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

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Let there be light Steve Gill removes a tray of The open circuit is how long? Bruce Hauser, If it shocks you, try someplace else Benny plants from under a grow light at the hor- Doug Harris and Randy Swift study circuitry dur- Sadler and Joe Martin study a car engine during ticulture class. ing the electronics course. auto mechanics. 12 Chesterfield Tech

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Medline heartnands- head — 4-H Many clubs and organizations at Clover Hill are not open to seventh and eighth graders but '78 changed this. One organization was open to no one else but the school’s junior high students. Sponsored by the Virginia Tech extension service and the science department, the 4-H became part of Clover Hill's extra-curricular activity schedule. Each seventh and eighth grade stu- dent is affiliated. After they filled out an enrollment form, they became members of the 4-H. It was that sim- ple. Students then received the 4-H’s monthly newsletter telling of the ac- tivities each school had planned for the coming month. Assemblies on beekeeping, wildlife, and lampmaking were presented by the 4-H sponsors and arrangers who also provided speakers and audio- visual equipment. Each student was also eligible to take classes which dealt with agriculture, the sciences, the professions, personal and com- munity development, business, and the creative arts. Both the school and the individual students received 4-H booklets to assist them in their studies. Though geared mostly for the far- mer, the 4-H provided something for all young people, farmer or not—in- volvement and achievement. Steady, girl As part of her 4-H project on horse grooming and care, 8th grader Marilyn Neubert curries her horse, Starlight. Marilyn has had “Star” for three years, and on the horse’s third anniversary at the Neuberts, Marilyn fixed it a cake made of feed grains and corn. Jr. High Assemblies Programs 11

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Facility opens doors closer to home This leaves me cold. During Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Robert Wiglesworth, Bob Estes, and Kenny Blankenship learn the fine points of operating a refrigeration unit. First you slop on the mortar Jay Brown, a masonry student, learns bricklaying through the practical experience of building a wall during Chesterfield Tech's Masonry class. Nearly ten years after its original conception under the administration of Dr. Roy A. Alcorn, the Chesterfield Technical Center opened its doors to nearly 600 county students. Many of these students had previously traveled to Richmond’s Tech Center or to Petersburg to get their vocational education. At the new facility, students enrolled in eighteen courses ranging from cosemetology to horticulture while taking their academic require- ments at their home schools. Tech’s day was divided into two shifts— morning and afternoon. Morning stu- dents left CH promptly at 7:30 and returned shortly after the beginning of fourth period. To get to Tech for the beginning of the afternoon session, second shift students had to miss the last third of third period, causing ob- vious difficulties. The only major com- plaint from students about the Center was that they had to ride the bus there and back. No one was allowed to drive his own car. This prohibition stemmed from the County’s concern for student safety. With the opening of the Technical Center, the County took a significant step forward by offering in-county facilities for vocational training. At the open house during the fall semester, visiting taxpayers were ob- viously impressed by the school and agreed that, even though the construc- tion cost for the school had nearly doubled since its conception, it was an example of tax dollars well spent. Roll the presses Starnell Walker learns to operate a printing machine in Tech's print shop. Off with the old... Barry Casey, Scott Cham- pion, and David Mulligan sand down a car in their Body Repair class. Chesterfield Tech 13