South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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7£e C t£y ?Cfiteca . . . What We Know i From what seems like sun up to what seems like sun down our lives are filled with life, liberty, and the pursuit of knowledge, and South Side gives us the op- portunity to obtain one of the finest educa- tions in Fort Wayne. Our academic pur- suits are not limited to remedial second grade basic math, or under- water basket weaving, but rather we are of- fered courses such as: Advanced Placement English, Advanced Bi- ology, Physics, and a wide variety of other classes to fill each stu- dent's own individual needs. As Archers, we are fortunate to have a group of teachers as dedicated as those that teach here at South Side. No other school has the same number of teachers that have accumulated twenty-five years of teaching in the same school. Experience is one of the main ingre- dients of our superior education, if they only knew. — Andrea Muirragui Giving the computer a little en- couragement. Senior John Key concentrates on his studies photo by Sutphin Academics Division — 29

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Senior David Chandler, puzzled by the jig saw. continues his work. photo by Sutphin ti Spewing forth his superior knowl- edge. Mr Laslie instructs his English class photo by Sutphin I J 28 — Academics Division r=

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1 Math + Science = Decisions With over 200 years of com- bined teaching experience, the Math and Science Departments at South Side were excellent at preparing the students for the complex world at large. There were programs to fit every per- son's needs, wants, and require- ments. All a person had to do was explore the possibilities. Having such a diverse popula- tion here at South Side, the stu- dents required that the curricu- lum choices be vast. Courses such as Biology, Informal Algebra, Chemistry, Geometry, Earth Sci- ence, Physics, Trigonometry, Pre- Calculus, Advanced Chemistry, and General Math made the de- cision of which to chose a hara one. With the new state gradua- tion requirements, math and sci- ence became more of a part of our necessities. Even though the choice between the many class- es in each department may have Sophomore Chris Richardson works diligently to get the answer to a difficult math problem. Thank goodness for calculatorsl phofo by Sut- phin seemed impossible, it was never- theless a decision that had to be made. South Side also boasted an ex- cellent computer program. The choice of computer math or reg- ular math made the choices even broader. Although more students seemed to choose the conventional math programs, the computer room was still a room where students and com- puters worked together to reach a common goal. In this ever changing world of modernization, a person needs the skills taught in computer class to survive. Even though some students may have thought math or sci- ence class boring , they were none the less needed to get by in the world. The Math and Science Departments filled that need more than adequately here at South Side. — David Snavely 30 — Math and Science