Castlewood High School - Castletonian Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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j ae Let's get to work ... Christina Phillips and Would ya look at that Charlie Minton, aes Robin Dean have got to get serious about Donald Palmer, and J.D. Keith have sighted their biology lab for Mr. Milton. something interesting during a Biology lab Shale Ocedn | The lone student ... Jon Johnson stays after class to finish a really tou gh Chemistry assign- ment. Just alittle bit more . .. Jill Bailey and Shane Ervin concoct a crazy chemical reaction and then stand back to watch the results gleefully in a Chemistry lab assigned by Ms. Miotke. Academics 15

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In the begining there was an atem, an invisible, mysteri- ous little thing that each eighth grader grows. to know and love. In each Sci- ence 8 and 9 class, the stu- dents learn of atoms, the metric system, Cumulo-mim- bus clouds, and a variety of other things related to physi- cal and earth sciences. Later, as biology students soon learned, those finy at- oms progressed..into.life folms: germs, amoebas, and frogs. Frogs. The dread- | [1 4 3 up carbonic acid Banner and Tony Bush seem to be making an atomic bomb in Chemis- try class as they formulate solutions. RObIN | hope | can do this ... Brad Mason looks skeptical at his newly made Chemistry assignment. From Atom To Einstein ed frog that every sopho- more is destined to disect. Then, the atom goes to even greater lenghts. Man, and things that are part- man, progressed from that tiny, microscopic atom. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the re- sult of a chemistry experi- ment gone hay-wire was created.Many products have been a result of labs in chemistry and may yet to be produced. Chemistry, as juniors soon learn, is equa- tions, labs, and lots of hard work. As atoms advanced, so did their products. Consider Ein- stein and his mass-energy equation. This is one of the may things physics students study. SO whether it’s studying the weather, working in the lab, or figuring Out a complicat- ed equation, science, alth- ohgh it’s not always easy is a big part of high school life. Amber Banner yi The mad scientists ... Rachel Tiller and James Beavers are hard at work brewing up an unusual concoction during a Chemistry lab.

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16 Academics Everyone wonders why history is a required subject. Is history only a subject dealing with the past? Actually, the history of today is being recorded day-by-day, year-by-year, and reflects changing trends within one’s cultue. Students planning to be a doctor, a lawyer, or a teacher may and will use history class- es, Others which are planning to be blue collar workers may be aiming for a mar- riage, children, or could just care less about college. In this case one may ask, “When will we use this? Why do we have to take it? This is only a useless Course!” History isn’t a useless Course, nor does it only deal with the past. Most high schools offer four history classes: Government and U.S. History, which are re- quired; World History and Civics are also available. Seniors are expected to have a Government course, and Juniors must have a U.S. History class. Although World History isn’t required, students must take either it or World Geography to graduate. Eighth graders may just be getting used to high school; thus, they may want to experi- ence history before really starting into it and making the points count. Major debates in history classes include talks for World Peace and argumentive reasons of why students are for or against war. The discussion of the changing role of women is another frequent discussin. As one can see, even history isn’t as easy as it looks. Rachel Hurd