Covington High School - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Covington, VA)

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STUDENTS RETURN WITH RENEWED PURPOSE. Another school year begins and Covington High School students are faced with choosing subjects and planning schedules. The juniors eagerly check college board scores and avidly read college cata- logues and seniors key their final year to prepare for the courses they intend to pursue in college or to the positions they will hold in business or in- dustry. In order that students may reap the greatest possible benefit, teachers plan their courses care- fully. In addition to teaching classes, C.H.S. fac- ulty members also enjoy sharing social activities and sports events with the young people they teach. Athletic directors eager to promote physical fitness and sportsmanship, encourage students to engage in team sports. Teachers, students, coaches, and players all strive for their individual and collective goals. The students feel a closer kinship with one another and a unity with teachers as they work together. Nineteen hundred sixty-four promises to be a year of achievement — of games won, of honors received, of subjects mastered, and friendships made, the year unfolds for these PEOPLE WITH A PURPOSE, Learning the number line is the basis of many other algeb skills. For Mrs. Noel ' s classes, the math machine proves superiority to the blackboard. Swoo» raic its Mrs, Glenys Anderson spoke to the English V classes on her native Wales, and after writing the name of her village on the board, patiently tried Jamie Pyle sharpens his skill in typing letters, dili- gently refraining from glancing at the Keyboard chart in front of him. 6

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PRESENTS ITS A PURPOSE TO COMPETE for C.H.S. Sports 118 TO HA VE FUN Features 140 TO ADVERTISE Patrons 170 5 Barry Marshall ' s purpo seful stride and rapt expression in- dicate his eagerness to be punctual for his next class.

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EIGHTH GRADERS ARE NEW— AND OFTEN LOST. Behind closed doors, classes have already started and long empty halls offer Larry Johnson, lonely eighth-grader, little help in finding his classroom. to teach Brenda Ervin and Cathy Kenny to pro- nounce it. Experiments ma ' ke chemistry a more vital and interesting course. Gene Lightner carefully adds acid to neutralize a base. 7