Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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eile Aurora Tolley B.A. Lynchburg College Mrs. Smith, a new addition to the Language Department this year, teaches Latin while Miss Akers gives instruction in Spanish and Mrs. Tolley, French. A basic two year course in each of these three languages is available annually while Nancy Akers advanced courses are offered as student interest dictates. M.Ed. University of Virginia Fine Arts Department Stresses Creativity % te 3 = pT Carolyn Mills Timothy Smith Mary Bradbury B.S. Radford College B.M.E. Shenandoah College B.S. East Tennessee State University Conservatory The choral music under the direction of Mrs. Mills Mrs. Bradbury offers a nine week course to spark and the band with Mr. Smith have enriched student the creativity of every AHS student. Sculpture, gatherings during this entire year, from the National painting, print making, lettering, and drawing are Honor Society induction service to Friday night foot- her specialities. Regular displays of student work ball games. Through their leadership the talents of | are found in the library and on the upstair’s bulletin many of US have surfaced. board. Faculty 13

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Language Arts Department Challenges US s § is | a | 2% Ora Blanks Jerry Boteler B.A. Averett College M.Ed. University of Virginia The Language Arts Department under the chairmanship of Miss Akers offers upper classmen a choice of 25 classes ranging from English Survey and Modern Short Story to Themes in Literature and Perspectives on Death. Fighth and ninth graders are challenged through a traditional cirriculum by Mrs. Gerling, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Tolley while Mrs. Lobbregt stresses develop- mental reading. Nancy Lobbregt M.Ed. Lynchburg College Judy Smith Maxine Gerling Johelen Martin B.A. University of North Carolina B.S. Radford College A.B. College of William and Mary

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14 Faculty HdwardeDudley B.S VP lLes.U: Margie Hogg B.S. University of South Carolina Kenneth Horne B.A. Averett College Roger Heffelfinger B.A. University of Virginia The Math Department offers subjects ranging from pre-algebra and general math to Functions and Limits. A minimum of eight quarters of math credit are re- quired for graduation. The math teachers hope a number of stu- dents will participate in the 1978 Annual High School Mathematics Examin ation. This test is limited to pre-calculus mathematics with an emphasis on intermediate algebra and plane geometry. Alvin Smith, Jr. M.S. Randolph-Macon College