Northeast High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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School admiutstrators ay growth tu Northeast student body docsa t disrupt guctet, poriive y ear The Northeast High School family has grown considerably this year with the welcomed addition of the ninth grade to our student body. This addition rocketed our student body to 1206 in number. The year began without incident and everyone returned with a “buckle down’’ attitude, ready to achieve academic success. One would imagine that with a student body of this size, or larger, disciplinary pro blems would be insurmountable. However, on our campus, disciplinary infractions have not been any more numerous than before the arrival of our ninth graders. This is largely attributable to our students being more determined to attu ne themselves to strengthening their educational backgrounds, plus the hard work of our faculty and administrators in maintaining a cohesive, strict adherence to policies and guidelines in governing our school community. Our students continued to maintain in- terest in excelling academically and looked forward to the year’s end with high expec- tations of promotions and or graduation. Our year was a positive one, and we are working toward continuing on this level. Mr. Jesse Mays, Smith building assistant principal, admits tardy students to school Mrs. L. W. Wimberly and Dr. G. Milton Dunaway have time for a quick “conference” on the breezeway. Northeast Administration 89

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Dr. G. Milton Dunaway is the Northeast Complex Principal. (He also is the Smith building principal.) Mrs. L. W. Wimberly is the Lasseter building principal Mr. Jesse Mays is the Smith building assistant Mr. Raymond Hughes is the Lasseter building assis principal tant principal Mr. William Grant is the vocational supervisor 88 Northeast Administration

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Mrs. Billy Allen Mr. Jesse Anthony — Special Education Social Studies, Criminal Law Personal Finance Mr. James Barlow — Hip, Core Il, Core V, Core VI Miss Martha Barker — SED Miss Pam Barnett — SED Mrs. Sidney Battle — Custodian Mr. Louellen Berrymen — Media Specialist Mrs. Eva Bonner — World History, Practical Law, Economics Mrs. Gwendolyn Booker — Biology, Chemistry, Girls Track and Field Mr. Dean Brown — Health, Advanced P.E., Football, Baseball Mrs. Ethel Brown — Custodian Mr. John Brown — American History Government, World Studies, Health, Practical Law, Personal Finance Ms. Pam Brown — Reading 10, English 9, Fund English 10 Mrs. Robbie Bridges — Lasseter Lunchroom Manager Miss Nova Bruss — Government, Economics, World History Ms. Emily Carey — Physics, Chemistry, Magnet, Biology Mr. J. A. Carter — Basic Skills Math, Math 9, Consumer Math Mrs. Sydney H. Chalfa — Speech Drama, English 10 (I), Reading 9 Ms. Juanita Chambliss — Special Ed Mrs. Irene H. Chapman — Registrar Wr. Wright, tw. Ford, Ws. Brown are more than just colleagues One might call Mr. Lewis Wright, English teacher, a ‘‘grandfather’’ in the teaching profession. His ‘‘daughter’’ and ‘granddaughter’ are also English teachers. And, they are all at Northeast. It all started when Mr. Wright supervised the student teaching of Mrs. Carole Ford who was then a college senior at Mercer University. Then several years later Mrs. Ford did the same for Miss Pam Brown, also a senior at Mercer. Now they are all three working together for the first time on the same faculty. So what is student teaching? Student teachers are people who are preparing to be teachers and are teaching under 90 Faculty and Staff (All-Cha) another teacher for experience. Mr. Wright commented on Mrs. Ford's three-month student teaching experience. He said, “Mrs. Ford was an excellent stu- dent teacher. She maintained a very good rapport with her senior English students who, in turn, respected and loved her. I’m sure she helped me more than | helped her.”’ Mrs. Ford said this about Miss Brown: “Miss Brown was one of the best student teachers | had. She was quick to learn and fun to be with. She mastered classroom management skills quickly. It's a ‘trip’ to have her as a colleague on the same facul- ty now.” Asked what they thought about student teaching in general, they all agreed that it is necessary for becoming a good teacher. Mrs. Ford said, “During this period the stu- dent teacher is a ‘teacher’ in every sense of the word as far as the students are con- cerned. On the other hand, the student teacher is an ‘apprentice,’ learning the skills of the profession.” Miss Brown said, “It puts into focus all the lovely ideas of your college professors about dealing with the behavior of students. Student teaching teaches you that there is no one ideal way, you have to experiment with each individual student.”