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Adam has
shown "extreme inter-
Achievement
Profile: est in a wide variety of
Adam Fuss social studies topics ,"
Owens said.
Adam also has
Subject: Civics Discussing the Civil
What: Consistent high grades participated in volun- War is Maureen
Konwinski's A.P.
Why: Thorough with excellent teer work, Harvard American History class.
analytical skills Model Congress and The students were
learning about the
Recognized by: Dennis Owens an athletic training different sides ·of the
college. war in small groups.
photo by Beau McBryde

World Q~+ Lessons When

Becca Lenhoff students
learned what
A changing world led to a U.S. and the World con- occured in the
changing curriculum; thus social tained lessons on problems con-
studies classes covered a wide vari- cerning the environment. "The past and what
ety of subj ects. The most obvious environment section taught me happened in
was hi story; there were also classes what things I was doing wrong and the present, it
that taught about the world around what can be done to improve it,"
us such as U.S. and the World and freshman Jamie Allen said. was easier to
Civics. Another class that special- enjoy one form
"It is good to know about ized on the events oftoday' s world of social
American history, and D.O.A. is a was Civics, where one of the les-
good class to take," sophomore sons seniors learned was how the studies or
Adam Stockdale said. Regardless government operated. "I learned another.
of whether a person liked history or how the different branches of the
not, everyone had to take D.O.A. government worked to check each
For students who did not other," senior Jill Fonda said.
like hi story, they might have en- Through these classes,
joyed a class that taught about cur- students learned what made his-
rent events such as U.S. and the tory during their own lifetime as
World or Civics. well as past events. r
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Social Studies