Fieldale High School - Fieldcrest Yearbook (Fieldale, VA)

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SELECTED FEW MAY TAKE ADVANCED SUBJECTS A The principle of percentages is demonstrated by Shirley Bryant and Penny Whitlock as Mr. Smith looks on. A few students in the eighth grade are permitted with parental consent to take al- gebra 9 or math 9 instead of eighth grade arithmetic or take the first year of a foreign language rather than history 8. The selection of students who are per- mitted to take this advanced work is based Two intersecting planes are drawn by B. J. Carter in solid geometry. upon such factors as intelligence test scores, reading t e s t scores, achievement t e s t scores, and academic standing. The reason for allowing certain students to take advanced courses in the eighth grade is to make it possible for them to take certain advanced subjects in the twelfth grade. ' Mr. Smith explains how to plot a graph to Frankie Barker and Connie Shelton in algebra class.

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VOCATIONAL PROGRAM GIVES PRACTICAL TRAINING Ballots from the mock election are counted by Carolyn Rakes, Barbara Wyatt, Randy Joyce, David Akers, and David Jones, members of the American government class. The Vocational program provides stu- dents with an opportunity to acquaint them- selves with the fundamental principles of business, home economics,industrialarts, and distributive education. The required courses of the Vocational program arethe same as those required for Under the watchful eye of Mr. Cassady, Jackie Fudge diagrams a coal shaft in World geography. An enlightening report on the ancient Egyptians is given by Jimmy Joyce to the World history class. the Academic and General. As in the other two programs th e difference lies in the electives. The student must choose three orfour electives from one of the vocational areas. Also, he must take five or six other courses from any that are offered in the curriculum. Lewis Eanes, Mary Ann Gusler, Mildred Byrd, and Jimmy Stultz prepare to debate on the presidential candidates, Mr. Nixon and Mr. Kennedy, with Mrs. Mitchell serving as moderator.

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CHANGE IS MADE IN GRADUATICN REQUIREMENTS With Mrs. Eanes, Teresa Moore and Jerry Mabry learn more about the care and feeding of fish in science class. Requirements for those students gradu- ating in 1961 and 1962 are 18 credits. When these graduates were eighth graders, credit was not given for eighth grade courses. In 1958, a revision was made of the required credits for graduationg the major change In chemistry, Mrs. Taylor explains to Rebecca Prillaman and Terry Britton the combining capacity of chemicals. made was that credit would be given for eighth grade subjects and that students graduating in 1963 and after would be re- quiredto have 22 1X2 credits. This require- ment fulfills those of the State Department of Education and those of Henry County. Mrs. Taylor points out the parts ofthe human brain to Bobbie Martin and Reece Haynes during a biology lesson.