Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Music, properly taught and placed in true prospective in the whole program of education, plays a major role in building morale and developing desirable attitudes in the school. Music provides a setting in which every child can come into closer relationships with his fellows; it brings to children another and often essential path through which many people find ways of release and self-expression; it is a field for the discovery and development of outstanding individual talent; and, lastly, it brings to each child a means of present and lasting enrichment which will be a joy throughout life. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial arts is the part of our education closest associated with our great industrial development of today. Although it is industrial in nature, it is still part of our general education program. We teach the student the arts of: woodworking, modern finishes, principals of electricity, ceramics, plastics, and photography. We use the same personnel system as industry,therefore teaching the students to work together as a team and better fit them for the ‘‘Wide Blue Yonder”’ of to- morrow.

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HOME ECONOMICS The home is the most important unit of our social life, therefore homemaking is essential in helping young girls to be the kind of mother and homemaker impera- tive to American life. It includes the selection and use of materials, the training and care of children,household management, recreational plans, religious worship, beautification of oneself and the home and the desire to be better trained to meet the many problems of the home. See, home economics is not just cooking and sew- ing! HEALTH ‘Its so nice to have a man around the house.’’ The boys exploratory course, if properly conducted, can help to mold a boy’s character into that of a man... one who will readily accept home responsibilities. This course primarily deals with social etiquette and helping the boys to adapt to a changing world. COMMERCIAL EDUCATION The aims and purposes of the commercial department are varied. To produce efficient and welltrained office workers is the primary goal toward which we work. An elementary course in general business is offered to help students decide which classes they will be interested in. In their last two years, pupils may take two years of typing, two of shorthand, and a one-year course in bookkeeping. A combination of these courses will enable the business student to obtain a good job with a future and will help the student to learn skills which will prove invaluable in any career they may choose.

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HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Health and Physical Education is more than a course, It is a way of life--- taught, not only by instructors, but also by each individual student as he comes into contact with others in work and play. As this way of life is taught, so it is: learned by each individual student, and limited only as each student limits himself. Through Health and Physical Education the student learns to respect himself and to respect the rights of others. He learns to make personal sacrifices for the good of the group,to make quick decisions as the situations demand them, to accept his limitations in a given activity andto substitute other forms of activity which will afford him a challenge and pleasure. He also learns to establish sound mental atti- tudes, to develop self-control, to develop a sense of fair play, and above all else- how to win graciously and to accept defeat without bitterness. The student who learns his lesson well is developing a lasting sense of values that will assure him of his right full place in adult society. The primary aim in the study o- Latin, as in other languages, is to learn to read with understanding. Vocabulary and grammar are considered as aids to read- ing rathat than as an end in themselves. Interesting connected reading selections provide information about Roman civilization and its influence upon our life today. The pupils’ attention is constantly directed toward enlarging his English vocabulary by recognizing the close connection between English and Latin words.