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

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. WITH ORGANIZATION Achieving Our Goal Requires Order Before anything can become a reality, careful organization must take place. Both students and staff members have to make plans for everything they do. To be able to have the life a teenager wants, all students have to budget their time. Each pupil must plan for thirty hours a week to spend at school and a few hours more to allow for homework, and the rest of the time is his to use at his discretion. For both suc- cess in school and an enjoyable life, strong organization skills are necessary. Many students find that the most difficult place to keep clean and organized is their locker. They find it necessary to clean their storage compartments and discover a way to keep their things in an orderly manner. One of the hardest things students are expected to do is write a paper. Every assignment requires both thought and organization. Those who receive high marks on reports are those who have planned ahead, collected information, and written the assignment ahead of time. The success of any student can depend upon his ability to keep things in order. Teachers spend many hours developing lesson plans to make sure that they are always well prepared to educate the students. The main office, guidance office, library, and many other places in the school depend upon a well planned system to keep things in order. The organization of the county’s schools is so important that many days students are given a break so that the staff can meet. These meetings are held to ma ke sure the school is run as efficiently as possible and also make sure the school year is enjoyable to all. This plan- ning helps the teachers do their job better and makes it easier too. Together the students and the staff meet to accomplish a number of things. Coaches and athletes have afternoon practices to discuss plans for the week’s competitions and to work on certain plays. When the clubs and organizations at Clover Hill gather together, they discuss ideas for future activities. Without this organization no team or club could have a successful year. Thus organization is a key ingredient to the success of Clover Hill. Without it we would be a group of peo- ple going into rooms to discuss nothing of importance, sport teams would be a running group of confused beings, and clubs would no longer exist. Also, students would not be successful, and teachers could not per- form their job. “iL, te Senior Class President Tener Williams is thinking of all the time she spent trying to get the senior hall decorated for Homecoming Week. As her Pre-Calculus falls from her locker, Senior Candace Neff says to herself “‘There’s got to be a better way!”’ for the millionth time. Fi tm a 4 WE ARE ALL TOGETHER...

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Together . . ste E B STUDYING Students take great pride in the rigorous and competitive academic program at Clover Hill High School. Due to these characteristics one may find people studying almost anywhere — in classes, in the library, or by the lockers after school. There are so many varied habitats in use for studying that it is difficult to go anywhere on school grounds and not see someone in the process of learning, whether it be geometric theorems, or the Amendments to the Constitu- tion, or even how to conjugate Spanish verbs. A major factor in this constant process is the fundamen- tal idea of any individual at Clover Hill — that one must work to receive those coveted ‘A’s on tests, quizzes, laborator y experiments, and other such endeavors. Generally this work entails studying whether it be learning dates, memorizing formulas, or recalling lab procedures. Senior David Glass reads over his college application. Junior Kevin Johnson, with milk carton, studies during lunch. Marshall Beaton strives in Geometry. MOLI21L83140 ...WITHSTUDYING 3

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Cheering Sponsor Mrs. Brenda Weston helps the varsity cheerleaders organize a routine for the Friday night basketball game. During an afternoon practice, Coach Willie O’Brien tells some members of the J.V. Basketball team how to improve their game. To help make the first day of school less hectic, the teachers meet the day before to discuss new policies and plans for the year. Here, Business teacher Mrs. Joyce Locke, Guidance Counselor Mrs. Gayle Pollard, French teacher Mrs. Archer Parkerson, and Government teacher Mr. Ted Salmon. Junior Michelle Curles knows the impor- tance of organization when writing a term paper. She looks in the card catalog to find a book on the subject rather than spend hours looking for a source. ... WITH ORGANIZATION 5