Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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One way the Altavista Home Economics department keeps pace with the rapidly developing program is by trying new ma- terials. These drapes were made by the Home Economics Classes, and here are being hung by Mrs. Cocke and Mrs. Stott. Home Economics Dept. Home Economics is said to be the most rapidly expanding vocation in our changing times. At every turn a new horizon for job opportunities emerges and another type of learning must be added to the already full Home Economics course. Still of prime importance, however, is the time honored art of cookery. At left, Mrs. Stott samples a loaf of bread baked by her older students and appears to approve wholeheartedly. Girls Are Prepared for Future Homemaking Responsibility in Home Economics Class Mrs. Cocke gets her eighth grade students off on the right foot by having them enter foods they made in the Annual Lynchburg Farm Show. Many of the Altavista girls were awarded ribbons for their efforts. 15

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English Department Stresses Creativity Mrs. Martin and Miss Akers inspect a Shakes- pearean theater made by some former Senior Eng- lish students. English Lit- erature is stressed in English 12. Mrs. Rountrey discovers a poem and her Creative Writing students crowd ‘round as she reads. Mrs. Spradlin records the grades of her Remedial Reading slass after a test. Mr. Martin discusses the first chapter of The Scarlet Letter with his Junior English class. Mrs. Hicks welcomes an eighth grader to her English class, and presents him with his first high school text book.

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Juniors Tour -: Colonial Williamsburg As part of the emphasis placed on our Vir- ginia Heritage during this Civil War Cen- tennial, the Juniors, under the guidance of Mrs. Wallace Andrew and Mr. Ronnie Cox, shown: here boarding the bus at 5:00 a.m., toured Williamsburg and Jamestown to see the places where Virginia's ideals of free- dom began. is + Mrs. Nancy Hicks illustrates the growth of the United States to her eighth grade. History class, by use of this map. aaa. Mr. Hugh Dodson cheerfully answers a question posed by one of his eighth grade Social Studies students. There's another face of coaches—the academic one. Mr. Drum- heller and Mr. Thompson here illustrate it as they view the globe which they share in the teaching of World History and Geog- raphy.