Western High School - Epitaph Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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The lVlaTh DeparTmenT's AddiTions To The FuTure The maTh deparTmenT is one area of educa- Tion where improvemenT is always Taking place. Mrs. Carley was The direcior of The deparTmenT and curraTor of iTs changes, The compuTer classes received The mosT mod- ernizaTion wiTh The addiTion of an Apple compuTer sysTem along wiTh many oTher neccessary iTems. ImprovemenT in Teaching also had prioriiy This year as WesTem ranked consisTanTly aT The Top of The sTaTe for TesTs. The conTinuing Trend of qualiiy has high- Tened The degree of maThemaTics edu- cation aT WesTem. WesTern received 3 new maTh Teachers, Charles STeTTs, Kim MacDonald and Carol Menninger, while we IosT Mr. Sawin. IT wasn'T long before These exceilenT Teachers pe- came a pari of WE . 1 2 i,, 40571, O 5 28 lVlaThemaTics HberTM-Hawk' Pahlk den Robenii I son Socl ISMGI ,T lsfgxysebali ssf., soon leSrTudIg MC,,h,Foo,'l'lGiflHSQ1,3,w 11 g STudenTC II rheqdg

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The Pros at Prose ll US!! xxx... SX I i From Antigone to adjectives, the En- glish Deparlment has had a wide variety of courses available to stu- dents here at Western. While seniors prepared for college by taking Senior Composition, juniors in Amer- icon Literature read some of Edgar Allen Poe's tales of suspense. As al- ways, the regular English classes that taught students about com- mas, participles, and gerunds were available. Teaching sophomore En- glish, lvlrs. Chlodini was added to the conglomerate of English teachers this year. Mrs. Burrough, an English teacher, stated that her goal was to help students leam to express themselves. 1. 5 1--.1 . .ylvW X.. If I '. 12 - - lil. James Garoufes Pamela Gay Sunnle Grlgsby Social Studies, Vocal Music E gllsh, Yearbook HOFTTS EO0D0mlCS ' T. ' r .i msigr -. . - r .Qu- an--E ,lll r

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we-X,,,,i .1 +.. 7' - M its 8 Iwi Q . x N . '55, ., S p- n gbx O Q . 4, A .g.,,,,,Q., u - .. K A . b, g ' ' fs vwwwmmm aiiibg. 1 Q x ' 1 1' it Q l ' it Pamela Hicks James W Holliaag Sue E. Hughes Walter E. Jacobson English Social Studies, Athletic irector Foreign Language, Joumaiism Art. Dept. Coordinator 1. Angelia Carter concentrates on completing her homewoik. 2. lt seems Mr. Heter is upset about something that has happened. 3. The computer tenninals are always in use and Hal Iverson uses his time productively. 4. There is always something to laugh about in Mr. Knauss' Analysis class. 5. Get- ting her picture taken has distracted Georgia Pris' cee from taking her test. 6. Mrs. Menninger goes over an assignment with Kelly Richardson as she does with many of her students. 7. lt is doubtful that Rob Sandburg and Walter Wagner are discusing their work with their classmates. 8. The welfare of the computers is always first in Mr. Perri's mind. 9. A quick glimpse at the camera amuses Yolanda Millander while she finishes her geometry. 10. The camera is getting more attention from Paulette Rodriguez than her geometry book is. 11. Being interrupted from her work is something Kay Powell does not take lightly. lPhotos by J. Story: portraits by Albert 81 Jamesl Mathematics 29 f-S224 -5. J-' 9 X M- vt