Floyd County High School - Bison Yearbook (Floyd, VA)

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Languages, speech, and journalism stress understanding The Foreign Language Department consists of Latin I and II and Spanish I and II. These are not required courses, but most college- bound students take one or both of these since most colleges require from two to four years of a foreign language for admittance. Mrs. Harman teaches Spanish and Miss Dobyns teaches Latin. Speech, a new class this year, is taught by Miss Boothe. An elective course, it is taken by students who wish to improve their poise and delivery. The journalism class prepares and edits the school newspaper. Mrs. Hallman teaches journalism and is sponsor of the newspaper. Speeches in second-year Latin class enable students to understand the language and the customs of the Roman people. 13 Interpretation and poise are goals for all who study speech.

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English emphasizes the art of expression To better understand PYGMALION these college-bound seniors watched the television production of Shaw's play and then divided into discussion groups to compare the two. The purposes of the English Department are: to give college-bound students a varied background in literature and grammar for their higher education; and to aid all students in deriving pleasure from the various methods of communication. A pilot program of grouping English students was introduced in Floyd County High School this year. Students are placed into A, B, or C classes according to their scholastic abili- ties. Five credits in English are required for graduation. Teachers in the English Department are Mrs. Hallman, Mrs. Casteel, Mrs. Hewett, Miss Boothe, Mrs. Harmon, Miss Quesinberry, Mrs. Jarratt, Mrs. D. Vest, Miss Dickerson, Mrs. Houchins, and Mrs. Yeatts. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of grammar as freshman students learn to dia- gram sentences. Literature provides sophomores the opportunity to study great literary works and authors. The study of American writers required time and thought on the part of these juniors. English baskets which contain papers of good, fair, and careless work give eighth graders the initiative to make their work better. 12

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Math classes challenge Mrs.Leedy shows her alge- bra class the method of cross-multiplication. knowledge The Math Department has course offerings in eighth-grade math, general math, trigo- nometry, Algebra I and II, and plane and solid geometry. Two credits in this depart- ment are required, but a total of seven courses are offered. The teachers in this department are Mrs. Altizer, Mrs. Leedy, Mr. Statzer, Mrs. Howard, and Mr. Enoch. Board demonstration problems enable plane geometry students to discuss the relation of triangles and their parts. General math requires accuracy in working with long problems. Mastering the slide rule provides trigonometry students with questions and answers. Seeing figures in three di- mension and finding the values of the parts provides many challenges for the solid geometry class. 14 Eighth graders find eighth grade math an interesting, but hard course.