Clover Hill High School - Ducemus Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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Section Contents New Opening Time ...... Jr. High Assemblies Program Chesterfield Tech Guest Speakers Forensics Spelling Bee Career Fair Guidance Model Congress European Trips Performing) = =. = Upstairs Downstairs . 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24-29 30-37 Academics Divider 7

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“| don’t believe Clover Hill has to take a back seat academically to anyone. When | came here from North Carolina, the work was much harder — much more was expected.“ “Too much homework! You work half the day in school, and you’re expected to work the other half at home. I'd just like to have some more time for myself, for things | want to do.” “I think there should be at least a few ad- vanced placement classes. As things st and now, there aren’t any at all.” “Chesterfield’s always needed their own technical cente?. That was a long ride into Richmond each day. When | get out of Tech, I’ll be able to go right into a job.” “Can you believe it? The Planetarium is finally working again after all these years. A lot of kids didn’t even know we had one.” “The best thing the county ever did was Opening school an hour earlier, and getting out at 2:00 gives you time to get your homework done, too.” “| hate it! My bus comes before 7:00 which means | have to get up before 6:00.” “Three main points ... ” On Career Day, Laura Morgan (circle), along with a group of her friends listens intently to the realtor’s description of the pros and cons of his occupation. 6 Academics Divider

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Sometimes, at best, a day at CH can be confusing; but at the beginning of this school year, an additional ele- ment of confusion was added by the school board when they completely rearranged the high school schedule for the county. High schools opened an hour earlier—students had to be in homerooms before the tardy bell at 7:45. This meant, of course, that, at least during the winter months, stu- dents found themselves rising not to sunshine, but to starshine. Biological clocks were slow to adjust. Students who only came to full consciousness by second period now found that half the day was over before they were fully aware it had begun. Others bit- terly complained of having to ‘rise and shine’ without a sun to set an ex- ample. Many students, however, welcomed the new schedule, finding the new closing time (2:00 p.m.) allowed them more time for extra-curricular ac- tivities. “I love it,’ said Diane Firesheets, ‘“‘You can get your homework done and then go to work. © It made having a part-time job much easier.” To make the schedule workable, each class had to be cut to the Car- negie minimum, 50 minutes. The earlier opening time and the short- ened classes made the hour and a half e arlier closing time possible. ‘It was really confusing at first,” said one teacher, “I had to keep the new class schedule posted on the board for weeks before the students adjusted to if,” According to Mrs. Ann Quesen- berry, attendance secretary, the earlier opening time produced a It’s great! “It’s not Frosted Fiakes,’’ says Gene Sabater, “but it’s breakfast.” At 6:30 a.m., anything will do. 8 New Opening Time ‘Get up by what time?’ marked increase in tardiness. Actual attendance improved, however, possibly because parents were home to send malingerers off, possibly because the county attendance policy was strict er. As the year wore on, there were noticeably fewer snores in the classes as biological clocks adjusted forwards, or should it be backwards? Actually, the whole thing is still rather confus- ing. : ‘ [