Walter Johnson High School - Windup Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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If L , 1 Al.. FQ: .F S 1 '. m. L W :S .M . Q 3 , l Q 1 Glenda Goldman. Below: Linda Wayne Buxard Below: George Kim and Michael Habinovitz in the Math xv 1

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1 I i 5- g Lee Summerville. Below: Jerry Kline Y 't -ggi., SQQ K Students in Chemistry class A bashful gerbil avoids having picture taken. cm' W , Science: lt's a blast Below: VWlliam Franz ' L- Biology students in lab. Above right: Alfredo Mendoza carefully weighs chemicals Learning is the most important ele- ment in science, like all subjects. But for some of us, science is more ex- citing, mysterious, and challenging than the others. Looking through a microscope we discover the fasci- nating and bizzare patterns formed by cells, while even the most vivid imagi- nation must strain to picture the atom, which makes up all material things on our earth. lVlr. James Braw- ley, asked what it is he enjoys most about teaching Chemistry, replied, The enthusiasm of the students themselves. There is a wide range of sciences offered here including Physics, Biology, Earth Science, and Chemistry. Although only two credits are needed to graduate, many students go on to take Ka science course each year, since many students feel, as lVlr. Brawley, lt is a subject l've never gotten bored with. 83 Bill VWlliamS

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If 1 I1 -rn ,ffx James Kaffenberger works out his 'brablemf' Kanagy, Chairman of the Math Department nt on the math teachers Mildred Wray I I 85 Believe it or not, many students actually like math. They describe it as being intriguing and mystifying. And what isn't there to like about it? The lVlath Department, headed by Nlr. Mike Kanagy, offers a wide range of courses varying from Applications in lVlath to Computer Programming to meet the students' wants and needs. Because several teachers did not re- turn this year, lVlrs. Ann Collier taught full-time instead of half-day and lVlr. Kanagy became the new A.P. Calculus teacher and head of the lVlath Depart- ment. Having previously taught at Northwood and Churchill, he feels that the atmosphere here is more open and casual. Especially impressive to him is what he terms as a unique catch-up program in which a capable student who took Geometry in tenth grade still has an opportunity to ad- vance to Calculus by the twelfth. Students scored a median of 78 out of a possible 100 on 11th grade stan- darized testing which was four points higher than comparable schools. These students had an appealing and chal- lenging math program as a result of these various courses.