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

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Co-ordination, And A Sense Of Fair Play Girls going out for eighth grade cheerleader practice during P.E. class. Students earnestly take notes while Miss Hoover lectures them on important first-aid procedures. Students look upward, searching for the volleyball that seems to have gotten lost. Activity period on Fridays provides a time to engage in many different sports. Energy, stamina, and intellectual capabilities were all prerequisites for students enrolled in physical education. Various activities requiring these characteristics were part of the P.E. program during the past year. Besides the regular team sports, the students were taught less energetic games such as ping pong. Although many games were learned, students became familiar with the importance of proper exercise. The games and exercises taught the students co-ordination and a sense of fair play. Classroom instruction was a very important part of the program. Students were taught a number of helpful and basic facts concerning physical health, drugs, first-aid, and driving. The department emphasized the learning of vital information about problems that may develop during a student ' s lifetime. 27

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Phys. Ed. Helps Students To Develop Minds Girls in phys. ed. find that playing basketball is not a boys only sport. Mr. Gary Rice Miss Jo Ann Carter Mr. J. Edward Teters Miss Sybil Hoover Mr. Teters watches over his 6th period students as they take a test. Playing basketball is a source of exercise and enjoyment for boys in physical education. 26

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Girls Take An Invaluable Step For The Future Every girl at ACHS has the opportunity to become familiar with the elements of competence in a home. She may take advantage of this opportunity by enrolling in a home economics course. This year the home economics department taught girls how to cook, sew, plan budgets, and care for themselves. Also, Mrs. Knapp and Mrs. Perdue was to teach their students the many important factors in maintaining a comfortable, organized home. As always, the girl who took a home economics course, took a step forward in whatever direction she desired. Mrs. Vella Knapp Mrs. Maria Perdue As a service to the school, Mrs. Perdue repairs costumes to be used in various plays. Mrs. Knapp and her students seem intensely interested in a problem concerning a dress pattern. Oh no, I ' ve made a mistake, wails June Loan as Gail Minter listens to her problem. 28