Castlewood High School - Castletonian Yearbook (Castlewood, VA)

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What are you taking? ... Rachel Tiller and What’s going on today? ... Kenny Wampler Steve Gibson compare schedules on a short keeps himself informed by reading the news- break. paper. v What page are we on? ... Robin Dean asks Christine Phillips what page of the French 3 book they're on. v we Reece . Lams washes a icp aa Parlez-vous Francais? ... Kenny Burke, Gary This is a fun game ... Daniel Anderson plays on the

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That’s The Ticket Many students have enrolled in a foreign language course. Learning a second language has many advan- tages in these times. Perhaps this is why learning anew language is rap- idly becoming more popular. When one learns a foreign lan- guage, it enables them to read, write, and speak the particular lan- guage that they learn. One of the many advantages of becoming bi- lingual could be for travel. Most people in our society are very interested in traveling, though speaking a foreign language is not a necessity in most Spanish and Eu- ropean countries. In Europe most children learn two or three foreign languages. English is a primary lan- guage in most of these countries. English is a second language in fif- teen African countries, the lvory Coast, Haiti, and Quebec. In the United States both French and Spanish may be required. In New Or- lean’s fine cajun dining, French may be essential, while Spanish is a must for communication in New York bar- rios. Spanish is also necessary in Flori- da and Texas for business purposes. Most students desire to travel has been influenced by their ability to speak a foreign language. Learning a secnod language is advanta- geous for a career as well as for world travel. Though learning a foreign language is not as easy as it looks, it’s worth the effort. Caroline Griffith Yes, tortillas did originate in Spain ... Jon Johnson and Tiffany White discus Spanish 3. A | love cartoons ... Greg Crabtree and Darin Honeycutt enjoy the library’s cartoons.

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When going to scheduled classes, many students discov- ered that once again, they would have fo take a math course. Thoughts of yet another year of math filled them with dread. “What | learn won‘t do me any good in the real world,” they thought. People who thought like this last spring had a couple of rude awakenings and quite a few pleasant surprises. One of those surprises was the increased participation of CHS in math competitions with other schools. For years, only people who excelled in English could compete by means of forensics, but now the math department has started competing and has made the best of it. By the fourth six weeks Castlewood had already been in two major com- petitions, the Mathcounts programs for eighth graders and a maith and science meet which was held at Clinch Valley College in which four juniors and seniors compet- ed. This was the first year of the Mathcounts program and Regionals were at Virginia Highlands Community Col- lege. Castlewood took four people to the regional meet, including Jeff Griffith, wno was a third place winner. Also participating in Mathcounts were James Clark, Kim Cook, and Megan Recktenwald. The meet at CVC involved seniors, Julie Collins and Ann This is the way ... Mrs. Skeens tries to get the point across to her Alge- bra students. ls this right ... Coach Sabo helps a student with her homework assign- ment for math class, A Calculated Risk McReynolds and juniors Kristen Duncan and James Sluss. While no one placed, it was still a great experience. They gained some knowledge for future competitions which would be held in the spring, then they hoped for more wins for the trophy case. People who thought that the math classes were a waste of time also learned a couple of things. One of them being that not all the math classes are college prepara- tory. Classes such as Consumer Math, Math 8, and Math 9 teaches the skills which are needed to survive in this world. The other surprise was when they learned that while technically ninety percent of the people who take the Algebra, Geometry, and Trig courses will never have jobs where they will have to define a variable or solve if, nor will they have to know how many points are on a line, the basic reasoning skills which are developed in these classes are invalulable tools which can be used in solving everyday problems. Together the teachers and students will continue to strive for excellence, but everyone knows it’s never as easy as it looks. James Sluss and Tammy Wheatley