Fieldale High School - Fieldcrest Yearbook (Fieldale, VA)

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ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT STUDENT INTERESTS I At Fieldale High there are atotal of sixteen organizations or clubs. Students may join as many as two different ones, and most students belong to at least one. The organizations meet every other Wed- nesday. On these days, the schedule is divided into seven periods, making time for an activity period of forty minutes. Certain organizations are closely connected with specific classes in order to further the work done in class. Some of these are Future Business Leaders of America, Distributive Education, Future Homemakers of A m e r i c a , Spanish, and Latin. Many organizations are chiefly service clubs for the betterment of the school or community, such as, Student Co-operative Association, L i b r a r y , Firefighters, and Safety Patrol. All organizations off e r opportunities . 'ja -ti, This year, the Student Co-operative Association makes an award to the Club ofthe Month. Here, Marie Stegall, for tne development of le a d e r s h ip , ini- ti a t i v e , and dependability. All provide opportunities for students to make friends and to learn to get alo ng w ith people. Each organization is r e s p o n sible for displaying a bu 1 l e t i n board in the main hall for a week and for giving one assem- bly program during the year. In the club period, programs are given and projects are initiated. All meetings are conducted according to parliamentary procedure. In order to justify its exist- ence, a club must be organized with defi- nite objectives which will p r ov i de edu- cational experiences for those students who participate in its activities. An eval- uation of each organization and its activities is made at the end of each year. In order to continue the next year, the club's activi- ties must prove to be worthwhile. Ma ri e Lawrence, Eugenia Barnes, David Jones, and Ronnie Baldwin meet to dis- cuss the recipient of the award.

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,,1 ,,,, STUDENT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS .V ix Randy Joyce David Jones Margie Barnard Betty Lou Via President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Y W ,Q I ,J Q . C 'Offer'-ky , H s V .4 A A im . E Ronnie Baldwin Mrs. Delores Eanes Mrs. Frances Rives Reporter Co-sponsor Co- sponsor As the name implies the S. C. A. members, who are co-operative in every way, are, left to right, first row: Mary Jane Lawless, Rita Casey, Sallie Stegall, Margie Barnard, Audie Turner, Mary Ann Shires. Second Row: Mrs. Eanes, Patty Gilbert, Eugenia Barnes, Nancy Foley, Carolyn Brown. Third row: Judy Ramsey, Marie Lawrence, Teresa Moore, Jean Plaster, Mrs. Rives, Penny Whitlock. Fourth row: Betty Lou Via, Donna Clark, Judy Whitlow, Patsy Hundley, Becky Jessup, Randy Joyce. Fifth row: Jimmy Crawford, Jerry Purcell, Jimmy Jarrett, David Jones, Ronnie Setliff, and Billy Prillaman. 64

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KEPRESENT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY S. C. A. president, Randy Joyce, calls the meet- Faye Harris places her suggestion in the S.C.A. ing to order. The Student Co-ope rative Association was the strongest and most active organization in the school. One person from each homeroom and organization was elected to the council on the ba s i s of leadership, scholarship, and integrity. Each member, when elected to represent his organization or homeroom, took upon himself the responsibility to do the best of his ability to make the school a better place to attend. The S. C. A. sponsored the White Christ- mas Cheer. The students marched on stage and placed their c 0 nt r i butio n under the Christmas tree. Later the gifts were car- ried to the Christmas Cheer Headquarters in Martinsville. The organization had a suggestion box in the lib r a ry and encouraged the entire student body to make suggestions for im- proving the school. The S. C. A. was in charge of the Lost and Found Department. Whenever an article was lost, found , and put in the Lost and Found Locker, the loser could obtain his article by paying a small fee to the S. C. A. Preparations for clean-up day were made by the S. C. A. Each homeroom was pro- vided with cleaning materials for the nec- essary cleaning tasks. suggestion box in the library. The S. C. A. kept a scrapbook of all school activities which -included clippings and pictures from local papers about scho- lastic and athletic achievements. David Jones played a big part in getting the Club of the Month organized and function- ing. Devotions were given every Monday morning over the Public Address System under the sponsorship of the S. C. A. Judy Ramsey was chairman of this activity. Mary Jane Lawless adds articles to the Lost and Found Locker.