Crewe High School - Railroader Yearbook (Crewe, VA)

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THE EIGHTH GRADE IS LARGE AND ACTIVE Over the years, the greatest change in the curriculum has come about in connection with the changing from an 11-year to a 12-year school system. In the Amelia-Nottoway Division, this was accomplished by the insertion of an Eighth Grade. The students pictured on the next two pages are members of Crewe ' s fourth Eighth Grade; next year ' s Seniors will be the first to graduate having had the full 12-year program. In addition to Eighth Grade English, mathematics, science, social studies, and physical education, these students have a period designated as Eighth Grade Exploratory which includes agriculture, industrial arts, and music for the boys, and home economics, personality problems and music for the girls. The pictures on this page were taken in some of these exploratory classes. Personality Problems class enjoyed a Mother-Daughter Panel discus- The shop machines interest the boys. sion. Girls learn to sew. Boys are introduced to vocational agriculture.