Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Professionalism and Dedication: Continuous Functions of the Math Teachers MAXWELL MONTGOMERY MARLENE ALLEN JOSEPH ANDREW Department Head JAMES SULLIVAN RONALD TIBERIO GORDON IVANOSKI

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For the first year at Wellesley High, jun¬ iors could choose from a variety of electives to fulfill their U.S. History requirement. America,” a course which granted credit for both American history and English, the tradi¬ tional survey course that covers 1492 to the present, and semester electives ranging from U.S. Foreign Policy ’ The Colonial Experi¬ ence,” to The Wild, Wild West” were offered and proved quite popular and success¬ ful. The sophomore and senior electives con¬ tinued to explore new approaches to social, economic, and political changes. Whether the course dealt with Modern European history, Asian civilization, political science, or cultural anthropology, the department sought to offer flexible, concentrated programs that present historical and current perspectives. GARDNER MARCH ANT Department Head PAMELA GEORGE CHARLES BURGESS HELEN FISCHER john McDermott 21

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RANDALL HORSEMAN DONALD LaBORNE GEORGE KERIVANSR. For many students, the periods spent in math on the second floor of the wing brought back vivid memories. Whether they listened, learned and passed, or they yawned, daydreamed, and failed, the math courses they selected prepared them well for further stud¬ ies. The majority of courses offered were col¬ lege-oriented (Geometry, Algebra II, Trigo¬ nometry, and Calculus) and a new course. Algebra 12, offered a full year of elementary algebra to provide a good, basic foundation for further preparatory study. For the second year, two intriguing elec¬ tives enhanced the curriculum. Probability and Statistics, with Matrix Algebra, allowed students to gain a greater understanding of these specific areas of mathematics. Meeting twice a week for an entire year, either course could be taken alone or concurrently with another math major. Students were shown the structure, logic, and creativity of the subject, and the math teachers aimed to point out relevance and application to other matters whenever possi¬ ble. The strength of the department was in ' ' the professionalism, dedication, and mathe¬ matical background of a staff which enhanced the program’s goals.” Only two out of fourteen of this well-qualified staff were women, one of whom, Mrs. Allen, was on a pregnancy leave during the second semester. ALICE MILOT GEHRARD WITCHURA 23