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With the rapid technological advancement that is taking place in our modern world, Wardlaw considers mathematics a vital subject.
Mrs. Gladys H. Katrausky, who heads the depart­ ment, is a rigorous follower of the recommendations set by the College Entrance E.xamination Board. Algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and pre-calculus math are completed by the time a Ward- law student finishes his junior year. The senior year is left for more advanced study and a review of previously gained knowledge.
Mrs. Katrausky is assisted by Mr. John A. Alperti, Mr. Paul D. Robillard, Mr. Robert .1. Rodgers. Jr., and Mr. Robert E. Smith. With greater depth and understanding as its aim, the Mathematics Department emphasizes structure and pattern forms at all levels.
SCIENCE
Mrs. Gladys H. Katrausky is the head of the Mathematics Department.
Science Department mentor, Mr. Robert B. Vietor, shows an interesting experiment to Alan L. Bresticker and Robert S. Geller.
With today’s strong emphasis on technology, more than ever the student needs a wide e.xposure to the sciences. To provide this background. Wardlaw offers chemistry, biology, and physics to the high school and various earth science courses to the seventh and eighth graders.
Science-oriented seniors are offered a course in "the mathematics of chemistry and physics" by Dr. Ed­ mund R. Malinowski of the Stevens Institute of Technology. This course is given in conjunction with a physics course instructed by Mr. Robert J. Rodgers, Jr. Chemistry courses are instructed by Dr. Mtilin- owski and Mr. Robert B. Vietor, department head. Advanced Biology and a regular biology course are taught by Mr. Paul E. I.iniak.
Eighth-grade science is instructed by Mr. Vietor, a course which stresses the aspects of physictil science, while the seventh grade course, taught by Mr. Ralph .1. Muoio, concerns itself more with the natural sciences.
MATHEMATICS
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