C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Acceleratcd students spend much time in the periodicals library collecting current information for various projects. For the third consecutive year Byrd is participating in the nationwide program for ’ rapid-lcarners. These accelerated dasses provide the opportunity for gifted studcnts to penetrate deeper into their subjects, cover more material, and receive a wider variety of information through field trips, lectures, and special research. Fupils of all grades who qualify for the program may choose to participate or decline, however, no student may take more than two accelerated classes at any one time. Under this plan a student spends one half of his day in the regular dasses and is not too busy to prepare the extra assignments demanded. Students Are Enriched in Accelerated Classes The members of the accelerated American History class work on many extra projects. These students, Linda Hope. Cherye Riser, Olive Roberts, Carolyn Wilkerson, and Andy Harris have just presented a panel discussion. The morc complicated principles of physics are studied by the members of the accelerated physics class. These members of the junior accel- erated math class, Richard Akin and Christine Hengy, are watching as Mal Morgan points out the path of the projectile. 22

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The valuc of a sthool is mcasurcd by thc knowledgc gaincd in its many classn.H ms. Thc dassrcx»m tcachcr thcn bccomcs thc nn»st impi»rtant link in thc chain of lcarning bccausc hc is thc onc who influenccs thc studcnt stcadily, day by day. Somc of our classroom tcachers arc: at 12 o clock is Mrs. Carmichacl, clcrical practicc; at I o’dock is Miss Pcrx is, Homc Economics; at 2 o’clock, Mr. Boydston, typing; at 4 oclock is Mr. Maranto, Civics; at 7 oclock is Mr. Millcr, Woodwork- ing; at 8 o clock, Miss La Blanc, Frcnch; at 10 oclock is Mrs. Brown, Amcrkan Histor) . Thcir timc is our timc. To us, thc studcnts, thcsc pcople give frccly and willmgly of thcir timc ovcr and bcyond that whith is rccjuircd in thc ‘ job thcy hold. ’ Possessing thc ability to influcmc thc populace and thc powcr to projcct thcir idcas makcs thc faculty succcssful in thc conclusion of thcir major purposc. Thcy arc an inspiration and a help, and placcd in thcir capablc hands is thc security of a grcat nation. Thcy see thc world through wisc cyes .. . watch us grow and maturc ... see our joys and disappointmcnts, our good and our bad .. . fcel our succcsses and failurcs. And as wc lcavc, onc by onc, wc leave with thcm mcmories. We take as a shield and weapon the knowledge thcy so frccly sharcd. Thcirs is a rarc gift given only to a select fcw, and this is a magic timc for all of us, sccing thc constant cycle of thc world growing youngcr and wiser, drcaming drcams and going confidently to ’thc ncw frontier.”

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For the first time in eleven years Byrd was evaluated by twenty-six members. of a professional committee. These members visited Byrd from February 7 through February 9 for the purpose of accreditation by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Thcy visited classrooms and also observed the students out of class and in assembly. The faculty had spent months evaluating themselves and the sch(X)l building. The student body cooperated during the week of the actual evaluation by hclping in the clean-up campaign, guiding the evaluators, and assisting the visi- tors in other ways. The results of the evaluation were very favorable. The evaluators judged Byrd a superior school in its faculty, its students, and its facilities. Thcy had only few suggestions for improvements to be added to the list already compiled by the faculty. However, the excellent results of this eval- uation wcre not the only benefit which our school gained from it. It also brought us closer to other schools of Louisi- ana and made us feel an important part of the state system. Improvement Through Evaluation Excuscd from classes for two days, Pat Hancy and Linda Carruth scrvcd as official typists for thc evaluators. Pam Hall has just guided Mrs. Lyon, an evalu ator. into a room she wished to visit. Enjoying a rcst and conversation in the teachers’ loungc are two evaluators, while Miss Alison is semng coffee. 23