Dumas High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Dumas, AR)

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Whiz Kids! Academic Excellence The focus of education in Ar- kansas is on moving up the aca- demic ladder and students at D.H.S. are joining the move by taking more academic courses. All students are now required to take five academic courses each semester rather than four. This years 9th grade will have to complete 20 credits by their graduation in 1988. Additional classes of chemis- try, geometry, psychology, and sociology have been opened to answer the demand. Computers, another priority course for students, has been expanded to two semesters. Teachers as well as the stu- dents have been reaching out for more knowledge. Eleven DHS faculty members spent their summer taking courses aimed at inhancing their teach- ing. SRA scores, Governor's School, TSR, NEDT scores, all reflect the awareness at DHS of the need for academic excel- lence. Valen Moses, John David Walt, and Constance May attended Arkansas Governor's School. .I These students were among those at DHS who scored above the 90 percentile on SRA tests and were on the All A Honor roll for the spring of '84. 16

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Personalized sweaters or sweatshirts became popular for many students. Pumps and cropped pants - fashionable but the feet hurt by the end of the day. All types of sweaters were popular this fall, from strips to bold solid colors. On the campus or in the classroom, airplane bags could be found on the shoulder of many of the girls.

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1 Yi, Aaron McGee, Stephen Puryear, Karie Wright, Felicia Branch, Carol Rash, Jeff Cox, Fay Collins, Wright Porter, Brian Reed, Kerrie Keith, and Daryl McGehee were among those students who scored 90 percentile or above on the NEDT test at Dumas High. Charles Woodyard, Daryl McGehee, Lamar Ross, Stephen Woodyard, Billy Montgomery, and Hammett Evans attended a gifted and talented program at UAM.