First Colonial High School - Heritage Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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M r s . A n t I e y rushed to grade her fifth beII's tests by way of Scan Tron. John Savage Guidance Counselor Eiizdbeth Schiey School Nurse Jackie Sessorns Spanish l,iIi, Span. Club Jane Shell Beg, Adv. Accounting FBLA Louis Spain I-iead Librarian Thomas Speelman Marketing, DECA Claudia Spencer ART i,IV Sandra Starkey Eng. tOA, iii?

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Mrs. Dunant enjoyed her C'f iD'J6 SC , 4 Lu' 'ou' C la L-JET DUNS U TQUIOUS TGS? llrpf fjfw Dfw G I1 Wai ,F , yffi , K 'K ,T , , I. 1 ,Lf Hi iff, 111 f- ! r 9 1 T I J lust Around The Corner he year is 2500. Schools are now vasT complexes of compuTer age wizardry, replacing The obselefe brick buildings of yesTeryear. Robots have replaced Teachers, and a school book is a Thing of The pasT. WaiT a mi- nuTel IT musT be a dream. iT's noT 2500. This is 1983. Well, iT's 1983, buT one sTill can caTch a glimpse of The compuTer age of Tomorrow in our school of Today. The mosT noTicable parf of This compuTer age in FirsT Colonial was The Scan Tron. The Scan Tron was a remarkable machine locaTed in The Teacher's lounge ThaT did wonders when iT came To grading TesTs. All The Teacher had To do was To program her answer grid inTo The compuTer and Then pass each TesT Through The machine. IT did all of The grading and prinTed The number correcT on The TesT. AlThough iT could noT be used in all aspecTs of schoolwork, iT was a fine supplemenT To manual grading. Many of The FC. Teaching sTaff seemed To like iT. However, There were mixed views from The sTudenT body. When asked if she liked or disliked The Scan-Tron, Sylvia Whliaker replied, l'd raTher have regu- lar TesTs because filling in blocks makes me feel like l'm in elemenTary school. On The oTher hand, Debbie Wilson answered, 'TI like iT because mulTiple choice TesTs are The easiesT Tesfs To Take. ln The eyes of a Teacher, Mr. Swann summed iT all up. The Scan- Tron does away wiTh The Tediousness of correcTing papers. IT allows for more Teaching Time. BuT more significanTly, iT is evidence ThaT The eIecTronic age has reached Teaching, Firsf Colonial was also blessed wiTh oTher compuTers. These were locaTed in Mrs. DurranT's room. They were older Than The Scan-Tron and didn'T perform The same jobs buT were sTill proof of The compuTer age of Tomorrow. These com- puTers were used by The maTh deparT- menf To average grades, yeT They didn'T grade Tesfs like The Scan-Tron did. When asked whaT she ThoughT abouT The com- puTer, Mrs. Durrant replied exciTedly, ul love iTl ll makes grading Time much easier! Alfhough signs of The compuTer age of The fufure are apparenT Today, ThaT evidence is very small compared To whaT iT will probably be in seven To eighT more years. One will never know in The sociefy in which we live Today. ThaT nexT Teacher mighl jusT be a roboT! - T.W. Vi

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The Art of Commuhica- tioh was alive at FC. poems a' I C .-.ere offe'ea o ae .o'e'. of electhe classes ae- sgcea to lrrtroauce the s'uaehfs to 3 carlo, a' 'lea cf sic, Che ofthe C'lr-'S6'S c.cllacle': spaects at C C was Duct c Soeor rg c 3 ass which aiaea spaeffs if comms' cotlrrg more effec- ' re, Lccgafg 'Q Mrs. Curtis, Puollc pceof ' Q 'eo:'e' We soeha all of our 'me ymmurrrcatihg aha little of our e 'rig aribaut how it Could De ai'e more effectlyely Regaraless of e :a'eer you choose, you will heea to ce cole to exoress yourself ooehly aha 3 ea'lv fhose skills, though usually he- glec'ea, are TUG ohes that create success lr Duolic Soeakihg, stuaehts leamea rot ohly how to improve their speech, ou' they also leamea how to oe aware of ooay lahguage' aha facial express- lor Droects such as mock aayertisihg, sileht story tellihg, aha ooetry reaaihg alclea ih this leamihgt Ahother asoect of the art of com- muhicatioh at First Colohial was the mime trouoe The mime trouoe aealt with relafihg a story or iaea through si- leht octiohs aha facial exoressioh. Tom Lamb feflectea, UBQIUQ oart of the mime trouoe has really heloea me to oe more aware of oeoples reactiohs, yer- cally as well as hohfyeroallyf' 'hfough classes such as Puolic Zoeolfirlg, stuaehts leamea skills of ex- oressioh that woula ala them ih thihgs from college lhterylews to greater ca- reer success Mrs. Curtis agreea, saying, The stuaehts of theater aha commuhicatioh art will be the succese ses of tomorrow l' CJ. Jr l.l Jr' fr, I J 'll :MI ',,'. - A