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

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'2-C-1'-di X 'FQ 1 Gi 55 3 ...ist-Q Epilogue to our past, prologue to our future Below: James Walsh Below: Robert Hood 'V 7 J

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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.

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Collins. Below: Robert Lawrenz. Nancy McCullough, Michael Charron. Vlilliam Schroeder Five years ago when students took social studies, it meant memorizing the capitals of every state and their products. But now it can mean any- thing from a study of Europe to Psychology. New courses, including studies of Latin America, Current Af- fairs, and the Far East, enable us to take an in-depth look at different places, people, and cultures. As with all past generations, ours has its own propensity toward certain types of courses. A movement toward Psychology and Sociology, and away from the more conventional history courses such as European History and Ancient History is apparent today. Several teachers feel that this is be- cause we are rejecting the movements and unrest of the impersonal past and are turning more towards ourselves and our closer environment. The re- volting spirit has been tempered commented lVlr. Robert Lawrenz about this change.