Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Vocational Education Prepares Us For Careers In Business Industry And At Home The Business Education program is designed so that the beginning courses-General Business, Typewriting I, and Shorthand I are open to all students as electives; these courses are year long and stu- dents receive one credit for each. The advanced courses- Typing II, Shorthand II, Bookkeeping, and Clerk Typist I, and Clerk Typist II. Courses are open to all stu- dents if they have had the prerequisites, but are primari- ly designed for those students who are interested in entering the business world upon i their business education. Elizabeth Shelton B.S. Radford College Home Economics helps youth meet personal and family needs through decision-making and manage- ment skills in housing and design, food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, and child care and develop- ment. These areas are explored in classes like Pot- pourri, The World of Fashion resulting in modeling 16 Faculty Virginia Clark B.S. Saint Paul’s College Ann Wrenn graduation or plan to further B.S. St. Augustine’s College N = a Loletta Short B.S. Radford College de ¥. | a Pe A Doris Cocke MSV. P-I5 5.0 for a fashion show, The Art of Entertaining where fondue parties, an Octoberfest and a Mexican fiesta gave first experience in entertaining, and Child Development Kindergarden Observation which permits students to work two days a week in kinder- garden classes.

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The current offerings of the Science Department make it pos- sible for a student to take two years of earth-science, one and one-half years of chemistry, two years of biology and a year of physics. Special projects promoted by the science department include the Virginia Wildlife Contest, a science fair, two as- semblies- This Atomic World and General Motors, a field trip to the Aerospace museum in Washington, and participation in ae the Longwood College high school chemistry visitation pro- Elizabeth Phillips gram, and the Science, Math and Humanities Symposium at M.Ed. University of Virginia the University of Virginia. Edward Frazier Larry Lamanna Bipany -P.1 5.U: B.A. University of Richmond | ee | Charles Arthur III Eunice Stott Biomay Palace. M.S. University of North Carolina Faculty 15

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ICT has 96 students learning job skills in local trade, industrial, and health occupations. Upon gradu- ation these students will have a valuable experi- ence for obtaining fulltime employment. Industrial Arts teaches US to use our hands to cre- ate useful items. The picnic tables produced each spring in mass through assembly line techniques help US : learn a process and provide Donald Wilkerson the money for departmental! BiS@VePls cos. supplies. ICT - A Job Now And Later ‘Aen James Edwards Jimmy Hamlette B.A. Lynchburg College B.S. Old Dominion College Paul Slusher Mr. Hamlette explains shop procedures to Mike Parker. B.S. University of Tennessee Faculty 17