Blackstone High School - Ivy Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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Math and Science Challenge BHS Students Mr. Thomas explains a difficult physics principle to Rick French and Ray Chamberlain. 12—Academics Though the math and science courses at BHS cause many headaches for those ambitious stu- dents who undertake them, they prepare them well for the future which awaits them. Some math and some science is a prerequisite for graduation, but the majority of students who take the courses are the college-bound ones. In the math department, preliminary courses and introduction courses to algebra are offered as well as the more advanced courses of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Equipped with two science laboratories, BHS is able to offer a very thorough science curriculum. In addition to general science, students are able to take biology, chemistry, and physics. Mrs. Anna D. Weatherford and Mrs. Dorothy Tunstall teach all math courses, while Mr. Robert Thomas and Mrs. Olivia Harrison head the sci- ence department. Constructions made by the geometry class brightens up Room One at Christmas-time.

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BHS Evaluates Its Classes Blackstone High School has a good record of its grad- uates. It has prepared them well to go into the world and work for themselves or to go on to higher education. What- ever the future has held for its students, BHS has not failed them in any way. School is the place for learning and the faculty and sur- roundings make learning a pleasure as well as a ready challenge. Each person is singled out as an individual in his own right. BHS‘ers are offered an opportunity to prepare for the business world, a college education, farm work, or home- making. Its curriculum of courses is wide and varied. The teachers in each department are well qualified and present each subject to its fullest. The standards of learning and the respect for education are high. This is a tradition that BHS students are proud to keep alive. Upon completing his high school career, each graduate feels a keen sense of accomplishment and an awareness that his education will serve him well.

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French Verbs and Latin Nouns Mean Work Blackstone High School offers two years of Latin. First-year Latin is usually undertaken by freshmen, while sophomores continue with Caesar in Latin Il. Both Mrs. Izelle Hutcherson and Mrs. Virginia Jordan teach classes in Latin. The French Department consists of three years taught by Mrs. Izell Hutcherson. The students receive a French newspaper, La Jeunesse. With the use of the tape-recorder, much time is spent on pronunciation. Some parallel reading and re- ports are required, which help the students un- derstand the French people better. Also some of the students started corresponding with na- tive French teen-agers. College-bound students leaving BHS find that they have had an excellent background in foreign languages and are able to continue their studies with no difficulty. Mrs. Hutcherson watches as Shelley Dellaripa and Linda Forrester put sen- tences on the board in French II. Joe Manson and Jim Crinkley find that the window in French III class is the best place to study. Mary K. Lampkin uses the tape recorder to improve her pronunciation in French Ill while Joe Manson and Jim Crinkley look on. Academics—13