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

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PRESENTING a backward glance at the tirst ten years in CCHS as the COLONNADE portrays the Record of I960 For CCHS students 1959 marks the end of the first ten years in the new building and the beginning of a new decade. Moving from the crowded area on East Street to the spacious hill on U. S. Route No. 229 was one of the first moves made in the spreading out of the town. The new location had adequate space. Three athletic fields and recently a track field helped to increase the activeness in sports. Also on the ground was an agriculture building. The administration was located just a short dis- tance from the school. In recent years, growth showed a need for another building. This building houses four eighth grade rooms, a large band room and an activities room. Future plans call for an auditorium adjoining this building. During the ten years changes were made inside the building too. Most of the rooms received a new coat of paint last year, some rooms have curtains, and new desks with formica tops replaced old ones. New equipment in all departments has helped to give each student a better and more well-rounded education. Projectors, science libraries, model hearts, tape recordings, and electric type- writers — all increase the students’ knowledge and prepare them to face the scientific world of today. Xight and Day — CCHS, left picture, lights up at night for school activities such as dances, banquets and basketball games. First day of school begins at CCHS, right picture, as students prepare to enter new school, Sep- tember 16, 1949. 4 5 )■

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CCHS ' ers Parents Receive Dedication Early Arrivals at P-TA Meeting — Front table — Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Maddox. Second table — Mrs. P. O. Dobyns, Mr. and .Mrs. J. T. Brown. Third table — Mr. and Mrs.J. E. Viar and Mrs. T. E. McMullan wait in the library before going to the auditorium to hear a discussion on SCAT and STEP tests. With the encouragement and guidance of their parents, the students of CCHS got off to school on their first day. It was a bewildering experience and perhaps some wanted to stay at home and never again face a schoolroom or a teacher. Thanks to parents who had them- selves been through this same experience, problems and worries became minor difficulties. Later parents gave more detailed instruc- tions as the students grew into teenagers. Now they faced high school and must choose careers and vocations early in the game. Along with the help of the teachers, parents told their children what they thought would be proper and wise to do in connection with studies while yet in high school and still later in college. It is these parents who have helped and will continue to help and give thoughtful, con- siderate advice. It is because they have done so much to make better citizens of this student body that the i960 Colonnade Staff with love and grateful appreciation dedicates this annual to the parents of CCHS students. «3( 6 js