East Mecklenberg High School - East Wind Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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The orientation program introduces new students to East Beginning just last year, the Orientation program for sopho- mores was extended from the work of the guidance staff and the Student Council’s Orienta- tion Committee to include five seven-week classes designed especially for sophomores. On the first day of school the new students are visited in homeroom by members of the Orientation Committee, pre- sented with the BLUE AND GOLD HANDBOOK, to aid them in learning school procedure, and finally, tagged with “Eagle Eggs’’ which rank them as members of Birdland. The re- mainder of the year the tenth graders attend the new seven- week classes to be instructed in Social Studies, Personal Physical Development, Driver’s Training, Art Education, and De- velopment of the Business Per- sonality. Wanda Connell and John Parkman orient sophomores in Miss Parker’s class. The BLUE AND GOLD HANDBOOK gives ne w students an insight to life at East. Art Orientation gives sophomores a chance to express themselves. 16

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The classroom is the center of a student’s academic life Mr. Browne instructs a Driver’s Education class. Classrooms are probably the most important part of a stu- dent’s life at East. It is here that the student body gathers for homeroom and meets with daily courses. Homeroom at East is char- acteristic of many things. Daily devotionals, the pledge to the flag, morning announcements, and miscellaneous business matters are just a few. For sophomores it is a never-end- ing process of filling out forms. For upperclassmen the fifteen minutes is an opportune time to complete homework assign- ments. From eight fifteen until three o’clock, students journey from classroom to classroom to meet with their daily courses. East students realize that in this growing world, education is be- coming increasingly important. They view each course in an earnest attempt to obtain all that it has to offer. n r East’s largest class boasts of over eighty students.

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While waiting for their bus, students engage in lively conversation. An inside view of a bus shows students seated comfortably. Approximately 50 per cent of East Mecklenburg students de- pend upon buses for transpor- tation to and from school. The 53 drivers of East’s 18 buses are unsung heroes in our midst. The driver begins prepara- tion for his job several weeks in advance with classroom work and practice driving. It is after obtaining his bus driver’s license that the task begins. Most drivers must rise early to bring students to East so that they will have time to bring a second load of students to jun- ior highs and elementary schools by 8:30. Buses arrive to load East students between 3:20 and 3:45. Fifty percent of East students depend upon buses for transportation to and from school