St Marys High School - Sceptre Yearbook (South Amboy, NJ)

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David St. Amour. Brian Flannery, Susan Birmingham, and John Alvarado demonstrate self-reliance in an Independent Analysis class. Sister Rose proves to a sophomore the truth of the theorem angle A equals angle B Patricia Farrell uses her knowledge of Mathematics to count the pages left in the chapter. 25

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The study of numbers, space and measurements The Mathematics Department: Miss Susan Pribish. Sister Teresa McNicholas. Mrs. Hulda Potthoff. Sister Rose Burphardt. and Mrs. Dorothy Holliday. MATHEMATICS Mathematics is . .. declaring a trinomial absolutely not factorable until the teacher goes to the board; wondering whether to prove congruency by SAS, ASA, SAA; graphing a parabola with only two points; informing a teacher that his answer book must be wrong; or looking up the sine of 45° in the log table? The first encounter that SMH’ers have with Math comes in the form of Algebra I, with Frosh figuring the function- ing of functions. With Sophomore year comes Geometry, the study of shapes and sizes. Juniors move on to further study in Algebra II, while seniors choose between Intro- ductory Analysis and Calculus. In addition Mechanical Drawing is offered at the upper three levels. A major break- through came this year with the initiation of an I ndependent Study Program in Analysis, successfully involving 21 se- niors who study and periodically test themselves. Also started this year were Introductory Algebra and Honors Algebra, an accelerated course involving 25 Freshmen. Mrs. Potthoff makes a point in the plane of Calculus to David Wisniewski. 24

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Science in full swing at St. Mary's Mr. Sanecki emphasizes his lesson with sketches of pertinent information. SCIENCE Science is the mechanism by which utopia will be manufactured. It will colonize space, create life, and abolish disease. It is the “numero uno driving force behind the four day work week and the retiring at forty dream. Phenomenon of the past and maker of the pre- sent, it is the key unlocking our future. It's called all this and more, and there's a little bit of it right here at St. Mary's. The curricula here is innovative and varied. It begins with Earth Science, and elementary mixture of Chemis- try and Physics. Sophomores study the science of life, and the art of dissecting frogs, fish, clams, and fetal pigs. Chemistry introduces the Juniors to the realm of acids and alkalis. Lastly, the Seniors get a choice of Physics or Advanced Biology. All the sciences make use of three well-equipped prep rooms and labs. 26 The Science Department: Mr Michael Fabiszewski. Sister Mary Dominic. Sister Mary Celeste. Mr. Burton Robbins, and Mr. Raymond Sanccki.