were various science courses offered during school. These courses were freshman science, biology, and chemis- try. Another science class, physics, was only for seniors. This was the study of matter and energy and their transfor- mations. There were also many math courses offered to students. Eighth grade general math was an introduction to math- ematics. Once students strug- gled through the general ideas, they moved to fresh- man math, or Algebra I (find- ing values for x and y). Next came geometry for the sopho- mores where they proved If the exterior sides of two adja- cent acute angles lie in per- pendicular lines, the angles are complimentary. As juniors, students en- rolled in Algebra II (graphing, circles, parabolas, etc.). The final step, however, was advanced math and calcu- lus. In these two classes, the seniors were often heard say- ing, I ' m in space. PAYING close attention to Mr. Hoopingarner, Keith Bowman listens to a lec- ture in science class.