Woodward Academy - Phoenix Yearbook (College Park, GA)

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CIENCE ' Teaching science, and more importantly, learning science, requires of teachers and students that application of mind that P.W. Bridgman described as ' ' using one ' s mind, no holds barred. ' From the laboratory to the library, through classroom discussion, to work at home, success at science requires the best of one ' s thought. The advances of science and scientific research have afforded the student the opportunity to tru- ly study the world around him. The Woodward Academy Science Department, directed by Mr. Gus Dearolph, gives students an opportunity to develop their investigative skills and think ratio- nally through the use of experimentation. Begin- ning in Kindergarten, simple science skills are in- troduced and enhanced as the student progresses through each grade level. The core curriculum of the Upper School requires students to take a year of biology and a year of chemistry in addition to one year of either physics, anatomy and physiol- ogy, earth and space science or oceanography. By providing students with such a wide range of con- cepts to consider, the department enables stu- dents to form strong scientific awareness of them- selves and their environment. 1. Science is the study of all the experiences of the world. 2. To successfully understand the complexities of physics, Adam Gibson must take extensive notes. 3. Oceanography requires that students be proficient in correctly reading navigation charts and maps. 4. Miss Laura Babcock explains a complicated Physics question. 5. In order to comprehend a pre-chemistry concept, Tonya Williams asks Mrs. Gibson to clarify a point. 6. One of the South ' s foremost physicists, department chairman Gus Dearolph ponders the question of Chris Smith, David Malizia and Jeff Linch. 7. Walter Ernest concentrates on a difficult test question. iisics .

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OCIAL STUDIES ' History is a glimpse of times and ages gone by, providing information so that the generations of the future may learn from the events of the past. ' Everything that happens becomes history and is relevant to the understanding of society. The Woodward Academy Social Studies Department, headed by Mr. Bill Lineberry, provides students w ith the opportunity to study past events and to discuss history as it is presently being made. In the Low er and Middle Schools, students are given a basic understanding of peoples and their soci- eties. The Upper School provides students with an in-depth study of political and social history in the core curriculum courses of Modern European and American History. Social Studies electives in- clude Business Law, Economics, Psychology, and Accounting. The Social Studies Department strives to provide the student with a background with which to understand the forces which mold the modern world. T. One of the most exciting classes at Woodward is Mr. Walter Monti ' s Law course. 2. Fran Tyler, Richie Tyler, and Mike Mason watch as students prepare to try a case in Mr. Monti ' s Law class. 3. Stephanie Lea, Kari Arnson, Erin Brody, and Courtland Atkins study American government in the Lower School. 4. In Mr. Bill Lineberry ' s class, students learn the impact of political movements on American history. 5. Jeff O ' Hara uses a map as resource material as he writes a theme on American westward expansion. 6. In European History, Stacey Ficzko studies the dawn of the history of man. 7. Mr. Doug Fleming and Keith Cilstrap work together answering ques- tions concening the Embargo Act. 72 SOCIAL STUDIES