Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1986, Page 61

Description:	Mr. Bill dies for physics;students witness plungeSquint hard! Junior Kevin Shipley strains to seea microscopic letter as he learns to use amicroscope during his biology class.Vnat in the world? Its complex sugarmagnified 500 times as seen by photographer ArtHansen through a microscope in biology.Oooohhh Nooooo!, said Mr. Bill ashe was flung into a pail of water by aseries of mechanical Rube Goldbergdevices at the IU physics fair.Many of Souths students were on handto witness the dunking. Students competedfor prizes by calculating or guessing howlong it would take for Mr. Bill to hit thewater. Attending the fair was an optionalactivity for South physics students, manyof whom received an IU credit for aphysics class taken at the high school.Dr. Gary Drukemiller commented onthe rationale behind the college credit program. As educators, our ultimate goal isto meet the unique educational needs ofeach student. One of our greatestchallenges in working towards this goal isto provide for the special needs of giftedand talented students. We are addressingtheir needs through innovative methodssuch as college credit for high schoolstudents. Souths science program is aclassic example. For several years Southschemistry students have had the opportunity to receive college credit for advanced level work done in the high school. Thisyear physics students were afforded thesame opportunity. This program is possible because of a spirit of cooperation between South and IU which has made thetwo schools a classic combination.The science department gained threenew teachers this year; Jodi Duncan, KimOwens, and Linda Raymond.Science 61
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