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Juni or Jodi Arvin takes inten se notes in her Psyc hology class. Interested Students Increase 1,.,-
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Availability of More Classes
pshychosexual disorders, and anxiety problems. (5. A/ulwnis)

High Teacher /Student Ratio Expan ds Department

-Valerie Arms-

For the Social Studies department, growth classes brought benefits to students.
in faculty did not change dramatically in the last Classes offered included those that dealt
ten years. However, the growth of the classes it of- with history, religion, world events, and society.
fered did increase tremendously. Senior Wendi Hamen said, "I loved Psychology .
The department has offered Advanced It was great to learn something different, and eve-
Placement classes over the last five years. AP Psy- rything was so exciting that I never got bored. We
chology will be a hopeful addition in the next two learned a lot about each other and ourselves."
years according to Junior Traci Gleason who said, Required classes for students were U.S
"I think it would be great to have it available and the World, Development of America, and
because it offers a more in depth study and fun ."lbn Civics. Senior Michael Timm said, "I enjoyed
Pearson, a junior, was enrolled in AP American Civics with Mr. Fidler because besides leammg a
History. Pearson said, "It was tough, but I know it lot of book material, I learned a lot about life."
will pay off in college." Enrolled in the same class According to department head Steve
wasJunior Noel Anderson who said, "AP Ameri- Dvorak, the social studies department has had the
can History was more in depth for those interested highest teacher/student ratio thi s past year. In the
in history and you got the benefit of having your future there will be a possibility of additional
grade weighted." The value of these advanced teachers to meet the needs of the students.

To introduce the independence unit in U.S. and the World,
t eacher Bev Johnson's students contacted local businesses to
find out how much of their products are exported .The results
of their proj ects are displayed here. (H. Thomns)

lr. Eicher's AP American History class listens intently to hi s
~planation of what the class requirements are. (H. Thomns)