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The second majoroject pr was the
construction of proper facilities to accommodate the
science subjects – an acknowledgement of the central
place that the sciences have in a modern curriculum.
5
Classes in these subjects had until now no proper
facilities; some (chemistry in particular?) had been
conducted, on a temporary basis, in the prefabs left
after the Prep School moved back into St Joseph’s
House. Now Physics, Chemistry and Biology would
have appropriately up-to-date facilities, each in a
separate laboratory.
The new building, described as the Science
and Specialist Block, also included a Geography
room, Computer room and Audio-Visual room, and
two additional classrooms for the Sixth Year classes.
The Science and Specialist block, completed in 1982.
5 The story of Gonzaga’s slowness to fully embrace the science
subjects is well known, as is Fr Lee’s own enthusiastic teaching of
Physics. Less well known, perhaps, is the fact that he was
president of the national Science Teachers’ Association in the
ˋsixties and in that position delivered a lecture on the centrality of
the sciences in a modern curriculum.
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construction of proper facilities to accommodate the
science subjects – an acknowledgement of the central
place that the sciences have in a modern curriculum.
5
Classes in these subjects had until now no proper
facilities; some (chemistry in particular?) had been
conducted, on a temporary basis, in the prefabs left
after the Prep School moved back into St Joseph’s
House. Now Physics, Chemistry and Biology would
have appropriately up-to-date facilities, each in a
separate laboratory.
The new building, described as the Science
and Specialist Block, also included a Geography
room, Computer room and Audio-Visual room, and
two additional classrooms for the Sixth Year classes.
The Science and Specialist block, completed in 1982.
5 The story of Gonzaga’s slowness to fully embrace the science
subjects is well known, as is Fr Lee’s own enthusiastic teaching of
Physics. Less well known, perhaps, is the fact that he was
president of the national Science Teachers’ Association in the
ˋsixties and in that position delivered a lecture on the centrality of
the sciences in a modern curriculum.
14
