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

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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

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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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6 ... WITH DREAMING Fantasizing About Our Perfection Brings Us Together All humans have a tendency to dream about their future, and members of Clover Hill High School are no exception. A student in an English class takes a moment from reading a Shakespearean play to think of all the money the characters have and what he could do with it. At t he same time a pupil in a language class is thinking of traveling abroad. Instead of listening to an explanation of the three branches of the government, another thinks of the power he would have if he became the president of the United States. In his science class, the next Albert Einstein thinks about his Nobel Prize. One common dream for all students is graduation. Students also hope for a car that will make heads turn; a part-time job with good pay, excellent hours, and interesting tasks; popularity; and a particularly close friend. Students are, by no means, the only people at Clover Hill to dream. Teachers dream that the students they teach will become the best to ever leave the school. A year that passes smoothy is every administrator’s dream. Guidance counselors hope that students are as happy as they can be at school and at home. Apart from our dream for ourselves we have our goal — to make Clover Hill as perfect as possi- ble. To fulfill this dream of perfection would be like putting a puzzle together. A spectacular Homecoming game, profitable fund raisers, and an unforgettable Prom would be one piece. Another piece would be academic excellence for ourselves and in competitions that pit the school against others in the county and state. Coaches, athletes, and fans alike dream of making the year the best with numerous green and gold banners, trophies, gold medals, and championships. The last piece of the puzzle is one each person hopes to fill — the one representing his own happiness. While English teacher Mrs. Margaret Flanagan reads a story to her class, Sophomore Robbie Soles puts his head on the desk to think what it would be like to be one of the characters. As the school year begins, thoughts of graduation reign supreme in the minds of seniors while the other classes count the days till it is their turn. WE ARE ALL TOGETHER ... Everyone hopes for a person that can make studying fun, and it looks like Juniors Gene Hottinger and Linda Russell have ac- complished that. Bi}