Cumberland High School - Duke Yearbook (Cumberland, VA)

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New Vistas in Learning Television classes were certainly an important part of the increasing modernization of the grade and high school curriculum. Though used only sparingly in the high school, the TV classes have been very effective in the grade school. The sci- ence classes in grades four through seven have used the TV at least once and often twice a week. As it is necessary to have extensive equip- ment and laboratory area for some science ex- periments, the TV classes have enabled elemen- tary students to observe scientific procedures that they could not have seen before. A new series of grammar and composition books which emphasize linguistics has been adopted. This series begins with the third grade text and continues through senior English. An important part of the English and reading program was the remedial reading class for the third and fourth grades. Mrs. Ethel Wilson, the remedial reading teacher, has also worked with grade school children handicapped by speech defects. (ABOVE) Working independently, Anne Barker and Susan Good- man use the cyclo-teacher, which supplements classroom instruction. (ABOVE) With the help of modern equipment, Joan Meadows learns cooking techniques in home economics class. (LEFT) Shop student Larry Gauldin uses a square to prepare a piece of wood for sawing. . 13

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Audio-Visual Equipment Opens (ABOVE) Mrs. Ethel Jeter finds the opaque projector a valu- able teaching aid. (LEFT) Derek Oliver watches the ball intently as he and his classmates play softball during the activity period. In preparing a transparency, Mrs. Dorothy Putney uses an automatic thermal copier. 12

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The administration is faced with the challenge of providing each student with the opportunity of acquiring the education and the skill that will bring success in future life. Realizing that young people spend the greater part of their time in school, the administration also seeks to instill in the students a standard of ethics. By serving the youth of his school, each administrator and each teacher achieves the personal satisfaction of knowing that he has been a deciding factor in the formulation of the student's set of values and range of knowledge.