Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Mr. Taylor, Department Chairman Coming from Roosevelt, Mr. Lewis quickly became a part of the Mr. Lawrence Y.H.S. faculty. Students often have trouble with math problems Below, Mr. Lewis is helping Terry Frye and Larry Walls with a tough problem — i

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Mrs. Frye Math Department Plans to Expand Curriculum The math department, under the direc- tion of Mr. Taylor, has made changes this year and is planning to add more to the cur- riculum in succeding years. A new course, Functional Mathmatics, is being taught by Mr. Lewis, who taught math at Roosevelt last year. Regular classes of algebra, advanced algebra, geometry, Mathmatical Analysis and pre calculus are being taught by Mrs. Frye and Mr. Taylor, with the help of students from EMU and U. of M. Possi- bilities for the future are a course in com- puter mathmatics and a calculus course. Mrs. Belskus

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Mr. Burke Mr. Dusbiber Mr. Porter Mrs. Zahn New Courses Update Social Studies Department In an effort to interest more students in the social studies de- partment, several new courses were instituted. Asian studies, aimed at tenth grade general students, dealt with the peoples of India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia. Emphasis was placed on understanding the people's problems and what is being done to solve them. European-African studies was also designed for the tenth grade student while American studies was designed for any stu- dent who hadn't completed a year of American history. . = Mr. Martelle