Castlewood High School - Castletonian Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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So that is how it works! ... Don- dra Martin, Kathy Kelley, and Mr. Herman Hodges tests the physics instrument. How neat ... Alan White, Sharon Kiser, and Susan Harding finish an experiment. One more drop shoud do it Ann Hileman and Janet Elkins heat a beaker of solution. This is strange ... Mr. Milton shows Mark Taylor a dissected worm during biology class. ACADEMICS 13

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With great demands in the field of science, more students enrolled in sci- ence classes. In Science 8 and 9, which were required classes, the students began their journey into the world of science. They studied elements, minerals, solar eclipses, and other cosmic realms. The physics students studied motin and its effect on matter. Many of these students competed in the Science Olymiad at BVGC. JD Keitharand Johnnie Bentley captured first place in the egg drop 12 ACADEMICS and Donna Twoey took second in titration. Jeff Turner palced third in the boomerang throw while Kathy Kelley won first place in titration. Second place in biology disection was taken by Jamie Sluss and first place in tissue identification was Steve Matda. The biology students peered at strange and alien forms through their micro- scopes. For most, Biology I was a new and thrilling area of study. Down the hall the chemistry students were also getting a bit ap- prehensive because they were preparing to do an ex- periment, one which called for dangerous acid. With throbbing pulses and hands steady as a surgeon, the students created pretty pink solutions. Even though the lab was danger- ous it was also very thrill- ing for them to create new substances. By Krystal Williams Now I think it is balanced ... Cheryl White makes some final adjustments to a physics experi- ment.

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So that’s where we are! ... Mar- tha Campbell and Judy Fields ex- amine the world map. Globetrotters Maps of Magellan and the adventures of Colum- bus were explored while vi- sions of the new world as it once looked were conjured up in the imaginations of World History and USS. History students. Found- ing fathers, Presidents, and wars long forgotten were reviewed. From the ice caps of Antarctica to the steamy jungles of Africa, geogra- phical regions were inves- tigated in geography classes. Questions which pla- gued the nation about world peace were often the same questions that stu- dents of Government and Civics classes also asked. Attempts were made to view and discuss world af- fairs as well as those prob- lems which directly affect- ed the area in which they lived. Terrorism and the threat it proposed to the United States as well as the ongoing disarmament talks with the Soviet Union 14 ACADEMICS were topics of great con- cern to many of the social studies students. One of the hottest current events of the school year was the tragic fate of the space shuttle Challenger’s crew which destructed in a fiery ball as thousands of people watched. Many of those who watched were stu- dents who stared in disbe- lief. Many realized that history was being made even as other accounts were being studied and written in text books. By Krystal Williams Mr. Lowdermilk is so funny! ... David Fields stifles a laugh as Jeff Hileman continues his work in US. History class.