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

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Friendly people with friendly smiles Always on the go, the lunchroom workers and custodians play a very important role in the completion of a school day. After a year of setting up housekeeping, the services of the school have cozier surroundings and more time to project and diversify their capacities. The large number of students mean a split lunch period for cafeteria workers, and additional floor space means more custodial duties. These men and women must arrive at school early each morning in order to open the doors at FCHS. Although the cooks and custodians are kept busy by their many responsibilities, they always have time for a friendly smile and a warm greet- ing for everyone. Custodians: Mrs. Jimmy Thomas, Mrs. Ruby Agnew, Mr. Tommy Royal, Mr. Jimmy Thomas. Lunchroom workers: Mrs. Glenna Weddle; Mrs. Alice Howell; Mrs. Virginia Spence; Mrs. Gertrude Sowers, supervisor; Mrs. Ada Hazelwood; Mrs. Louise Hylton; Mrs. Bula Keith. 18

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n their most important footsteps Vt MRS. ALTA TURMAN B. S. , Radford College Biology Science Club Sponsor, Junior Class MR. CHARLES L. WEST B. S. , Western Kentucky State College Industrial Arts Safety Patrol MRS. DOROTHY E. VEST B.S., Radford College English 8 Sponsor, Eighth Grade MRS. SUE P. YEATTS B. S. , Mary Baldwin College English III Mr. Jennings, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Enoch leave for the Virginia Education Association Convention. 17 Faculty committees work hard to iron out problems around Floyd County High.

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. . . in Curriculum . . . Searching is a siren word, beckoning all persons through myriad doors. A look into the many classrooms reveal heads bent in con- centration, eyes uplifted for knowledge, and a silence— silence alive with the rustling of pages searched by exploring minds. Classes are the reason for the school ' s existence. The classes at Floyd County High School are planned around three specific areas: academic, for those going to college before entering a profession; vocational, for those interested in the business world, home eco- nomics, or agriculture; and general, for those who do not choose to specialize in any one field. A student at FCHS is limited only by his ambitions. It has often been said that the law of life is the law of growth and that to quit growing is to die. As new improvements in de- partments, building structure, faculty, and students add to its con- tinuous growth, it is evident that Floyd County High is offering unlimited opportunity to the youth of Floyd County. Between the teacher and student there thrives a relationship of exchange. A student receives the knowledge he needs in order to face the challenges of tomorrow ' s world. To those who aid him in the gaining of this knowledge, the student repays threefold. From him the teacher is given the respect due; but he also receives a far greater gift— the gift of seeing the light of knowledge find its place in the heart of a young person. This glance into the classrooms reveal many and varied ac- tivities: History on a screen as students learn about their American heritage; the aroma of newly baked bread as future homemakers learn essential tasks needed to prepare happy homes for tomorrow ' s world; the joyous harmony of choral voices and the lively sound of the trumpet, brass, and sax; debator ' s voices with minds of their own; the buzz of a power saw ripping into a two by four; the sounds of a foreign tongue solving the language problem— these are sounds of the present but doorways to the future. At Floyd County High the past, present , and future are an important part of a school day. A peek through these doorways to the future, reveal a possible answer to our puzzling search. Is the unique theme to be found here— in the academic life of students? 19