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

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Inspiration ... an English theme ingredient The English Department sponsored an artmobile from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for study and en- iovment hv cfiidpnts Jeanette Conner gains rhetoric ex- perience by giving her book report to an English III class. English courses foster the expression of man ' s thoughts. They prepare students for college with a varied background in the dif- ferent fields of English and help all students to derive pleasure from all phases of communication. Students are grouped in sections of A, B, or C, according to their ability. Five credits in English are required for graduation. Teachers in this department are Mrs. Dorothy Casteel, Mrs. Thelma Houchins, Mrs. Dorothy Vest, Mrs. Ruth Hallman, Mrs. Ruth Harman, Miss Beatrice Dickerson, Mrs. Roberta Hewett, and Mrs. Sue Lee Yeatts. Susan Moore acts as student teacher of her English IV-A class. 20

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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

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Foreign affairs attract language study Randy Hallman uses flash technique in testing students in Spanish vocabulary during a Spanish I class. Latin II students write letters to the Great Pumpkin and then post them on the bulletin board. Foreign language at Floyd County High School includes Latin I, Latin II, Spanish I and Spanish II. These are college preparatory sub- jects but are not required for graduation. Miss Catherine Dobyns teaches Latin and Mrs. Ruth Harman teaches Spanish. Journalism students prepare and edit the newspaper, THE COUNTY CRIER. Mrs. Ruth Hallman, sponsor of the newspaper, teaches journalism. Speech, an elective course, is taught by Miss Marie Boothe. Interpretation and poise are goals for speech scholars. Nancy Mitchell and Kay Simpson proofread the COUNTY CRIER, the school ' s newspaper. Members of speech class find that experience is the easiest way to learn the points of debating. 21