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

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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

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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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Deftness Proves Essential In Industrial Arts Eddie Clemons prepares to sand the sides of a table in preparation for the musical Hello Dolly. Students learn many valuable skills in shop which are useful at home and on the job. Learning the “tricks of the trade was the goal for the students in Industrial Arts. They were taught the necessary techniques needed to perform various skills in I ndustrial Arts. Those enrolled in Wood Shop learned how to make lamps, gun racks, magazine racks, and various articles of wood. Those taking Metal Shop were taught how to weld metals, and the safety procedures that should be followed while welding. Those who weren ' t in wood or metal shop took mechanical drawing. They learned how to make perspective drawings, how to use a T-square, and how to draw orthographic projections. At the end of the year, the Industrial Arts department discovered that it had trained a good number of skilled students. Even those without natural industrial instincts learned valuable skills. 29