Alleghany County High School - Alcova Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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Goals Of English Department Miss Brenda J. Pauley Bob Jones University, B.S. English Sponsor, Junior Tri-Hi-Y Mrs. Elizabeth Shelor Radford College, B.S. English Sponsor, PATRIOT Miss Nancy Lee Monroe Bethany College, A.B. English Sponsor, Girls Basketball, F.T.A., Prom George Thomas Rudisill, II Emory Henry College, B.A. English Eighth Grade Basketball, Mrs. Eila Watts Sadler J.V. Baseball Madison College, B.S. English, Remedial Reading Mrs. Karter stifles a laugh as one of her eighth grade English students asks, “Mrs. Karter, how tall are you?” wliile the class works on a grammar lesson. 23

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Comprehension And Self-Expression Mrs. Joyce W. Barber Madison College, B.A. English Sponsor, ALCOVA Co-sponsor, Senior Play Miss Mary Litts Burton Madison College, B.A. English Sponsor, Senior Tri-Hi-Y Junior Class Play Mrs. Marie P. McEwan Lincoln Memorial University B.A. English Hnglish courses at ACHS offer students insights into history, grammar, wider vocabularies, great literary works, self-expression, and communication. Juniors, studying the development of American literature gained a greater comprehension of the feelings and emotions of previous Americans, and a better understanding of American ideals. Seniors study the English history, literature, and character so deeply ingrained with our own. Eighth graders weak in reading skills were given special aid through a remedial reading class taught by Mrs. Sadler. Through essays and class discussions students probe into the morals and philosophies behind various novels, short stories, poems, and plays. What sophomore will ever forget “Julius Caesar” or Senior, “Beowulf ' ? By discussing literature in class, giving speeches, students obtained vital experience in communication and self- expression. Without these skills all other courses of study would be fmitless. Teachers also stressed the fundamentals of grammer, acquainting the students with the peculiar, but mandatory mechanics of the English language. i 22 Mrs. Sadler passes out special reading material to Mike Reevis as Allan Reese and Judy Campbell study their lesson material.

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Foreign Language Classes Strive For Fluency Miss Lucy E. Gleason Lynchburg College, A.B. Latin Sponsor, Latin Club Mrs. Camellia Ann Moon Middleburg College, B.A. V.P.l. French Mrs. Elizabeth Lawler Sumner Radford College, A.B. University of Virginia, M.Ed. Spanish; English Sponsor, Spanish Club David Wallis looks perplexed at Spanish vocabulary words, as Joe Massie, Linda Kilian, and Roger Whitehead seem confident. 24