Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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127 A Necessary Evil To some of Mrs. Nell Leggett ' s biology stu- dents, all that homework seems an unnecessary evil, but It is a proven teaching method. Much midnight oil has been burned for the sake of a biology grade, and stu- dents often callus their fingers for life from writ- ing and drawing in a biol- ogy notebook. There are many oppor- tunities to make points in M rs. Leggett ' s class, but the winter garden isn ' t the easiest. It ' s pretty dif- ficult to find live ferns and mosses in the snow in the middle of January, when the winter gardens are required. Dissection of pickled specimens is always fun. Someone always slices, the wrong end or pokes the wrong organ, but that ' s the way to learn, right? Mrs. Leggett taught ninth grade science this year. So freshmen got a taste of what next year will be like. Chances are, they ' ll complain, but they ' ll find some reasons to love her. One thing though, they better spell separate hght! Mrs. CharloHe Langner: 4th Grade; B S Samford University, M S Jacksonville University Dr. Philomena Lasseter: Psychologist and Federal Programs Coordinator, B.A. Hunter College. M,A. and Ph.D University ol Alabama in Tuscaloosa,

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faculty gaines-lasseter Mrs. Willie Dean Gaines: Title I Reading Grades 1 , 2, and 3, MS, Snead State Junior College, Jackson- vijle State University in Elementary Education, Mrs. Anita Gibbons: 7th Grade Life Science and 8th Grade Earth Sci- ence, Local Leader for Girls ' 4-H Club; B,S, Auburn University, lvl,Ed, Auburn University. 126 Mr. Wayne Gibbons: Agribusiness. Vocational Agriculture, Exploratory, F F.A, Advisor, B S Auburn Univer- sity, M Ed Auburn University Mrs. Donna Godfrey: 8th and 9th Grade Math, Geometry. Cheerleader Sponsor; 8 S Southern Benedictine and Snead State Junior College, Mr. Gary Godfrey: History and Social Studies. Football Coach; B S Kansas State University, Southern Benedic- tine College in Physical Education and Social Studies, Mrs. Linda Head: 6th Grade Lan- guage Arts and Science, Boys ' 4-H Sponsor; B,S. Jefferson State Junior College, Snead State Junior College. Southern Benedictine, University of Alabama m Birmingham, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa m Education Mrs. Nancy Dennis Hopewell: Kin- dergarten; B S Auburn University, M.S Auburn University in Early Child- hood Education. Mrs. Cattierine Howard: Special Education; B S, Miles College, MA University of Alabama in Birmingham, Mr. Jim Kilgore: American History, American Government, Economics, Communism, Scholars Bowl Sponsor, Explorers Sponsor; A.B. Samford Uni- versity, University of Georgia, Univer- sity of Alabama. 126

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Louise, the Lion-Hearted One of the finest teachers at Oneonta City School is Mrs, Raid, who has given many first graders a good start in the twenty -one years she has taught. In Mrs, Reid ' s class, each stu- dent has a feeling of importance and responsibility. They each feel loved and that ' s something very special for a teacher to achieve. Everything becomes a learning experience in Mrs, Reid ' s class. She even makes walking down the hall a learning experience. Carrying home a cage of ham- sters for a weekend is fun to her first graders, and it teaches them sharing and responsibility. Posi- tive reinforcement comes in the form of a big hug. She introduces all her first graders to the one-button bear. Corduroy, Many of her students admire the chalk painting of Cor- duroy by Hazel Phillips and ask to take it home. When interviewed, Mrs, Reid was asked why she was teaching at Oneonta. She replied, Because no one else would have me! Poor, poor me ' When asked of her extra curricular activities, she said, I eat more than anyone else. .v4. II takes a special person like Mrs Reid to live with this man, Byron Reid, alias guid- ance counselor 128