Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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 v r i, S W V 1978 v I 1982 Beverly Heater CHS: August 1972-August 1984 FACULTY Dedication 111

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A Mrs. Heater's last year at Chopticon was 1983-’84 She was the DEC A adviser and was in charge of the bookstore The 1984-85 school year began on a somber note following the death of one of our teachers, Mrs. Beverly Heater. Our faculty and staff decided to dedicate the school year to Mrs. Heater’s memory and to honor that memory by practicing the same high educational standards Mrs. Heater had held. We all remember seeing Mrs. Heater at almost every home foot- ball and basketball game. Usually she would be selling or collecting tickets while her husband and two small sons enjoyed the game. Later, her ticket duty completed, she would join them in cheering the Braves’ efforts. This picture we carry in our memories epitomizes Mrs. Heater as we knew her. Her life was dedicated to her family, our school, and the teaching profession. She cared, and she got involved. Many of us remember her disappointment with us when we did less than the best we were capable of. But she never seemed to run out of ‘‘se- cond chances” for us. The desire to see students stretch and grow led Mrs. Heater to become very involved in extra-curricular activities. She worked with us in FBLA, then completely overhauled and revived the Distributive Education program, and started a DECA club here. She was determined that it would be an award-winning club, and her en- thusiasm got us immediately moving in that direction. Her involvement with the Bookstore was similar. If we were going to have a Bookstore it would be well-stocked and well-run. Again, if hard work and dedication could make it happen, it would — and it did. Few high schools can boast of a professional, student-run store within it. That Chopticon can is a tribute to Mrs. Heater. In a larger sense, all the good, educationally — exciting, and car- ing activities which went on at Chopticon this year are tributes to Mrs. Heater. Whenever we do the best of which we are capable, we honor those teachers, like Mrs. Heater, who set the standards which make this excellence possible. — Dwight E. Chakales, Principal 110 FACULTY Dedication

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There are many challenges facing us in life. Completing our education successfully was perhaps the greatest challenge of all. Crowded hallways, difficult classes, and lots of hard work were among the problems we faced. We managed to triumph whatever came along, waiting patiently for our summer vacation. We found it to be the big- gest challenge simply to get up in the morning and bring our shining faces through the doors at 8:00 a.m. Though many tardies, and absences were to be awarded to us during the year, we managed to keep our record straight enough to enable us to pass. Although many times we were ready to give it all up and kiss all our hopes and dreams good-bye, we, as they say, “tied a knot on the end of our rope and hung on.” The Senior’s biggest challenge was graduation. They faced parting with all their friends and seeking a new and exciting life of in- dependence and freedom. Incidentally, they handled it beautifully, another indication of the C Factor at work!