Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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or Mrs. Kathy Beaumont school seldom ended with the 3:20 bell. Every other week brought newspaper deadlines plus the constant yearbook deadlines. Being the publications adviser meant staying after school. Traveling to games, marching, contests and learning new routines always swamped Sterling Ingram, Band director and sponsor of Instrumental Music Club. I enjoy Instrumental Music Club because there is excitement in playing in a quartet or trio, said Ingram. The football games were attended by Miss Vida Day, vice-principal. Miss Day attended the games and other school- sponsored activities because she enjoyed being around the students. Working with Chapel Club for Mrs. Gayle Washam meant lining up speakers for the monthly meetings and sponsoring such projects as a one day no-smoking clinic. Mrs. Washam believed she held a common spiritual interest with the members. I have been planning cruises and trips for Parkview students since 1971, and I enjoy it thoroughly, explained Donald Bratton, cruise sponsor. Bratton believed the cruises were educational and that they provided an enriching environment. Co-sponsor of Student Council, Mrs. Carolyn Richesin, was also highly involved in creating a better school environment. As a social studies teacher I . naturally participate in the extra- curricular activities which help promote social growth, she said. I think it is part of the job of a teacher to extend beyond the classroom. Two teachers at Parkview sponsored clubs because they taught the related classes. Gary Rolf, German teacher, sponsored German Club, and Mrs. Sybil Bunn, Coordinated Career Education teacher, sponsored CCE. Mrs. Claudia Watson, sponsor of Black Culture, said, I enjoy sponsoring Black Culture. We make a contribution to a memorial scholarship awarded to a senior. No matter how teachers came about sponsoring clubs and activities, they all agreed that it was worth the extra time and work. I feel l get to know my students a class where something tangible is being produced. -Mrs. Kathy Beaumont, Constitution, Splrlt of 80, Photography, Quill and Scroll. We 3 ef 1 When one works with the kids who care enough about their lives to carry their school work just one step more and go out to work for their school and the other kids, one can't help feeling that the future can't , be nearly so black as it is forecast-not while we have these kinds of people still around. - Mrs. Carolyn Richesin, American History, American Minorities, Student Council, Barrow Road Gang. I thoroughly enjoy sponsoring the cruise. Although l've seen the things numerous times, I enjoy seeing them through the eyes of someone who has never seen them before. -Donald Bratton, American History, Latin I and II, Economics, Student Council. Black Culture helps inform students of outstanding contributions of many renowned black Americans. -Mrs. Claudia Watson, Accounting, Junior Executive Training, Black Culture, FBLA. School hours! 153

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Q 0 Its no 8 to Job Activity ponsors- 152!Faculty work overtim P I eqfoy the German Cllh because it is fun and I think the students generally enjoy it. -Gary Rolf, German, English 201, German Club, Bi-Racial. 'tl enjoy football and like to attend school sponsored activities. Also, I enjoy being around W Y , ,-', the students. -Miss Vida Day, Algebra I, lv , N 3 L., ' vice-principal. 'V i I thought It would be nlce to work with kids. We have a common interest in the spiritual welfare of students. -Mrs. Gayle Washam, English 202, Chapel Club. There was n need for small ensemble work, and IMC provides the opportunity for that. -Sterling Ingram, Marching Band, Concert Band, Stage Band, Instrumental Music Club. I enjoy CCE because it makes each student feel that he a part of something and gives him a sense of belonging. -Mrs. Sybil Bunn, Coordinated Career Education, CCE.

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When you buy a house it has a yard, and something has to be done with it. The more you work, the more you get interested in it. When you After hours S 11001 out are in a classroom all day it's really nice to get out in the open. -Mrs. Virginia Neill, Housing Management, Adult Living. Child Development, FHA. U7 . '.igM4'Q ii ,. ,,.. ,- Q . F . ' V T 'F i..'f'3i157f,-Q if' K 'iivfi 1,4 0.995 O -Y' We were bnlldlng a new home and I wanted to do some pictures for the walls. I also like the sense of accomplishment after completion of a picture or a sampler. -Mrs. Nita Cross, Learning Disabilities. Crewel embroidery is enjoyable for me because it gives tangible and lasting evidence of my efforts. -Mrs. Sarah Kready, English 402, English 202. 154! Faculty ,pun My husband and l took a trip to Tijuana, and we purchased a huge wooden chess set. So, we brought it home and taught ourselves how to play. -Mrs. Marcelline Carr, Math II, Geometry, Beta Club.