My junior year in HS...1 out of 77, from 6 schools, bussed to a central lab. I prolly would have been better oo taking the regular physics plus Algebra 2, then Trig as a senior, but it is what it was.
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Lenkurt Lab At Sequoia Wins Praise
REDWOOD CITY--An enthusiastic, 45-mmute report on the Lep- rart electronics lab of Sequoia Union High school district was presented to the board of trustees lere last night by lab director ^es Hermann. Hermann, who teaches the elec- ronics courses at the lab, was outspoken in his praise for the equipment furnished by the Len- rurt company and the enthusiasm of his students for the program. He said that "This is the finest thing to ever happen to any high school and the only place I know of where money has gone into a high school program." Lenkurt donated $75,000 worth of electron- cs equipment to the district with the understanding that the district would furnish a building for the classes about a year ago. Hermann explained that contrasted with most shop courses, the electronics courses in the Len- lege are much better prepared than the average student. Hermann said that classes this year were hamstrung to a certain extent because they had to build all the lab's testing apparatus be- fore they could start their program of study. He added that the students graph their projects, work out the mathematics involved with a slide rule, and are given oral quizzes at completion to ascertain their understanding of the electronics theory involved. At the end of the course, students submit their ideas to Hermann on things they mink could be done to improve the cours«, he said. Hermann said that counselors' studies would -determine t h e course's benefit to the students at a future data. kurt lab ". .».are not hobby courses." He said that the students learn by doing in a scientific method, graphical approach to the course that teaches the basic fundamentals of electronics. Students also get the feel of materials, Hermann said, by working and making their equipment themselves. Much of the student's work in the course deals with the study of different electronics circuits, which the students learn by 'hooking up" different resistors, transformers, speakers, and other items of apparatus to circuit boards. The students build the chassis for the equipment as part of their training. Hermann said. Hermann currently has 77 boys taking the two-hour sessions in Open DaUy 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Except Monday 12:30 to 9 P.M. Thursday and Friday 9:30 A.M. to 9 P:M.
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