West Leyden High School - Shield Yearbook (Northlake, IL)

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Paying close attention to what he is being shown by Science teacher Mr. Roger Roeing, sophomore Joe Ropinski learns the anatomy of the typical earthworm in his Biology class. k Teaching Cina Stramaglia the intricate breathing system in the human body is one of the tasks undertaken by Mrs. Osborn, one of the several new teachers in the Science Department. Testing the Theory of Gravity with the pendullum balls during a Physics experiment, Bob Porento proves to himself that the age old theory is definitely correct. 89

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Microscopes Molecules Microscopes, molecules and momentum are all familiar phrases that have been heard in the Science Department for as long as anyone can remember, but the Science Depart- ment is not the same this year. New equipment, classes and teachers have brought about many improvements. The main goal of the department this year was to increase the depart- ment ' s enrollment to that of sur- rounding schools. To reach this goal, new programs were instituted and several new teachers hired. An Hon- or ' s program was initiated to allow selected students to take more ad- vanced science classes. This turned out to be quite a challenge for those students in Mr. Koval ' s Honor ' s Physics class. Improvements of the facilities was another major goal. An effort to restore the greenhouse was begun by biology teacher, Mr. Bruce Palmer, The refinishing of the chemistry lab was quite a project for new teacher Ms. Dalia Zygas. Three out of the five teachers in the Science Department were new this year, Ms. Dalia Zygas, Mrs. Marie Osborn and Mr. Roger Roeing. Mr. Roeing, who is also Student Council advisor, came to us from East Leyden to replace Mr. Stephen Kyrias who retired. Senior Donna Walters also added her talents to the department, work- ing as an aid to Department Chair- man, Mr. David Koval. In addition to increasing enroll- ment, the object of the new and old teachers was to help students pursue their scientific interests. Keeping a steady hand while carefully disecting a worm in Biology class is easy for sophomore Robert Ress, just as long as he has a sharp scaple to work with. Displaying a carefully assembled butterfly collec- tion is yet another tedious studied in an everyday Physics class, as Steve Havlick found out this semester.

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Numbers to Computers Math is dull. If these are your exact sentiments, then you probably haven ' t had much experience with the West Leyden Math Department. With offerings from basic math to pre-Calculus, the department at- tempts to accomodate all levels of academic achievement. Freshmen mathematics provides the fundamentals from which students can explore particular fields that interest them. One of the more popular classes. Computer Program- ming, brings together the business and math fields in a two course sequence. In this class, students gain first hand experience on the Wang Calculator and computer and learn the FORTRAN language, as well as, process and write programs for an IBM computer. Also relatively new are the Honors Geometry and Algebra II classes, designed to help students reach their maximum potentials in math. For those people who think math isn ' t necessary, think again. The fact is that nearly every college requires at least one year of mathematics for everyone, except for a few career fields. To even be considered for acceptance into a college, you need from two to four years of high school math. So, the next time someone tells you that math is dull, you ' ll know better. Looking into her bool for the answer to the problem, sophomore Wendy Toyser concen- trates to achieve full understanding of one of the many steps in the Geometry proofs. Concentration, hard work, study and homework are all a part of Algebra I if you want to achieve excellence in the class, as Greg Warnecke shows his persistance in studying. 90