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

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four English Credits Required for Graduation All students are required to take four years of English for graduation. Each English class provides opportunities for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. All of these activities are based on problems set up in a course of study for each year of high school. The problems for the first two years are of a personal nature while those of the last two years are based on American and English literature, respectively. Throughout the English curriculum the correct use of the spoken and written word is stressed to prepare stu- dents for the future. Looking at their examination papers as Miss Gertrude Lewis goes over them are some members of her English II class, left to right: Barbara Hawkins, Delores Aylor, Margaret Quaintance, Mary Tinsley, Barbara Miller, and Jo Anne Trice. Patricia Scott, Violet Smith, and Jean Hensley take notes on the Constitution of Virginia as Mr. Floyd T. Binns explains the legislature to the Civics IV ciass. Junior Citizens Study Social Problems Students may take world history ' , a study ' of man from ancient time to the present, during any one of the last four y’ears of high school. When they become juniors, they are required to take United States history. This traces the de- velopment of the United States from its first settlement to its present position as a great world power. The senior social studies class, which is also required, devotes the first semester to a study of the United States government and the second to social problems of youth.

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School Offers Three Courses Of Study The curriculum of Culpeper County High School is composed of those subjects which are needed in the three courses offered by the school; namely, the general, the commercial, and the college preparatory. The general course pre- pares a student for a large number of vocations, whereas the commercial course specializes in the secretarial field. Students preparing to enter college upon graduation take the college prepara- tory course. At the library desk Barbara Carver checks out a book to William Hedrick. Stanley Hoffman shoots a basket in a physical education class while Thomas Jenkins, left, and Lee Hitt, right, wait for the ball. On the following pages are given some of the departments in CHS. Courses not explained in this section are journalism, art, music, distribu- tive education, diversified occupations, consumer education, and physical education. The gym- nasium provides excellent facilities for athletics and social functions. The library furnishes in- formation through its wide variety of books, magazines, films, and other resources. -= j{ 12

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Wide Field Open To Mathematics Enthusiasts The Mathematics Department offers many choices in the realm of its field. Two years of mathematics are required of all students before graduation. For those taking the general and business courses, general and business mathe- matics are offered. Basic mathematics in the twelfth year drills on fundamentals. For those preparing for college, the deparcment presents two years of algebra, a year of plane geometry, and a half year each of solid geometry and trigonometry. Looking on as Mrs. Gordon Witt hands out math papers are. left to right: Otis Leake, Roger Baumgardner, Annette Myers, Rozelle Young, and Cora By ram. In Miss Virginia Lewis’s biology class Constance Coiner, Eleanor Rinker, and Jerome Jenkins dissect a frog. Scientists Experiment In The Science Department, headed by Miss Virginia Lewis, is of the highest quality. General science is required of every student, and biology, chemistry, and physics are of- fered to any student desiring them. Modern Laboratory The purpose of this department is to present to all those taking science a true picture of the universe, conditions contributing to the students ' environment, and factors which all can use to live a richer life.