York High School - Falcon Yearbook (Yorktown, VA)

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English Includes Used-to-be Electives Fine Arts courses were changed very little, but were greatly added to. Music courses moved to more specific areas. Ear Training, Advanced Theory, and music histories were added to the three singing classes. Art classes expanded to cover vari- ous facets of sculpting, different painting styles, stage design, and art histories. Actually the lan- guages were the only courses left unaffected. They continued on a yearly basis and showed little change. Students were qu ite surprised to see that many courses once classified as electives were Front to Back, L to R: N. Thompson, H. F. Rush, A. Bradley, R. Perkins, L. Hed- Holben, J. Smith, O. Wilcher, C. DeVault, gepeth, P. Turner, E. Meyers, V. Brown. 1 8 Humanities

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Social Studies Is No Longer Available; Scope Offers Detailed Music and Art Courses L to R: V. Rathkamp, H. Spruiell, H. Holben, N. Hansford, B. Davey. Ahner, L. Mills, S. Zalumas, J. Squires, M. Sawyer, T. L to R: J. Tuthill, A. Moore, T. J. Beverly. Hansford, J. Rowe, J. Harrison, It happened in September of 1972! When students looked for the registration number of their required Social Studies course, they found it didn’t exist. In its place were eighty- two SCOPE courses offering a variety of areas of study. The courses were divided into the categories of the extinct Social Stud- ies class. Thirty-eight courses were derived from the world studies area, thirty-three from American studies, six new psychology classes were born, and five sociology courses evolved. Of the four units composing a year’s credit, two, at the most, were required subjects. The other two were left entirely to the student’s choice. Humanities 17

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offered as English credit. For example, journalism — Year- book or Newspaper — became an advanced English course. The numerous Drama classes were also placed in the English department as well as the SCOPE courses on various types of literature such as Satire, Speech, or Debating. Mandatory subjects, except the few required by the state, were non-existent at York. Under the new SCOPE program enthusiasm toward learning showed a definite improvement. Even the directed study courses, where students study a particu- lar subject on their own, showed that students were serious about the knowledge available to them.