Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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£ckccl OfflerA tucfehtA Varied Curriculum Culpeper County High School offers its students an extensive schedule of subjects from which to choose. Three main courses are offered; namely, the general course, the college preparatory course, and the commercial course. The majority of the high school students take the general course. It is a course designed for students who do not wish to go to college hut who want a practical education. The general course prepares the hoys and girls to carry on life’s work in the community as well as in the home. Also it prepares them to enter into various fields of work; such as, retail selling, apprenticeships for mechanics, farming, plumbing, car- pentry, printing, and many other trades. Certain subjects are required of students taking the general course for graduation: four years of English, one year of civics, one year of U.S. history, one year of mathematics, and one year of science. All students who plan to go to college take the college preparatory course. Only the students who have a “C” average or above are recommended for college entrance; therefore, the college preparatory course must be harder and must include a variety of subjects. The subjects offered in the college preparatory course are four units of English, one unit of U.S. history, one unit of civics, two units of science, two units of algebra, one unit of plane geometry, and one half unit of solid geometry and trigonometry. Electives offered with this course are Latin, world history, Spanish, chemistry, physics, typing, and public-speaking and dramatics. The third course which is planned for the students is the commercial course. Anyone who desires to become a secretary or hold some commercial position takes this course. The subjects necessary for graduation under this course are as follows: one unit of civics, one unit of science, two units of typing, two units of shorthand, one unit of bookkeeping, and one unit of vocational bookkeeping and office prac- tice. Students who take the commercial course are allowed two electives. Pupils who take this course are trained especially to do careful, accurate, and speedy work in all required subjects. The eighth grade is now ' an essential part of the high school. In order to exercise their interests and abilities in different fields, the eight graders are given an opportunity to take nine-weeks courses in art, agriculture, general business, industrial arts, home economics, and music. Mathematics and science are given for 18 weeks each. Language arts, social studies, and physical education run throughout the year. A program of physical education is offered in the high school. The students participate in sports of various kinds and study health lessons. During the winter months classes are held in the gymnasium. To serve the science students, there is a modern laboratory with equipment and chemical supplies. Culpeper County High has a library with a seating capacity of 72 and contains more than 4,000 vol- umes, the most up-to-date reference, fiction, and non-fiction books. The library subscribes to 30 magazines and three newspapers. New to the students of Culpeper County High is the Home Economics Department which includes a bedroom, bath, living room, sewing room, and kitchen. In this department the students are given an opportunity to learn how to manage a home. { 13 y V

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lf eu School OpehJ fcccrJ £eptetnker 16 1. Students leave the building at the ringing of the 3:15 bell. 2. Principal J. H. Combs addresses the student body on the opening day of school, September 16, 1949. 3. Hattie Faulkner, senior, glows with justifiable pride as she leaves the new school on opening day. The new Culpeper County High School opened for classes September 16, 1949. On this opening day Prin. ). H. Combs and Supt. Paul Hounshell addressed the 513 pupils at an assembly in the combination gym-auditorium. Mr. Combs stressed the importance of keeping the school and grounds in good, clean condition. Emphasizing the purpose of the new school, Mr. Hounshell said: “Your new high school was built not just for housing, but to provide facilities for a better education than you were able to secure in the Ann Wingfield Building. If parents see that you use this to advantage and take care of the building, they will consider it a good investment.” This beautiful building, constructed by the Goode Construction Company of North Carolina, under the supervision of Mr. K. A. Bates, rates as one of the most modern and elaborately built in the state of Virginia. Other than 20 class rooms the school consists of two well equippe d science rooms, a five-room home economics suite, a large gymnasium, a modern cafeteria, plus a spacious, well-lighted library located on the first floor front. New to the students were the recessed lockers lining both the upper and lower halls, and the public address system, over which announcements are made. The students of Culpeper High School are both proud of and grateful for the costly $700,000 school which has been provided for them; and because of their pride in the school and its grounds, they will endeavor to leave it as they found it. 4 12 y

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Camera Catcher ClaAAeA at Work 1. Library. 2. Mrs. Rosson ' s Eighth Grade Social Studies Class. 3. Left to right: E. Sims, Miss V. Lewis, Supt. P. Hounshcll, J. Bolen, L. Doyle. 4. Left to right: Mr. S. Aylor, J. Jenkins, K. Cunningham. K. Corbin, R. Dwyer, H. Garr. 5. Left to right: B. Thompson, J. Bache, R. Carroll, J. Payne, H. Kerrick. A. Herndon. 6. Left to right: W. Pickering, R. Somers. 7. Left to right: J. Jenkins, V. Myers, W. Childress. 1. All students who have a vacant period may come to the library to do reference work, read the pajrers and magazines, or to do recreational reading. Per- mits are required to enter the library. 2. Most all teachers use films as a good educational medium. Mrs. F. Rosson found films particularly beneficial in her eighth grade social studies classes. 3. Although a regular part of all science classes, ex- periments in the laboratory are particularly inter- esting to the students. 4. Agriculture classes have shop work in a spacious well-equipped room in the shop building. 5. A new course, public-speaking anil dramatics, teaches the students to be well poised, competent, and gives them an opportunity to exercise their talents. 6. The art classes spend much time making posters for publicity of plays, etc., and drawing pictures for the front hall bulletin boards. 7. In a comprehensive home economics department the girls have vast opportunities to learn to cook, clean, and sew, with the most modern facilities. 4 14}-