Castlewood High School - Castletonian Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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“Like this: ... Mr. Sluss shows James Fields how to use a torch. Pin it here ... Mrs. Bevins ex- plains diapering to her Home EGH class: “Where did it go?” ... P.E. members look for the ball. Just Foolin? Those who need a break from high school have an alternative, vocational school. Twenty percent of the students at Castlewood attend Russell County Vo- cational School. When asked why they attend vocational school, Phillip Stazer and Jeff Castle re- plied that they wanted to obtain a skill helpful in finding a job. Anthony Gil- bert stated that he en- joyed attending voca- tional school because one learns a skill which will be helpful later in life. There were a few who said that one of their main Wow! ... Wanda Stevens and Lisa Hicks find their class interesting. Study, Study ... Joey Robin- son studies his trade at voca- tional school. reasons for going was to get out of classes in high school. Many students are taking advantage of vocational classes in order to pre- pare for a future. They're not fooling around when they learn skills for later life, proving that it’s never as easy as it looks, Sandy Phillips Time’s up ... Sean Collins works diligently to finish a project. Academics 9

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Taking It Home Most people learn skills to prepare them for careers in the outside world, but some learn skills that they can use in the home. These are people who are interested in being a farmer or a homemaker. IN preparing for these jobs, stu- dents take Home Economics and Family Living. To learn to improve their homemaking skills, Kim Taylor said that she took Family Living so that she would be better prepared for the future Others took agricultural classes to help them become more equipped “Okay men, let’s get this show on the road!”’ ... Bobby Woods, Matt Hale, and John Baker 4 8 Academics with skills in farming. Benny Jessee said that he took agriculture classes because he liked learning how to build things. There are some classes that are required which help students in the outside world. These classes are Physical Education and Driver’s Edu- cation. In these classes, students learn the rules of many games and the road. The amount of time that is taken up with these classes is evidence that it’s not as easy as it looks. Sandy Phillips take hold of their hammers and look over the SCrap-woOod box. Vroom, Vroom, Stitch, Stitch, ... Kristy Tignor adjusts her sewing machine for her Home Ec. project.

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A Showy Business “There’s no business like show business’’ goes the saying that most actors and actresses hold as their philosophy in life, but it also holds an underlying meaning to several stu- dents. Even though most students are not professional members of a theater, they find that by demon- strating their business skills, they can make a name for themselves in the limelight just as well. Each year, almost one third of the student body signs up to take at least one or more business classes for the ensuing year. Some of these classes offer the opportunity to ex- pound and learn a new wave of technology. The classes of Typing, Office Technology | and Il, Comput- er Applications, and Word Process- ing familiarized students with the al- phabetical keyboard. General Business, Accounting |, Shorthand, and Consumer Math courses pre- pare the students for a well rounded curriculum. When the spring of the school year rolled around, many students had the chance to prove them- selves winners by manifesting their business skills in MuMerous Contests. Some of these competitions includ- ed the Russell County and SVCC Business Contests and the Clinch Valley Region Spring FBLA Competi- tions. Even though the year was never as easy as it looked, these students simply showed that there was no business like their show business. Lanna D. Monday A bee line to business ... Lynn Rasnake and Cathy Osborne work with the TSR 20. T is for type ... Robbie Whitaker and Jeff Hicks concentrate on mastering typing. The sound of music ... Bobby Allen pre- pares to exercise authority over a com- puter keyboard.