Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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‘And Johnny is an industrious, hardworking, superior student comments Mrs, Kuokka as other faculty members listen with amusement, Mr. Vanderbilt waits hopefully for an intel- ligent answer from a student in his class, The camera catches Mr. Seldomridge, Chairman of the Science Department, by surprise. ■gWHjBiP

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Students enter the building for their first day of classes. Diane McDowell, Judy Sells, Judy Franey, Barbara Wellman and Carol Weiss prepare to leave school. Sound and the fury The sound and the fury of the first days of school this year at York- town High School signaled the beginning of something new and promis- ing for the student body. The responsibility of opening a new school, establishing scholastic and social standards, and fulfilling the expecta- tions of the faculty, the community, the neighboring high schools, and, most important, their parents, presented a unique challenge to the stu- dents at Yorktown. Realizing that this was their job, the students im- mediately began electing their governing bodies, organizing their clubs and honor societies, establishing codes of conduct, and selecting names for their athletic teams, their newspaper, and their yearbook. Traditions began on these first days — traditions that were to set wholesome precedents for the classes that will follow to the doorsteps of York- town High School in the future. Yes, the sound and the fury came, it remained for a year, and it will surge forward again as the new school year begins in ’ 61 . Mr. Shelton and Mike Ostergard discuss the relat ive merits of an early campaign poster. Students boarding the Yellow Devil eagerly anticipate the new year.

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Mr. Shelton and Mr. Taylor relax in the teachers’ lounge. Mrs. Gentry, Mr. Kier and Mr. Lynch enjoy a moment of conversation in the cafeteria. Mrs, Kuokka serves Mr. Westbrook, Mr. Kier and Mr. Lynch at the Art Honor Society Tea. The Yorktown student body is very fortunate to have such learned and inspiring men and women on their faculty. They came to Yorktown from near and afar ready to work hard, not only in the task of teaching, but also in helping the student body to organize various vital activities necessary for individual and school growth. Truly, they have started the most important task of fashioning young lives in the development of better character traits, the ability to work with others, the desire for knowledge, and the challenge for achieving higher goals. However, their most important task is to lead the student body in its search for knowledge. For this they are well endowed for they represent a total of forty-six different colleges and universities throughout the United States and Europe. Their combined teaching experience totals three hundred and twenty years. Ably led by their Principal, Mr. W. Ralph Kier, and the administrative staff, the Yorktown faculty give their time in leadership as well as instruction, realizing that what they do will be written indelibly upon their students for all to see and judge. Friends . . . Teachers . . . Advisors 13